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Nov 21, 20162 min read
Making Friends, Cooking Chicken
By Marie Dumont KOMPA! That’s the type of tropical music that I get to listen to every night as our neighborhood bar pumps music late...


Nov 21, 20163 min read
Meet Madam Betty Ayagiba, Founder Of Widows & Orphans Movement (WOM)
By James Thalla-Joel It’s been just about two months since I have arrived here in Bolga, and boy, time has gone by fast! Things have...
Nov 20, 20169 min read
Well Okay Public, You Ready To Be Engaged? Good. Let’s Get Started.
By Doug Strasser Hello Internet! The World Wide Web! The Global Network! The Great Cyberspace! The Super Highway! The Home of...


Nov 16, 20164 min read
Jamaican “Tings”
By Jennifer Brunet Before I took this internship, when I thought of Jamaica, the things that came to my mind were sunshine, water, and...
Nov 15, 20163 min read
Hello, I’m Chinese Jamaican
By Zoe Chung Hello, I’m Chinese Jamaican. What does that mean? It means that I was born to Chinese-Jamaican parents who raised me with...


Nov 15, 20163 min read
Field Trips!
By Travis Jacox Things are really starting to pick-up here in Tamale as my roommates and I settle into routines, make new friends, and...


Nov 15, 20162 min read
Lessons From Ugandan Farmers
By Emily Murray The Ugandan countryside is stunningly beautiful with lush landscapes and rolling hills of tea and sugarcane plantations,...


Nov 2, 20164 min read
Weathering The Storm
By Manal Rajan It was a deceptively warm and sunny week as the hype of one of the most powerful Atlantic hurricanes in years, Matthew,...
Nov 2, 20165 min read
The Psychosocial Element Of HIV/AIDS
By James Jarvis I came to write this post due to my current position in a Jamaican NGO that has a primary focus on helping adolescent...
Oct 31, 20162 min read
Travelling Through Uganda
By Jessica Chen After living in Kampala for just over a month the sheer amount of dust and traffic is what continues to surprise me. Boda...


Oct 31, 20163 min read
Finding My Role
By Krystal Lewis Like most other interns or development workers about to travel abroad, my head has been full of self-conscious...
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