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Last week, one girl came to work badly bruised and cut up. We learned that in the middle of the night she had been beaten up by a person in her household (she lives in a slum area) and had been kicked out of her house. The reasoning ...

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These last two weeks have presented me with encouraging accomplishments as well as heartbreaking situations. But I discuss anything else, let me give a brief description of the non-governmental organization (NGO) I am working most closely with. Many, not all, of the women and girls I am working with were ...

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Meeting the Inkosi (chief) of Inanda for the second time was a lot less daunting than the first time we had met in May 2009. When I came to Inanda with 15 other Canadian students in May, we had visited the Inkosi’s office to witness how the former homelands in ...

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I can’t believe I’ve been in Nairobi nearly two months now. I only have five more interviews to conduct, and then I’ll be analyzing the data and writing the report just in time for World AIDS day. I’m already starting to see some patterns emerging. The Deaf from Dandora (where ...

Category: Kenya, On location 1 Comment »

October 12- 25 Good day all, The past two weeks has gone by quite fast and I feel like I am on a bit of a routine now which at times I like and at other times not so much.  Early last week I got sick again.  I was quite annoyed because ...

Category: On location, Tanzania 1 Comment »

[caption id="attachment_552" align="alignnone" width="241" caption="roof-dog!"][/caption] I am really liking my posting with CARE Peru's Climate Change division, and find the work interesting. The first few weeks of my time in Lima were nothing short of disastrous, with my housing falling through in a very ...

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Anne Mitaru is an SFD intern with ...

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Last Saturday we set off to Kokrobite for the night. The drive took about an hour and a half and we arrived at Big Milly’s Backyard shortly after 1pm. The place is gorgeous, it felt like we were at a resort in Mexico or something. There are palm trees everywhere, ...

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It has taken a little over two weeks for us to gain internet access in our part of the house. But, as I am learning quickly, this wait was no time at all according to "Indian Standard Time." Nearly three weeks in Kolkata leaves many stories to be told. Some ...

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My research of the livelihood activities and assets of the community of Ayakomaso is underway. I am very happy with the response I have had from community leaders and village residents. To date we have had a semi-structured interview with the chief and later the village Assemblyman. The purpose of ...

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