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Homewardbound

Posted by on September 21st 2011
Having returned from Bangladesh, there are a few reflections that I would like to share. There are many reasons why internships are difficult; you find yourself negotiating a new organization and a new culture with many doubts about why you're here and what you can really do. Looking back, I don't ...
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Making a commitment

Posted by on September 5th 2011
Oftentimes, internships are an opportunity to apply classroom knowledge in a practical setting. Interns are able to see how general ideas or theories play out within a distinct cultural or national context. I certainly witnessed this concrete application in my internship in Bangladesh. Before arriving I had learned (a few ...
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Chai and Conversations in Mysore, India

Posted by on January 22nd 2011
India is a vast and diverse landscape, not only of mountains and deserts, but of peoples. It is, more importantly, a transparent society – individuals and groups from various backgrounds intersect on the same roads every day and are clearly distinguishable. The shepherd, riding on a bicycle, passes by buses full of ...
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“Incredible India”

Posted by on January 19th 2011
India is just one of those countries that never gets old; every visit reveals something new.  Through the  Students for Development Internship I was able to travel to India for the second time, this time as part of my masters research in Community Health and Epidemiology.  I was fortunate to ...
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Improving Food Security and Nutrition in Ngoma District, Rwanda

Posted by on December 6th 2010
A Master of Food and Resource Economics (MFRE) student of the University of British Columbia (UBC), Sung Kyu Kim lived and worked over five months in rural town of Kibungo in Rwanda. Sung Kyu will recount his first-hand experience and key lessons learned during his five-month internship through Go Global ...
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Students for Development Program (SFD 2009-2010) Kampala Uganda.

Posted by on September 11th 2010
[caption id="attachment_1454" align="alignleft" width="160" caption="Stephen in Pader, credits Geofrey Onen"][/caption] Stephen K. Nyakahuma Uganda- a brief profile Uganda, ranks among the poorest countries in the world. Uganda’s Human Development Index stands at 0.514 placing the country at 157 out of 182 countries (UNDP ...
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Daylight

Posted by on August 19th 2010
Having gotten used to darkness by 6 o'clock, I am amazed to have daylight until 9 in the evening here. At 5:30 last week, you'd have found me basking outside in the sunlight - giddy and in utter disbelief that the rays still beat down strength and warmth - and ...
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My other blog

Posted by on August 16th 2010
A few days back in the northern hemisphere and my time in Malawi seems light years away. Comparing my life there in southern Africa and here on holiday in the UK and is quite surreal. Check out www.studentswithoutborders.ca/emily-pittman/ for more on my readaptation to the Western world!

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Dietary Adjustment

Posted by on August 16th 2010
Before I left Canada for Malawi, I was warned again and again that it would take some time for me to get used to the Malawian diet. I took my Dukoral vaccination against traveller’s diarrhoea and cholera and was convinced that I’d be safe from any food impertinent enough to ...
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An introduction (upon completion)

Posted by on August 14th 2010
Over the past three months I have been privileged to become part of the hardworking staff at Nkosi's Haven: a holistic care facility for HIV positive mother's, their children, and the resulting orphans (www.nkosishaven.org) .  While this wonderful internship has recently ended for me (at least in my capacity to ...
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