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My thoughts thus far

Posted by Emily Pittman, UWaterloo on August 11th 2010

Caribou ('Welcome!' in Swahili and other Bantu languages, such as Chichewa) to my blog! My name is Emily and I have just wrapped up a placement at Dzaleka Refugee Camp about an hour outside of Lilongwe. On my last day in Malawi, my colleagues heartily thanked me for coming to ...

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Reflections from Home

Posted by Nava Dabby, UWaterloo on February 24th 2010

I've been home for over a week now and time is just flying by. It reminds me of how comfortable home is and how easy it is to not plan every minute - whereas India demands full attention all the time. I have to admit that it is ...

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Ghan-iversary!

Posted by Kendra Mellish, NSAC on January 21st 2010

Another week, another update. I’ll try to keep this one shorter. Time grows shorter and shorter. I have just under a month left in Ghana, and next week marks the beginning of the holiday vacation. My teaching adventure continues on. This past week was especially fun to be teaching because the ...

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Monkeys and Public Transportation

Posted by Kendra Mellish, NSAC on January 21st 2010

December 7, 2009 I missed my update last week because things have gone from 0 to 60 on the busyness scale. So, I’m going to try to squeeze two really busy weeks into one update and keep it short enough that it won’t take you two weeks to read it all... ...

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Winter… in Ghana?

Posted by Kendra Mellish, NSAC on January 21st 2010

November 23, 2009 I’m starting to think that I’m going to be kicked out of my Guesthouse for the simple reason that my name isn’t Julia. In addition to the German Julias a Guilia from Italy moved in this past week. Wednesday night the electricity went out, so I grabbed my ...

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In Love with Tamale

Posted by Kendra Mellish, NSAC on January 21st 2010

November 16th, 2009 I had a moment this week-end when I realized how lucky I am: I was sitting on the breezy terrace of Giddipass, a restaurant in downtown Tamale, with the ladies who have become my good friends here (the German Julias and Joyce) drinking freshly made pineapple juice in ...

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Life is like a country song…

Posted by Kendra Mellish, NSAC on January 21st 2010

November 9, 2009 Another week. I know that I seem to always start these updates with that comment, but I can’t tell you how amazed I always am to find myself starting a new week. This will be my fifth week. When I was counting up the weeks that I would ...

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Food.

Posted by Kendra Mellish, NSAC on January 21st 2010

November 2, 2009 Starting out on my fourth week in Ghana. Wow, where has the time been going? I’m almost done my second box of malaria pills (about the only side effect I’m finding is wacky dreams each night), and approaching the 1/3 mark. I’m starting to feel like Ghana is home. ...

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Slow Starts

Posted by Kendra Mellish, NSAC on January 21st 2010

October 26, 2009 I’m starting my third week in Ghana, and on day 16. That means I’m 1/6 finished my internship already. Some days three months seems like it will be an eternity, but other days I can’t believe how fast the time has gone by. I find my state of ...

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Initial Impressions

Posted by Kendra Mellish, NSAC on January 21st 2010

October 20, 2009 I’ve been in Ghana for just over a week now. I spent a couple of days in Accra, mostly sleeping and recovering from the worst of the jet lag, and then I flew to Tamale EARLY Wednesday morning. I am doing well. I’ve certainly had to make some ...

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