For six months I interned at Caritas Gulu Archdiocese in Gulu, Uganda. I had numerous responsibilities including writing reports and proposals, making field visits, writing success stories and contributing to capacity building. Unfortunately there was minimal field visits, and I can’t stand sitting in an office for 8 ...

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TIPNIS Update: The protesters defending and representing the 64 communities residing in the official indigenous autonomous territory of TIPNIS resumed their march on October 1st, after police brutality and repression injured and arrested hundreds of protesters. Tear-gas, clubs, and rubber bullets were used to stop the march, resulting in crowds disbursing, ...

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Hello reader, My name is Isaac, I’m a student at Saint Mary's University, in Halifax, NS. Right now I am two and a half weeks into a three month internship in Cochabamba, Bolivia, where I’m working for the Centre of Information and Documentation of Bolivia (CEDIB). For the past few weeks ...

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Hello Everyone! My name is Nick LeBlanc. I’ve just come back home from a three-month internship in Mzuzu, Malawi; I found internet to be quite a hassle while there and so I didn’t bother to post on this blog during my stay, but now that I’m home I want to ...

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It’s been quite an eventful week here in Bolivia as protests continue throughout the country over the extremely controversial proposal to build a highway through the Isiboro Secure National Park and Indigenous Territory (TIPNIS). Essentially, the government claims that this highway, which would link Beni and Cochabamba, would open up ...

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Il y a plus d’un mois maintenant, l’ACDI m’a donné la chance de vivre une expérience extraordinaire : un stage international en terre malienne. Je vous écris donc présentement de Missabougou, un quartier très tranquille de Bamako. Que dire de plus que: wow !! Je suis convaincue que cette expérience sera ...

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Well, I’ve been meaning to post for a while now, and while I want to write about my experience working with the UNHCR's Northern Uganda IDP Operation, I also want to post about some of the craziness that occurred when I first arrived in Uganda back in April. Below is ...

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Before arriving here I had been told that Bangladeshis are extremely hospitable. I’ve now realized that even that is an understatement. The first time that we were invited to dinner at someone’s house, we sat awkwardly as the wife hovered beside us, filling our plates whenever an empty space should ...

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The final months of my internship at Peace Matunda have been winding down quickly. The afterschool programs have been a challenge to perfect; the concept is new to both the teachers and the students. Originally the programs ran two days a week for both the Standard One and two classes together; ...

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So after MONTHS of procrastination I'm finally getting around to writing my last blog! I think I've been avoiding it partly because I forgot about how fast paced Canadian lives are (I'm sure we're quite relaxed compared to some countries but compared to the Philippines, we Canadians are stressed out ...

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