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Reflections from Home

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 ...

The Journey so far!

I have been in Ghana for over one month now and so far the internship and the research is going really great! I am learning a lot academically, socially and culturally. The latter learning experience is quite interesting because I was born and raised in Accra and coming back after ...

More lessons learned

After three months I have left the home I made at Gram Vikas. It seems surreal but I also feel like it is time. I have collected a lot of information over the last few months and I am feeling ready to go home to the winter in Canada and ...

Photos from Tamana

I can't quite get the internet to agree to upload more pictures so two will have to do for now.  These were both taken in Tamana, the village where I have been doing my field research. The first is of a woman sifting rice, since it has just been harvested. The second ...