And I'm off. I depart this afternoon for Mwanza, Tanzania where I will spend my summer working as an intern for International Health Partners (IHP), a health care non-profit whose mission is to provide health care services and education to bridge the growing health care gap.
The first 9 weeks of my summer will be spent in Mwanza, working with IHP. During my final week I will travel across the country to Zanzibar. As an undergraduate I worked with Students for Students International (http://s4siunc.org/), a non-profit that works to provide educational opportunities for high achieving students in the developing world. Since 2006, these efforts have been focused exclusively on female education in Zanzibar, given the acute problems these women face in gaining access to higher education. In my last week in Tanzania I am going to meet the current S4Si scholars and work with other current and past S4Si members to put on a health education workshop for the students.
More from Tanzania!
"Pack a blanket and pillow and go, see the world. You will not regret it." - The Namesake
3 comments:
I cannot believe we've been friends this long and I haven't seen the blog! Looking forward to living vicariously through your African adventure this summer. Miss you already! Hope the flights go smoothly. Love, p
Ahhh have so much fun this summer! Is there an address where you can receive mail this summer? Safe travels....
NYT article that may interest you, especially given your location this summer. Has to do with a virus destroying cassava crops.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/01/science/01cassava.html?ref=science?8dpc
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