My dad was kind enough to scan an article out of a recent Maclean's for me. Here is the online version... Not quite ready to comment with my own thoughts, but let's just say the article hits quite close to home. A lot like reading about myself and my own experiences, as disappointing as that is. By the end of my six months, I might have more to say but for now I just wanted to share what I think is a fairly accurate insight into my current experience.
A 22 year old fresh out of school with a degree in International Relations thought it was a great idea to head off to Rwanda for six months through an internship program funded by CIDA. I'm living in Kigali, working for l'Association Rwandaise pour le Bien-Etre Familial (ARBEF) where I'm an Reproductive Health Program Assistant. This is my Rwanda.
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unfinished (but I'm posting anyway)
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I baked Christmas cookies on December 31. That doesn't sound like much of
an accomplishment, because I was at least 6 days late on the cookies, but
it was...
Happy New Year!
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*HAPPY NEW YEAR*
Hats by Laureline (right) I would like to wish all my faithful readers a
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France has refused to allow the extradition of Agathe Habyarimana to
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Moving Back to Peru!
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It's been a couple years and I've decided to go back to Peru indefinitely.
Stay in touch at my blog migrated over to
http://whatlittlethings.wordpress.com =)
Rwanda - the final reckoning
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OK, its three months since I left Rwanda and I’ve had time to adjust to
life back in the “real world”. Christmas and New Year have been and gone;
I’ve seen...
Home
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I am sitting in the warmest computer lab in the basement of the Angus L.
MacDonald library on the St. Francis Xavier University campus. I'm trying
to arran...
1 comment:
I've also read that article. I too fear my experiences will be the same, but I still really want to do it.
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