Two months down, one to go! This summer has gone by in a flash. I feel like I am just getting settled into my life and routine here and yet its already time to makes plans to come home! The OECD prefers longer stays here so my internship is just over 13 weeks. Most of the interns stay for 6 months. In talking with … Continue reading The Nitty Gritty
It’s been a month since I posted the first blog and when looking back, it seems like many things have changed even though it feels like every day is almost the same. Hamburg is always very peaceful (especially, the place I live in is very very very serene) and I am having a good time. There are a lot happening, but among all of them, … Continue reading These days in Hamburg (Subtitle: Any idea for lunch?)
Hallo Hallo Hallo! It’s time for an update! The past month was CRAZY due to multiple conferences and the launch of the Youth Employment online platform (I’ll do a separate post explaining a little bit more about each program). Things have slowed down and I’m learning that with program management, there are really intense 10-hour days for a few weeks and then really calm, deskwork … Continue reading Busy in Bonn!
I only have one more week left here in Gulu, Uganda which is hard to believe; time really does fly! I thought I would use this blog post update you on my projects at work, as they are wrap up this week. (The picture above is downtown Gulu at sunset last weekend). The main project I’ve been working on this summer is an action-research project … Continue reading Class size and collaboration: Learning from action-research in Gulu
I don’t know any other way to write about this than to be transparent. I am writing this from Philadelphia, not New Delhi. I expressed my discontent for enduring weeks without work or pleasantries to my supervisor at Sesame Workshop India. I told her I felt neither needed nor wanted – she responded by telling me it was my fault because I was not motivated. … Continue reading Sesame Street: Road Closure
From the day I started my internship, my supervisor said she wanted to take me along with her on an official mission. From the beginning, it was also relatively clear that it would be tricky to shuffle a mere intern through the process of official travel authorization at UNESCO. The opportunity came, however, to test the system, and – spoiler alert – we beat it … Continue reading Mission … possible
Greetings in Ethiopia are one of a kind. Two parties meet, shake hands, and bump right shoulders before letting go. The bump can be a soft knock- pleasant and polite, or to really establish a connection, you may choose to aggressively crash shoulders and forge a real union. I’ve never encountered a more cogent and overall very cool style of greeting anywhere else, and this … Continue reading A Coursing River Through the Story of a Continent – Welcome to the ECA
***all photos with other people are posted with consent and the purpose was also explained to them*** On the third day of my field visit, the main objective was to observe the implementation Room to Read’s Girls’ Education Program, specifically, observe a life skills session. I did not pilot any assessment tool but I had the opportunity to conduct another focus group and interview a … Continue reading Beyond Data 2 – Lessons Learned from the Girls’ Education Program Field Visit
***all photos with other people are posted with consent and the purpose was also explained to them*** Hi, folks! Here’s my long overdue blog post about my Chhattisgarh field visit experience. Just a quick refresher, the objectives of my field visit were: to pilot three instruments I have developed to observe the implementation of Room to Read’s Literacy Program and Girls’ Education Program to interview … Continue reading Beyond Data 1 – Lessons Learned from the Literacy Program Field Visit
Lieber Gast, Brauchen Sie Hilfe bezüglich Ihrs Gepäck, dann rufen Sie bitte die folgende Number an: 0049 xxx xxxxxxx – 0049 xxxxxxxxxx Right. Though I managed to storm through the playground-sized duty-free stores in Dublin Airport to catch my connecting flight to Hamburg with my best racing skills, my checked baggages didn’t make it. Wanna know what happened eventually? Stay tuned for my next blog … Continue reading Signal kommt
The International Educational Development Program 