Who am I? Hello! Sawubona! Molo! I am Vasiliki. I am from Thessaloniki, Greece and this summer (/winter, because everything is relevant!) I will be interning at an educational non-profit organization in South Africa. My internship is structured in the most ideal way. I will be working at the M&E division, so I will be primarily based in Cape Town. However, since the head offices … Continue reading (Best) first week in Johannesburg!
It’s been quite a whirlwind of a few weeks in Ethiopia. With my internship nearly halfway through, I’ll use this blog to talk about what I’ve been doing in terms of work and Addis living. Week 2 During three days of my second week, we made Speed School site visits all over Oromia. The primary purpose of visits had to prepare for a visit from … Continue reading 5 Weeks Down
At the halfway mark and there’s so much to say but also not much to say at all. Sesame Workshop has given us basically no work. Our on-going petitions for work have been met with empty promises and trite excuses since really before we even arrived to the office. It all finally made sense a few days ago. The education/research/content teams had been dissolved and … Continue reading A Whole New World
For at least six months, I drove myself (and I guess Dr. GK) crazy about where I wanted to intern. I changed my mind at least 5 times. It started off with a Portugal dream in November. Come APRIL, I 100% wanted to do DC. I had a simple strategy: I didn’t have to return to Philly in the fall and so was ready to … Continue reading It’s the Little Things
I can’t believe it’s already half way through my internship with UNESCO Bangkok. What did I actually do this past month? Currently, I am still working on the same three projects that mentioned in my first post. The first project is researching for non-formal education materials (curriculum, textbooks, or teacher’s guides, and policies among others) for a colleague to support Myanmar’s Department of Alternative Education. … Continue reading Mid-Summer in Bangkok
Something that has amused me since my first day in Brazil is that my shower has ‘winter’ and ‘summer’ settings. It’s ‘winter’ here, and the ‘winter’ water temperature of my shower is “lukecold” on a good day. If there’s any chance that the ‘summer’ water is even colder, I’m not going to fiddle with it. Yesterday, I was amused to learn the English word elucubration via … Continue reading Amusement
I can feel the cool breeze coming through my balcony window as I write this blog post so perhaps, Paris is no longer la ville chaleur it has been for the past week. But when I look back at my time in Paris since the last blog post, all I can remember is the struggle to fight the heat that most Parisiens were not prepared … Continue reading La ville lumière devient la ville chaleur
Hello IEDP blog readers! I’m apparently a fan of alliterative titles. It is hard to believe that I have been here in Gulu for five weeks already and that I head back to Philadelphia in just five more weeks. At this halfway point, I want to give you a couple of updates on what I’ve been up to outside of work and also how my … Continue reading Gratitude in Gulu: Learning and Exploring
Tomorrow, I leave for my field visit in Chhattisgarh. The past few weeks have been all about preparing for this field visit. But, of course, before I talk about work, let me talk about my experiences outside of work. Two weeks ago, my workmates brought me to Akshardham temple (do a quick Google search of the temple!). It is a huge Hindu temple, which is … Continue reading Chhattisgarh, I am ready for you!
Hello again, everybody from Roatán, Honduras! As of today I have officially been on the island for one month. In some ways it feels like I’ve been here for a while, I’ve gotten used to my new routine, found a favorite coffee shop, and gotten to see most parts of the island. Mostly, however, I seriously cannot believe how fast the time is flying by! … Continue reading A Mid-Summer Update
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