1 year older 2 field visits 3 supervisors 4 rounds of revision 5 concurrent projects 36 pages of report 57 photos 280 kilometers of traveling and countless learning moments ————————————————————————————————————————————- If I were to summarize my first month in India with numbers, these are definitely the highlights that come to mind. The past few weeks have been filled with surprises (good ones), challenges, lots of … Continue reading One Year Older, One Year Wiser
Last Friday evening, I arrived in Beirut, Lebanon. Tired and sore from 15 hours of travel, I was anxious to pick up my luggage, get through customs, and find World Learning’s (the INGO I am interning with) Security Manager who was waiting with a driver to take me to my new home. As we drove from the airport to the apartment, I stared out the … Continue reading Ahla wa sahla! Welcome to Beirut!
Jambooooo! (‘Hello’ in Kiswahili). Moving into a new country always has its up’s and downs. On one hand, you get to experience a new culture, meet a new set of people, explore a new city or town, but on the other end, you also make a lot of mistakes while starting over in a new country. I did make some highly expensive mistakes when I … Continue reading The Beginning In Nairobi
The matchmaking is over. After hundreds of emails, interviews, and general running around, the IEDP internships are about to begin! The 2017-18 cohort will be all over the map – from right here in the USA, down to Peru, over onto the African continent (Senegal, South Africa, Malawi, Kenya, Uganda, Ethiopia), through the Middle East (Jordan and Lebanon), and into Asia (India, Cambodia, China and … Continue reading Ready, set, go!
The International Educational Development Program 