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When I first arrived on the small family farm, I took a mental note of what animals and produce we have at the farm as I toured around. Cows, chickens, goats, sugarcane, beans, and one pig. I thought it was strange that we only had one pig as opposed to all the other animals we...

Being Sick in Brazil: My Venture into The Public Health System

Libby Parker-Simkin

2014-01-06

Just before Christmas, I got quite sick. It started with a sniffle and sore throat and escalated to a nasty upper respiratory infection. After a few days of being miserable, my host family took me to a Pronto Atendimento, Brazil’s version of an urgent care center. I went through the triage process, got my forms...

the single story of Brazil

Kristen Lee

2013-12-30

I remember one evening back at Stanford University during Fall Training, the entire Global Citizen Year Brazil cohort sat down for a dinner together. One of our Team Leaders at the time asked us what came to mind when we thought of Brazil – beaches, samba, Rio de Janeiro, favelas, the Amazon, futebol, “BRIC” country status....

Letting Go of Expectation

Mitchell Ryan

2013-12-30

It’s hard to tie up all I’ve experienced in my almost four months here within one blog post. That’s probably my own fault for not writing sooner. Brazil has kept me pretty busy–emotionally at least. I’ll spare you the little details of breaking into tears at breakfast, lunch, dinner, and in the bathroom, but you...

She Takes Care of the House in the Mornings

Zoe Rose Clarke

2013-12-17

She cycles to work. Up the road Indaial, pedaling calmly. Once she arrived thirty minutes late, but every other day, she came just at the hour she was asked. Juicy has purple hair. If purple were a natural hair color, no one would doubt her hair was given at birth. The purple color appears to grow straight out of...

Embracing The Unwanted Emotions

Thien Tran

2013-12-16

Unproductive, the feeling of not being able to yield favorable or useful results. Back home in California, I would consider myself to have a fast paced life. Always having something to do or somewhere to be. Living in a fast paced life allowed me to feel useful and productive. It allowed me to feel accomplished...

A Month of Change

Edward Katz

2013-12-16

So I have had so much changing in my life over the last month that I haven’t really known what to write about, but now life has slowed down enough that it’s time to update! So my last post was how the news was in for my permanent home and internship placement. Well now all...