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2011-12-23

Monday, October 17 So, I’m sick again- gotta love it. When I’m sick I have a lot of time to think.  I’ve been in bed since ten o’clock this morning; my sister suggested I try to sleep it off.  It’s one o’clock now.  I slept for about two hours but just couldn’t sum up enough...

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Thankfulness

2011-12-23

In my family, we have a tradition of making and eating foods from different countries every Thanksgiving. Last year, we did Mediterranean and the year before that, Ethiopian. Although our tradition is to not follow tradition, Thanksgiving is always an important holiday during which we take time to appreciate all that we have. This past...

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When the Stars Spilled from the Sky

2011-12-22

I was running, chasing the elusive breeze. The greenery was thick on either side of the thin, winding road, and sharp rocks beneath my feet on the dirt path were painful through the thin soles of my shoes. A strange sight, the foreign girl running through the jungle at 4 in the morning, before the...

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The Nutella Question

2011-12-21

I wrote this blog entry about three weeks into my stay in Senegal, while I was still in training, living in Dakar. It was lost in the bowels of my computer, but it is now found and posted, three months late, for your pondering: Nutella. It’s a personal vice. Not just any Nutella – the...

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Where We Go From Here

2011-12-21

Tucked away in the north of Dakar surrounded by green lawns and palms trees, the Meridien President Hotel is glaringly different from the swelling, sandy neighborhoods and bustling, littered streets through which our taxi weaves. Within the five-star conference center’s halls, the environment is abuzz with the conversations and presentations by dignitaries, professors, and representatives...

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39 Hours, Pt. 3

2011-12-21

If you haven’t read the first two parts to this adventure, be sure to do so before reading Part 3! Part 1 can be found at http://archive.globalcitizenyear.org/2011/12/39-hours-pt-1/ and Part 2 can be found at http://archive.globalcitizenyear.org/2011/12/39-hours-pt-2/. Friday, 4:00 p.m., one kilometer from the edge of Bosque Colonso I’m running on empty. Every step takes all the effort I can...

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Powdered milk can’t save the world

2011-12-16

Bilat is my three year old cousin. We’ve recently adopted him and his 5 year old sister into our family because his mother is mentally ill and left him to his father, who chose not to raise his two kids. The kids here play rough, and quite often fight rough. Bilat, being the youngest, is...

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Corporal Punishment

2011-12-15

  Global Citizen Year provides Fellows with complete, succinct and crucial preparation prior to placing us in the field. Upon arrival in Senegal I felt well equipped to handle the inevitable culture shock – I was ready to face my immersion with an open mind and a compassionate heart, and with no expectations. However, nothing...

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39 Hours, Pt. 2

2011-12-14

If you haven’t yet read the first part of this adventure, be sure to do so before reading this blog. It might make a bit more sense! http://archive.globalcitizenyear.org/2011/12/39-hours-pt-1/ Thursday, 7:00 p.m., the abandoned ranchito Wilson and I wake to the roof being violently blown off the lean-to. The world is a whirlwind of insanity; my clothes...

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