Neither Winter Nor Spring
This post originally appeared in my Peace Corps blog roughly four years ago. Once again I find myself in the limbo that is March indecisiveness. Though I am no longer in a place where indoor heating eludes me, I am still struck by the frustration of mercurial weather and uncertainty ahead. Though across the ocean [...]
A trip home, and some thoughts about (Peace Corps) success
Huddled over a cayenne-and-cinnamon-spiced mug of almond milk-hot chocolate, wriggling my toes in striped wool socks while snow fell outside, I knew I was home. Home for a week-long visit, that is. Visiting the United States for Christmas marked my first time out of Colombia in 14 months as a Peace Corps Volunteer. “There’s No [...]
Woman to Watch: Sarah Naguib, the 17 year-old founder of Laptops for Egypt
Sarah is an amazing young woman who started her own organization after seeing a need for technology in schools in Egypt. Working with non-profits One Laptop per Child and Hands Along the Nile, Sarah is raising $25,000 to purchase 100 low-cost, energy efficient laptop computers for students in Egypt. She also recently gave a TEDx [...]
Spreading Empowerment: How to Volunteer with Underprivileged Women
By our friends at GoAbroad.com. Women’s rights and gender equality issues have been fought for and debated over for generations. While those of us in developed countries are battling the glass ceiling, sandwich jokes and the ability to decide what’s best for our own bodies, other countries aren’t so lucky. Abuse, discrimination and a lack [...]
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Make a difference while travelling in Cambodia
Cambodia is one place where your help can really make a difference. The country has gone through years of disaster, which means your time spent working as a volunteer abroad will be most valuable, helping this beautiful nation get back on its feet. It was during the 1970s that Cambodia was rocked, when communist Pol Pot took [...]
What to bring away from Kony2012
It’s been roughly two weeks since Invisible Children’s Kony 2012 campaign and video went viral. The video has sparked a flurry of status updates, tweets, articles, and video responses. (see see here, here, and here). Although I believe the Kony 2012 campaign is problematic through a lens of both policy and culture, I am grateful for the [...]
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Voluntourism: sustainable vacationing.
A modern day conundrum: You want to go on holiday, but you feel bad for just lazing around for a week and you are really just harming the environment with your carbon footprint….but you reeeeally want a holiday. What do you do? Become a Volutourist. It’s a surprisingly short time ago that volunteering became so [...]
A Week for Human Rights
It started off on Tuesday, November 8th as my local professional sorority, Kappa Gamma Chi, sponsored Emerson’s First Annual Amnesty International Write-a-Thon. Amnesty International is a global human rights movement, with offices and chapters all over the world fighting against injustices and promoting human rights. It was started in 1961 by Peter Benenson when he [...]
Volunteering: Who, Why and Where
Volunteering is confusing. There is no doubt about that! As mentioned in my previous article, I hope to detangle the web of a million questions you ask yourself when tackling the idea of volunteering. There are so many factors you need to consider when thinking about it: your lifestyle, culture, age, marital status, any skills [...]
