Aga Khan- September 5th
Being the Patient This last week was probably the first time I was really home sick and wanted to be back in the states. When you’re not feeling well in a foreign country it really makes you long to…
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Foundations
Last week I tagged along on a trip up the mountain to Vielo where a parent meeting was scheduled before school starts the first week of September. The visit served several purposes for me, one being to talk to an…
OR Day
August 21st My experience in the OR was absolutely amazing!!! It was a nice break to get away from my second week in the ED. We got to go to the theatre at 8am and stayed in the OR…
My Experience in the ED
August 19, 2017 Saturday I’m currently writing this in the pitch dark. It’s night time in Tanzania and all of the electricity just went off. A few nights ago after tossing and turning all night because of hearing various sounds throughout…
Pediatric Oncology August 28-September 8
August 28-September 8 My experience in Pediatric Oncology these last two weeks was absolutely unbelievable despite me having strange things going on with my health. My first week was a weird week for me because I was having some serious…
Mukumi National Park and Maasai 25/08/2017-27/08/2017
The Safari Journey On the Way to Safari 25/08/2017 I literally can not contain my excitement to be going on the safari! Today is finally the day! My favorite animal in the entire world is an elephant or in Swahili…
Why is Urban Light’s work important?
To catch everyone up, Thailand is so wonderful. I feel very at home here, and am so grateful for the community and support system that I have found. I feel more at home at Urban Light as well! The staff…
Final Report
LUMOS Final Report: Sean Grossnickle Senegal 2017 Every time I try to put words to my Lumos experience, I feel as if I do injustice to what I felt and saw. I can put it into numbers: 19 loans…
Alone on the Roof of Africa
The Great White Mountain. Kilima Njaro. Ol’doinyo’oibor. The Roof of Africa. No mountain captures the imagination quite like Africa’s tallest, the biggest and baddest of literally hundreds of volcanic peaks and craters and mounds that speckle East Africa. More accurately,…
The Men of Kilimanjaro
My guide would alternately march ahead of me to set a brisk pace up the ashen volcanic scree and fall far behind me to let me dance alone through the craggy landscape, as he knew I liked to do. He…