Cerecare week 7
Everything is wrapping up! Everything is coming to a close! Not just for me, but also for the children and staff too. I leave in a bit more than a week and the rest of the people at Cerecare also…
Everything is wrapping up! Everything is coming to a close! Not just for me, but also for the children and staff too. I leave in a bit more than a week and the rest of the people at Cerecare also…

Je vais vous expliquer ce qui est probablement la chose la plus difficile que j’ai fait dans ma vie : j’ai appris une autre langue. C’est quelque chose qui n’est pas venu facilement. J’étudie le français depuis 7 ans. Je n’ai…
Jour 38 – Jonas, Cheikh et moi sommes allés voir Moctar. Moctar a crié sur moi parce que je ne lui ai pas dit bonjour. J’étais en train de faire ça mais apparemment je ne l’ai pas fait assez rapide.…

สวัสดี ค่ะ! <— That, pronounced Sa-wat-dee ka, means hello (and goodbye!) in Thai. Sa-wat-dee is the actual greeting, and ka is the suffix attached to indicate gender. Females use ka whereas males use krab. Additionally, Thai, as one of the…
There is an old Chinese saying, 上有天堂下有苏杭 (Shang you tian tang xia you Su Hang). This means up above us there is the Heaven, down here there is Suzhou and Hangzhou. This saying compares Heaven to Suzhou and Hangzhou; ever…
Time has flown by, and throughout these times, I feel like a lot has changed. It has been a long way since early days of my time here in Shanghai. Back then I was still trying my best to adapt…

Je pense que ça sera un post général. Je suis ici depuis 40 jours et j’ai déjà fait plus de certaines activités que dans ma vie. J’avais mangé plus de poissons que dans la vie. J’étais malade plus que les…
Jour 32 – J’ai enseigné encore un cours pour les talibés. Nous avons visité le bénéficiaire qui était en train de décider s’il va arrêter le business. Il a décidé d’arrêter le business bien que nous lui donnions une autre…

In the last two weeks I’ve been darting around Nairobi interviewing contacts, collecting information, finalizing logistics and more. In less than a week I drive down to Tanzania for the beginning of a whirlwind month: first to Mt. Meru for…

In my recent excursions making contacts, I’ve encountered two infamous African stereotypes and found them to be simultaneously very true and also more nuanced than one would expect. The first is the stereotype that African governments are stagnated by corruption…