I got back on Wednesday from an absolutely delightful trip to the US for Ramya's wedding and time with family and friends in San Francisco, Chicago and New York. While I was there, I got a number of complaints about my abysmal blogging of late - I'm sorry! I will go backwards with a small catch-up of photos... unfortunately my photo-taking has also been pretty bad lately.
1. Ethiopia. 10 hours after I landed in Uganda, I took off for two days of work in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. It was really interesting to be there, and we had some great food, but I won't lie - I hope I don't have to spend a lot of time there. It is very grey and rainy for about half the year, and didn't feel very welcoming culturally, though that could be a mistaken impression after a very short visit.
Photographic evidence that I was there and it was grey and there are a lot of very old cars there, though no good photos:
A friend from freshman year at Harvard, Troy, just got hired to join the team I just joined. He was in Ethiopia with me, and it was great to re-connect
2) US of A!!
It was so great to be home, to get to go to my dear friend Ramya's (who I met the week before we started freshman year during a pre-orientation camping trip) wedding to wonderful Samir, and to just spend time with beloved people. I really did not do well at photo taking, especially during the time with Brian and Lois, but here are a few pictures from a most excellent trip.
Giving a speech/poem with Emma and Camden at Ramya's wedding
She was/is so beautiful!
During the part of the ceremony involving fire....
McDonald family by the lake in Chicago!
Ugandan aprons with Ellen
Reuniting with friends in New York
3. End-of-Year Global Health Corps retreat in Jinja, Uganda
My Global Health Corps fellowship year has come to an end. I feel really lucky to have been and to still be part of such a great community of young people working on social justice issues. I've learned a lot from collaborating with people in so many different global health organizations - Partners in Health, Elizabeth Glaeser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, the U.S. State Department, community-based organizations, and so on. The retreat was a fun, interesting, and reviving week with a great group. I am really going to miss the fellows who are heading back to the US.
4) I turned 25!
I think it's going to be a good year. My friend Julie, roommate Lorne, and I had a joint birthday party at the best Mexican restaurant in Kampala - I can say the best because there are two.
6) Rwanda - went to Lake Burera on the border of Uganda and Rwanda with friends - so beautiful
1. Ethiopia. 10 hours after I landed in Uganda, I took off for two days of work in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. It was really interesting to be there, and we had some great food, but I won't lie - I hope I don't have to spend a lot of time there. It is very grey and rainy for about half the year, and didn't feel very welcoming culturally, though that could be a mistaken impression after a very short visit.
Photographic evidence that I was there and it was grey and there are a lot of very old cars there, though no good photos:
It was so great to be home, to get to go to my dear friend Ramya's (who I met the week before we started freshman year during a pre-orientation camping trip) wedding to wonderful Samir, and to just spend time with beloved people. I really did not do well at photo taking, especially during the time with Brian and Lois, but here are a few pictures from a most excellent trip.
Giving a speech/poem with Emma and Camden at Ramya's wedding
My Global Health Corps fellowship year has come to an end. I feel really lucky to have been and to still be part of such a great community of young people working on social justice issues. I've learned a lot from collaborating with people in so many different global health organizations - Partners in Health, Elizabeth Glaeser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, the U.S. State Department, community-based organizations, and so on. The retreat was a fun, interesting, and reviving week with a great group. I am really going to miss the fellows who are heading back to the US.
I think it's going to be a good year. My friend Julie, roommate Lorne, and I had a joint birthday party at the best Mexican restaurant in Kampala - I can say the best because there are two.
5) Isaac!
My Global Health Corps Ugandan co-fellow, Isaac, finally had me over to meet his family -- it was really fun to meet them after spending a year working together. I wish he was staying with CHAI
