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Week 2: Trainings with Mountains of Hope!
Tuesday, May 17th – Wednesday, May 18th: On Tuesday and Wednesday of this week, we were trained how to teach communities about menstruation. Our trainers were shocked that menstruation continues […]
2016, Mountains of Hope, Uganda, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill -
Week 3: Surveys and Micro-planning
This week we completed the map of Mundheta village that had 500 houses. We were once again accompanied by field staff from the Sehgal foundation, Rachel and I were accompanied by Yan […]
2016, India, Sehgal Foundation, Uncategorized, University of Florida -
Week 1: Complete!
This week has been incredibly interesting working in the field with the other interns, Community Concerns Uganda (CCUg) staff, and the builders! We are working in small teams of 3-4 […]
2016, Columbia University, Community Concerns Uganda, Uganda -
Week 2: Mapping the villages
(Stephanie, Jacqueline, Rachel and Prerana visiting the school in Bhadauji) Our project consists of two main areas. First, the promotion of good sanitary practices as well as the implementation of […]
2016, Chapter/ University, India, Sehgal Foundation, University of Florida -
Ready to go!
Our team has worked hard in the past few weeks preparing to head straight from school to Golpalpur-on-the-Sea in Odisha, India. Now that we all have finished our intern training […]
2016, India, VIEWS, Virginia Tech -
Week 1: Arriving in Dindigul
Our first few days in Dindigul have been very exciting and full of meeting new people, walking around our neighborhood, and learning about the MEERA Foundation. Because local elections are […]
2016, India, MEERA, Rice University -
Week 1 in Mpigi – UNC Chapel Hill
Day 1: May 12th, 2016 We have arrived! Arriving to Uganda has been an adventure to say the least. After arriving to the airport at 2:30am on Thursday, […]
2016, Mountains of Hope, Uganda, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill -
Day 1: Columbia takes on Jinja!
Gabby, Diana, Or’el, and I (Regine) arrived late last night to Jinja, Uganda where we are staying with 2 host families, Maama Sarah and Julie. They are taking great care of us and making […]
2016, Columbia University, Community Concerns Uganda, Uganda -
Take off!
Diana, Or’el, Gabriella, and I in the airport in New York heading to Brussels for our first flight connection to Entebbe, Uganda! We had a great deal of time on […]
2016, Columbia University, Community Concerns Uganda, Uganda -
Getting excited!
Our team is getting excited for these upcoming days where we’ll be traveling to our project site in Ahmedebad, India! We can’t wait to meet the individuals we’ll be partnered […]
2016, India, Ohio State University, Samerth Charitable Trust