July 2015 – Page 3 – Project Blogs

Week 2: We Have Visitors!

Wednesday night we were joined by a group of future doctors who formed an organization by the name of MGY. They conduct sessions of medical training for local community health […]
McGill University, Peru, Project Amazonas
Week 2: A Community Celebration

Tuesday of this past week was especially adventure-filled. We were invited to the 47th anniversary celebration of the Santo Tomas community. Festivities began with a church service held by local […]
McGill University, Peru, Project Amazonas
Week 2: Getting Used The Jungle Life

What a busy week we’ve had! Work-wise things are coming along. We finished clearing the area around the clinic last week, filling it with an abundance of grass plugs and […]
McGill University, Peru, Project Amazonas
Week 1: An Overview

We open our eyes at the especially early hour of 5am and we’re still in the jungle, awaiting the arrival of el Gran Yanashi, a large boat filled with more […]
McGill University, Peru, Project Amazonas
Week 1: A Pretty Average Day

As we don our muddy rubber boots after a 6 o’clock wake up, we sleepily make our way down through the misty rain or downpour for coffee and breakfast, which […]
McGill University, Peru, Project Amazonas
Week 1: Settling In

river.jpg We have arrived safely on Sunday in our new home for the next 6 weeks, and today we began our first day of work! The field station is […]
McGill University, Peru, Project Amazonas
Uganda, Week 5: Almost There!

Columbia University & Penn State University Chapters Uganda, Week 5 Wow. We reached the end of our fifth week in Uganda and we only have a week left. I think […]
2015, Columbia University, Community Concerns Uganda, Pennsylvania State University, Uganda
Post # 1 – Intro

Nourish International: The Ohio State Chapter will be sending four students this summer to the Kutch region of Gujarat, India in order to construct a water catchment site. Our mission […]
2015, Butler University, India, Ohio State University, Samerth Charitable Trust
Target Aquired

Hello! Alex and Dylan, the Rice University interns here again, checking in before our third week. The construction of the dearly needed bridges came to a close at the start […]
2015, Peru, Project Amazonas, Rice University
Week 1: Settling In

We have arrived safely on Sunday in our new home for the next 6 weeks, and today we began our first day of work! The field station is great, it […]
McGill University, Peru, Project Amazonas