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Twitter Chats Galore
By Jennifer Brunet My role in Jamaica as a Health Promotions Manager Intern has been highly involved in promoting the Jamaica Family...
Dec 8, 20163 min read


Haba Na Haba, Hujaza Kibaba
By Patricia Butt Where does one go to access credit in a rural village, hours from the nearest town? A woman, landless, without any...
Dec 1, 20163 min read


Making Friends, Cooking Chicken
By Marie Dumont KOMPA! That’s the type of tropical music that I get to listen to every night as our neighborhood bar pumps music late...
Nov 21, 20162 min read


Meet Madam Betty Ayagiba, Founder Of Widows & Orphans Movement (WOM)
By James Thalla-Joel It’s been just about two months since I have arrived here in Bolga, and boy, time has gone by fast! Things have...
Nov 21, 20163 min read
Well Okay Public, You Ready To Be Engaged? Good. Let’s Get Started.
By Doug Strasser Hello Internet! The World Wide Web! The Global Network! The Great Cyberspace! The Super Highway! The Home of...
Nov 20, 20169 min read


Jamaican “Tings”
By Jennifer Brunet Before I took this internship, when I thought of Jamaica, the things that came to my mind were sunshine, water, and...
Nov 16, 20164 min read
Hello, I’m Chinese Jamaican
By Zoe Chung Hello, I’m Chinese Jamaican. What does that mean? It means that I was born to Chinese-Jamaican parents who raised me with...
Nov 15, 20163 min read


Field Trips!
By Travis Jacox Things are really starting to pick-up here in Tamale as my roommates and I settle into routines, make new friends, and...
Nov 15, 20163 min read


Lessons From Ugandan Farmers
By Emily Murray The Ugandan countryside is stunningly beautiful with lush landscapes and rolling hills of tea and sugarcane plantations,...
Nov 15, 20162 min read


Weathering The Storm
By Manal Rajan It was a deceptively warm and sunny week as the hype of one of the most powerful Atlantic hurricanes in years, Matthew,...
Nov 2, 20164 min read
The Psychosocial Element Of HIV/AIDS
By James Jarvis I came to write this post due to my current position in a Jamaican NGO that has a primary focus on helping adolescent...
Nov 2, 20165 min read
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