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Pre-Travel Jittershttps://www.studyandgoabroad.org/volunteer-abroad/blogs/1265-pre-travel-jitters
Emily has faces the uncertainty of a summer abroad. Passport - check. Anti-Malaria pills - check. Suncreen - check. Bug spray - check. Here it is; departure day already. It seems like only days ago I received word that I would be spending my summer in...
- Type: Article
- Author: Emily Kennedy
- Category: Volunteer Abroad Blogs
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In her final blog post, Roop reminisces about the last two years of blogging from the field. Hitting the submit button for my masters thesis was the weirdest feeling I have ever experienced. After two years of essay writing, academic research,...
- Type: Article
- Author: Roop Gill
- Category: Study Abroad Blogs
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Mike pushes beyond his comfort zone to make a difference. Amid all the overwhelming emotions Kaya Martinez felt as she strived to escape New Orleans ahead of Hurricane Katrina, one that sticks was the sense of shared vulnerability. “Down here it’s hard...
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- Author: Mike Land
- Category: Volunteer Abroad Blogs
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Mike sets out on his journey to meet angels working in America. Back in the 1980s, I went to the local non-profit movie theater where I sometimes volunteered and took in a movie—a German film called Wings of Desire. Black and white, it focused on...
- Type: Article
- Author: Mike Land
- Category: Volunteer Abroad Blogs
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Elizabeth gathers vital supplies for her tropical work placement. I’m learning that field research in Panama is not going to be a walk in the park. It will be a hike through dense jungle—but I can take some measures to minimize discomfort and danger...
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- Author: Elizabeth Tokarz
- Category: Work Abroad Blogs
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If you don’t apply, they’ll pick some other guy. Click. “Dear Ms. Tokarz, I am please to inform you that you have been selected to participate in the 2014 STRI REU Program in integrative biology…” Gasp. I’m in?! Three Months Earlier There must be...
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- Author: Elizabeth Tokarz
- Category: Work Abroad Blogs
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Sometimes, "work" abroad involves a lot of "play" abroad. I was starting a slow peddle up the Beach Road incline when Richy yelled from behind me that he’d found something. I didn’t want to lose momentum though (rusty skills on the bike caused me a lot...
- Type: Article
- Author: Taylor St. John
- Category: Work Abroad Blogs
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As Crystal finds out, very little in life is free. Since I have been in India, I have been searching for volunteer opportunities. What I found is that there are few free volunteer opportunities. To me, volunteering is a powerful movement. It says, "I...
- Type: Article
- Author: Crystal Collins
- Category: Volunteer Abroad Blogs
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"Once you see the city of Naples, then you can die." I was told by one Napolitano that “once you see the city of Naples, then you can die.” In some parts of the city, especially in its deep, suffocating alleyways, I was worried that I would never...
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- Author: Mark Oprea
- Category: Study Abroad Blogs
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Mark discovers the true meaning of an Italian Easter. Stefano drives the hills down to the valley of Pistoia every day and I’m having trouble withstanding the first 10 minutes. It doesn’t help that the guardrails are infrequent and the turns are...
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- Author: Mark Oprea
- Category: Study Abroad Blogs
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Emily mentally prepares for her volunteer experience overseas. As my departure date quickly nears, I’ve been fielding a lot of questions about what things make me nervous about my pending trip to Ghana. To be honest, there isn’t really anything, other...
- Type: Article
- Author: Emily Kennedy
- Category: Volunteer Abroad Blogs
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Trina removed the iconic maple leaf from her backpack. Here, she explains why. Seven years ago, I broke the stitches that secured the Canadian flag to my bright blue backpack. It was a symbolic act. It was a traveller’s coming of age moment when I...
- Type: Article
- Author: Trina Moyles
- Category: Volunteer Abroad Blogs
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In rural Guatemala, only one in ten youth reach high school and far fewer ever graduate. Opportunities to invest in a generation of young men and women is a chance to change their lives. She doesn’t look anything like me. Her hair is glossy and black,...
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- Author: Kassia Binkowski
- Category: Volunteer Abroad Blogs
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After two weeks in India, Crystal is ready to make a difference. I've been in India for about two months now. I'm learning so much about culture, language, society and even love. I visited the local Fort Jhansi again. It's old and it's not a place to...
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- Author: Crystal Collins
- Category: Volunteer Abroad Blogs
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Weekends in Slovenia have Melissa itching to get to the mountains. After having enjoyed a tease of summer in March with a picnic in the park the previous day—hiking mountain trails seemed the perfect way to spend our Sunday. Nestled in Triglav National...
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- Author: Melissa Gagne
- Category: Study Abroad Blogs
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Melissa finds the perfect study abroad roommate. I told them they were crazy. “I’ll never share a room with anyone, I need my own space.” Something I thought I had successfully avoided in my undergrad, the effortless room option found me signing a...
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- Author: Melissa Gagne
- Category: Study Abroad Blogs
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Marks weighs life at home versus his life overseas. “Ciao!” “Buon Giorno!” “Arrivederci!” Whenever I walk into a bar or café in Italy—whether it be in Florence, Pistoia, or Padua—I’m usually greeted with a burst of joy. Locals flock to the bars with...
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- Author: Mark Oprea
- Category: Study Abroad Blogs
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Making the most of sunshine overseas. Winter is finally on its way out the door, which means sunshine, warm weather, outside running and spending lazy days lying outside in the grass. Spring means that euphoric feeling that only fresh air and sunshine...
- Type: Article
- Author: Emily Fritz
- Category: Work Abroad Blogs
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Another study abroad experience comes to an end. In my experiences abroad, the hardest part has always been saying goodbye to new friends, my new city and my new life. Sometimes this is of my own volition, other times it is because a program ends....
- Type: Article
- Author: Kait Bolongaro
- Category: Study Abroad Blogs
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How to take your medical career out of the hospital and on to the high seas. Every day, hundreds of ships representing more than 50 luxury cruise lines crisscross the whale roads of the world’s oceans. For the on-board medical staff, they are the key...
- Type: Article
- Author: Mike Howard
- Category: Work Abroad
