A very exciting couple of days here! We have continued doing interviews with the girls and have learned a lot! On Wednesday, the 22nd, I did interviews with Marie Eaton a Fairhaven professor looking at experiences growing up as a child. She’s done other research with different groups in India and Thailand as well. Many, many themes came up throughout the interviews as well as differences between girls coming from more rural towns vs. urban settings. Many girls also expressed that without Slum Doctor Programme (SDP) they would not be able to attend secondary school. After our interviews in the morning I got to sit in on Rosemary’s, who is the head deputy or vice principal, English class. The girls did presentations on nonverbal cues, homophones, homonyms, synonyms and common pronunciation mistakes. Some girls definitely stood ... read more

Technology 1 Julie 0 Technology has won again as I have already written the blog post "Before the Trip", an eloquent reflection of the busyness of preparing for a trip, the worries I have going away, the things I will miss, the prayers that I asked for, but it was deleted before I could publish it. Possibly I just needed some personal reflection so it was good I could express all of those things; however, I'm slightly annoyed but realizing this is just one example of the flexibility and good spirits I will need to have when abroad. Some business stuff: This is where I will post everything I post- pictures (more pictures probably on facebook), videos, writings. I believe you will be able to follow me on a map through my travels as well so ... read more