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Mountains and Valleys Don’t Meet, But People Do
Michelle Hugo is a 2016 Global Engagement Fellow who spent the summer working with Northern Uganda Medical Mission (NUMEM) in Pader, Uganda There is a very common Acholi phrase that roughly translates to “mountains and valleys don’t meet, but rivers and people do.” This adage definitely brought a lot of … Read more
Basic Humanity
Michelle Hugo is a Global Engagement Fellow who spent the summer of 2016 working with a medical mission in Pader, Uganda. Working with and for the Northern Uganda Medical Mission (NUMEM) and MGY has revealed some of the purest examples of humility. Those who work for these organizations show great … Read more
It Takes a Village: Medical Training in Uganda
The following post was written by Nalini Peres-da-Silva, a Campus Y Global Engagement Fellow who has spent the past two months in Pader, Uganda, as a village health team worker. As I sit staring into the abyss of Northern Uganda on the rooftop of my guest home in Pader and … Read more
My Irish Endeavors
The following post was written by Whitney Edmonds, a rising senior in the Bonner Leader Program at the Campus Y. This summer Whitney has been interning through the IES: Dublin Summer Internship program; she works at Volunteers for Youth as her Bonner community partner. In the beginning… As the summer began its course, I looked … Read more
An Internship in Kenya
The following blog was written by Aislinn Antrim, a rising Sophomore in the Bonner Leaders Program at the Campus Y. Aislinn works at Rogers Road Community Center as a Bonner; she is working with Carolina for Amani this summer through the Bonner International Summer of Service internship. by Aislinn Antrim … Read more
Smooth Sailing
The following post was written by Tiffany Turner, a rising junior in the Bonner Leader Program at the Campus Y who received a Bonner NC Summer of Service grant for her internship at TABLE; she also received a Jamie Kirk Hahn Foundation summer fellowship. by Tiffany Turner Hey … Read more
How to (Not) Change the World in Five Months
By GGY Fellow Parker Vige. I leave Budapest in five days. That’s one more day than four, and one less day than six. It seems to be such simple math, yet why can’t I understand it? I was suppose to live and work in this beautiful ‘Paris of the East’ … Read more
The Summer Begins
The following post was written by Tiffany Turner, a rising junior in the Bonner Leader Program at the Campus Y who received a Bonner NC Summer of Service grant for her internship at TABLE; she also received a Jamie Kirk Hahn Foundation summer fellowship. The summer begins and I have … Read more
MedServe is a winning idea
There aren’t enough primary care physicians in the United States, and the problem is getting worse. In the 2007 North Carolina report, “State Likely to Face Severe Shortage Over Next 20 Years,” a task force convened by the NC Institute of Medicine concluded that “without major changes in the health … Read more
Reflecting on My Time in Bolivia
by Logan Pratico. One question that I frequently found myself being asked over the past 7 months is ‘what is your favorite part about Bolivia?’ Most people, looking for a straight answer, are quite surprised (and maybe somewhat irritated) when I respond with an answer that can take most of … Read more