Group on Signal Hill

Group on Signal Hill
Back row: Avery, Kelsey, Ainsley, Patrick, Wylie, Erin, Ethan, Janiel, Larissa: Third Row: Tekowa, Anna, Audrey, Jerard, Andrew, Carl, Allie; Second Row: Elise, Aimee, Vara, Carolyn, Melissa, Morgan, Liz, Erica, JR; Front Row: Savitri, Brianna, Sharon, Lindsay, Andrea

Welcome to Our Blog

WELCOME TO OUR BLOG

As anyone who has participated in this program will attest, there are no words or pictures that can begin to adequately capture the beauty of the scenery or hospitality of the people in Cape Town. Therefore, this blog is merely intended to provide an overview of the program and a glimpse at some amazing adventures and life-changing experiences had by the students and staff of this program who have traveled together as co-educators and companions on the journey. As Resident Director and Faculty Advisor since 2008 it has been a privilege and honor to accompany an incredible variety of wonderful UConn students to a place we have all come to know and love.

In peace, with hope, Marita McComiskey, PhD


16 January 2013

Carl noticing the contrasts


Carl listening intently to
day #1 official welcome

As a sophomore I am currently a pre-kinesiology major, hoping to be accepted to the program later this spring. I will also be adding a human rights minor to my curriculum when I get back to the States. After seeing so little I am already excited for the rest of the semester. All the people that are on the trip are amazing and my two co-interns, Avery and Janiel, will surely make the internship an interesting experience. The three of us are interning at Maitland Cottage, which is a Orthopedic Pediatric Hospital for the disadvantage. Im really looking forward to this experience and I am hoping it will give me some insight on what I would like to do after college. 

So far Cape Town has been an amazing experience; I have tried so many new foods, including ostrich and Ethiopian food. And every thing is beautiful, we can see table mountain from our house and the places we have visited, such as cape point, were gorgeous. But I has also noticed the definite separation of the impoverished from the wealthy. Just driving from the airport to our house you would notice that on one side of the road there are nice houses that are constructed professionally, then when you look to the other side of the road the houses were shacks that were made out of scrap metal and were not much larger then a small bus.

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