Patrick happy to be here

Patrick & Jerard

Hi my name is Patrick Clarke and I am a sophomore Biology major and potential human rights minor. I plan on graduating in 2015 and after a couple years working as an EMT in the U.N. paramedics program, I want to go to Physician’s Assistant school. After that I hope to work in the Doctors Without Borders program working in overseas war-torn countries with under-privileged adults and children. In Cape Town, I will be working in the non-profit Tafelsig Medical clinic. 
As soon as I got to Cape Town, I was more shocked than anything at the complete cultural divide driving from the airport to the house. I hadn’t made very many friends in the class but quickly that changed to me becoming great friends with my housemates. It is hard to get homesick in a beautiful house with beautiful and all around awesome individuals who are in the same exact situation as yourself. I became very involved with the people and the landscape of the country because I had never seen anything like this before. My best day so far was at the Elonwabeni Child and Family Centre which I loved because I got to play with kids which I really like doing. I hope to get to work with kids at Tafelsig because I am a firm believer in the correct upbringing of youth. All in all, I am very excited for next week and very happy to be here right now.