Cheers, everyone!! I write to you from the Abu Dhabi airport where luxury is all about (seriously, if you haven’t flown through Abu Dhabi, you should plan to soon– it’s just beautiful!). As I was patiently waiting for my...
It’s hard to believe that we’re in our last days of our adventure. We’ve come so far (it literally took Shalila three days to fly from Hawaii to Johannesburg) and have done quite a bit (learned how to conduct...
These past few days have been really exciting. We are officially making a movie! We knew we wanted to make a film about the personal impact of TB in the mining industry, but we only started brainstorming for our...
Today was another fantastic day in Swaziland. We’ve been quite busy lately, so it’s been nice to have a couple of days to catch our breath and touch base. We started the day with an incredible global health lecture...
Today was our first back at “home base” (The Sibane Hotel) in five days. The past week has been unbelievable, between traveling to Kashoba, meeting the Mkoko family, speaking with the staff at the local health clinic, conducting interviews...
Wow. I really cannot think of the adequate words to describe such a beautiful, emotional day. But here’s my (well, our) attempt. Just so you know, our professors Jonathan and Tara got married today. Yes, you read correctly, they...
Watch the students practice their interview filming skills as the other classmates describe their experience in the course so far!
This is a post I wrote while we were in South Africa, but given the limitations on our access to internet (we were all forced off-line for a few days) I’m posting it now, after being in Ezulwini for...
One of the things I love most about this class is the random opportunities that present themselves at the most unexpected moments. Yesterday, while visiting the shopping center down the street from the hotel, two of our classmates discovered...