My original internship position in South Africa is through an organization called Tremendous Hearts. It was started in 2008 by the founder, and my boss, Marilyn Votaw and is a registered nonprofit in the US, but is not yet in South Africa. Marilyn had spent a couple years in South…

The morning after Madiba passed, Cape Town seemed a bit quieter. The dog barks and birds’ songs were tinged with melancholy, as if even they knew that a great light had been extinguished from the world. Fewer cars seemed to pass by on the busy road near my house and…

I realize now looking back at my posts from the past few months that I have written very little about what I am actually doing here. Roughly 30-40 hours of my week is spent working – a significant difference from my previous internship in Stellenbosch, and something that gives far…

When I first realized a couple months ago that the Mandela movie would be released before I left South Africa I knew that I must see it while still here. It’s a rare opportunity to watch a movie such as that in the country of its origin and so I…