It’s Been a Long Time Coming

Camille Minns ’20, Namibia – It’s true. We become a sum of all the places and people that we interact with. If we’re lucky and we open ourselves up just enough, we can take in all the lessons being offered from the experiences and stories that surround us. This is how I feel about my…

The Different Ways of Parting

Olivia Jarrell ’19, Namibia – I feel as though this final blog post is the equivalent to the inevitable “how was your trip” question that will be asked upon my arrival home: fascinating, frustrating, empowering, challenging… do you have an hour, maybe a few? Describing the past eight weeks in Omaruru is like the domino…

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Olivia Jarrell ’19, Namibia — I keep track of the days in the journal I write in each night. Most days were slow in their own way; the space of time between the ringlets of sunrise in the mornings and the apricot glow of a setting sun seemed to contain a week’s worth of hours…

Let’s Talk About Sex, Baby…and Other Realities

Camille Minns ’20, Namibia — With six weeks of living and working in Omaruru “under my belt”, I certainly see this place more different than I had when I first arrived. During the first few weeks, most of my energy was spent on trying to obtain a certain level of comfort in this unfamiliar space….

“Bite the bullet, curse the wind, move on…”

Camille Minns, Namibia — It was a Monday and the first day of another week was finally over. Our final stop for the day was at the Omaruru Primary School, where we sat in on the last hour of a ‘Window of Hope’ session. When it was over and we had to walk home, we…

Halftime

Olivia Jarrell, Namibia — We are four weeks in and have four weeks to go: the halftime, the intermission, the Wednesday of our time here in Namibia. When I write back to my friends and family at home, I often don’t know where to start. Days are filled with workshops, thoughts, conversations, and so many…

The Dots Are Connecting

Camille Minns (Namibia) —- Twelve days. That’s how long it’s been since we touched down in Windhoek, and it’s been 10 days since we took the 2-hour drive north from there to where we now reside in a much smaller town called Omaruru. Ten days. That’s all it’s been. I swear I’ve experienced such a…

But Is It Developed?

Olivia Jarrell (Namibia) —- I was greeted with the same confusion about why I was spending eight weeks in Omaruru, Namibia from both my family and friends at home, and the students at the secondary school a few kilometers from town. “I don’t think the president of Namibia would even know that Omaruru existed!”  Henrietta,…