My first year of my masters is coming to a close, and I thought I'd share a piece I wrote for a class that got published in The Mennonite online magazine! Check it out: "Let's Talk About Sex" has taken on new meaning
Category: Health
Health and the Safe House..
There is a wide variety of health education needs in a group of 81 young women, especially when they encompass a wide range of ages, education, and experiences. Preparing to do health education, I asked Neema, the social worker and current go to person, what sort of health issues were most pertinent. Hygiene always seems …
Step it up..
There is nothing quite like an hour long African aerobics step class to conclude a day of work. No matter what my mood is, how lethargic I am, or how scrambled my mind feels from the day, my spirits are always higher as I stretch my fatigued legs on the half mile walk home in the evening's …
“Nothing about us without us is for us..
Youth are the solution not the problem!" This slogan sat proudly on the backs of each kid and drew my thoughts for much of the youth camp. A strong call for youth to be active agents for change within their country and communities, and a reciprocal call for the society to intentionally involve youth societal change, planning, and …
When you drink water, remember the spring..
...a Chinese proverb according to the internet. And a heady reminder that the water we rely on has to come from somewhere. Clean drinking water is a global issue even surfacing as a problem close to home in America. Flint, MI and our country's aging pipe infrastructure, the struggle (or battle...) at Standing Rock, ND …
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Rays of Cobalt Blue 