Karibu!

Welcome to my blog! Yes, I’ve become a “blog person.” I hate me, too. I just needed a way for friends and family to keep tabs on me during my stay in Tanzania this summer for DukeEngage! I haven’t had Internet on my laptop for a while, so my posts are a bit behind, but I’ll catch up! ;)

DukeEngage is a civic engagement facilitator, which completely sponsors programs domestically and internationally. I am volunteering for an organization called Engineering World Health (EWH). I will be taking Kiswahili lessons and medical equipment training for four weeks at a learning facility in Usa River, Tanzania. The following four weeks, I am assigned to work as a biomedical engineer with my partner, Raelyn, at Nkoaranga Hospital in Arusha. There, we will put unused or broken medical equipment back into working order. 80% of equipment in the developing world has been donated from foreign countries/corporations. Some of this equipment doesn’t work upon arrival, and most equipment falls into disrepair within five years. For more information, visit dukeengage.duke.edu and ewh.org.

Thanks for stopping by! Enjoy!