Dear friend, I hope you’re enjoying your time in South Africa now. Maybe you’ve just arrived and did icebreakers at Monte Casino. Maybe you’re halfway through and you just landed

Everytime someone asks me what my favorite thing about South Africa is, I say it’s how everyone is so willing to engage. My entire time here, I have encountered so

Not even a week.  Less than seven days separates us from our departures and marks our official goodbyes to Joburg, a city that has become a second home to us.

As the last week of the program roles around, just as Riley, new emotions swirl within me. I know that long after I arrive home, the souvenirs are unpacked, and

As I sit here in the back of this bus riding back from Koshoba, I feel both peace and gratitude. Though this peace is lessened with the knowledge that I

Unfortunately, I’m writing this sick in bed, questioning where I got whatever seems to be afflicting Ben, Emma and I, but on the bright side, I’ve had a little extra

It is kind of ironic how all of our trips to museums and other commemorative locations in Johannesburg as a group of college students have been accompanied by children on

You’re grounded. One of the most deadly phrases I heard as a child. In two words, my day could be completely ruined. All the excitement around meeting friends, playing outside,