Summer is Coming
We just started Season 6 of Game of Thrones. Our march through the epic drama somehow marks our time in Tanzania. We started watching in earnest when we moved into…
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Photo Blog: The Apartment
In GHSP, housing is the responsibility of host institutions, and ours has done a great job putting us up in university-owned apartments. Our building is 4 stories and within a…
Work Life in Tanzania
Long story short, we are here to work. Sure we’ll hit up Zanzibar, a safari, and maybe climb a mountain, but we signed up with GHSP to use our medical…
The Delicate Fabric of Civilization: Thoughts on the Arab Conflict
I just finished Fractured Lands: How the Arab World Came Apart, the recently published New York Times Magazine behemoth about the Middle East by Scott Anderson. It goes back as far…
A Peace Corps Primer
Today we arrived in Dodoma, the capital of Tanzania and fourth largest city with a population of just over 400,000, after a 10 hour bus ride through the beautiful countryside. We’ll…
Tanzania!!!
We received our assignment from Global Health Service Partnership today. Beginning in July we’re heading to Dar es Salam in Tanzania to work at a university. More details to come,…
We’re moving…
We’re just not sure where yet. Olivia and I have decided to take a break from our careers as medical professionals to pursue some adventure. The first stop is East…