What Now?
Ever since Trump won the election I’ve been trying to make sense of how a guy who is legitimately such a terrible dude could get elected in 2016 — and…
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…
Safari, Part 1
The driver cut the engine, the roar of the Land Rover dissipating as it stopped in the middle of the road. It seemed silent at first but then the chatter…
Stonetown, Zanzibar
At the end of September we took our first much anticipated trip to Zanzibar. Ever since learning about SEED Global Health I began dreaming of visiting Zanzibar’s tropical and exotic…
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…
California Love
It felt strange to be settling into life in Tanzania and return to the States after barely finishing our orientation. One doesn’t feel they have yet earned a vacation. Luckily I’m…
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…
Tanzanian Homestay
When you are in the traditional 27-month long Peace Corps program, a homestay entails living with a family for three months while you learn how to do daily activities of…
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…
