“I’m Sorry,” and All That Paperwork Can’t Say PublishedOctober 25, 2024 by Sarah Konrad For her oral story about her experience working with the Refugee Rights Unit at the University of Cape Town … Read more
“One of the Hardest Things I’ve Ever Had to Do”: Working with Refugees in Cape Town PublishedAugust 24, 2023 by Malachy Sullivan DukeEngage Cape Town works with organizations providing assistance to migrants, refugees and asylum-seekers in Cape Town, South Africa. This reflection … Read more
What We Owe to One Another: Collective Responsibility in Cape Town PublishedSeptember 01, 2022 by Brinda Raghavendra Back in February of this year, we were in the interview stage of our DukeEngage journeys. Here, our professor posed … Read more
Contextualizing South Africa’s Complex Society PublishedJuly 08, 2021 by Rifah Nanjiba This past week (Jun 21), I have been working on accumulating resources for the launch of a new sexual and … Read more
Immersing Myself in South African Culture PublishedJuly 08, 2021 by Rifah Nanjiba Throughout the past few weeks, I have been focused on my internship placement with Fugee Assist where I am compiling … Read more
First Week With UpLearn PublishedJune 04, 2020 by Lana Gesinsky I’ve had a very positive first week with UpLearn and greatly look forward to the rest of the summer. UpLearn, … Read more
Migration As An Opportunity PublishedJuly 28, 2019 by Melissa White At Scalabrini, one of the first things we learned in orientation was about the mission of the organization. By working … Read more
Wall of Clocks PublishedJuly 25, 2019 by Shreyas Gupta You know those walls with clocks from all over the world? I’ve always thought we needed one in my house. … Read more
Comfort Outside of My Comfort Zone PublishedJuly 17, 2019 by Melissa White In my first blog, I touched on how I’ve been pushed out of my comfort zone on this trip, the … Read more
What’d you do today? PublishedJuly 11, 2019 by Shreyas Gupta This weekend marks four weeks on this trip or in other words, the halfway mark. My post today is slightly … Read more