Posts from DukeEngage Independent Project in Health & Human Services from 2017

The Process At first, I only knew of Daa as a friendly face, the boy would give me a wide …

Every morning I wake to the sound of goats screaming at each other on the compound. The sound resembles a …

Palliative care is often abridged to ‘end-of-life care’. It’s how the field was first introduced to me. I heard these …

I realized I was going to miss Turrialba Through a haze of mojitos and love. I watched the midwife’s bare …

A physician at Beijing Tiantan Hospital once remarked that Chinese people who go abroad often feel very lonely. I thought …

My final day in Costa Rica was marked with many tearful goodbyes and promises of visits and staying in touch. …

It’s been absolutely amazing in every way to have had the opportunity to live and volunteer in Singapore for two …

Children don’t expect you to fail.  I have seen this sentiment in the eyes of the many young athletes I …

It’s hard to believe that its already been almost two months since I first arrived in Singapore and my project …

Living in Singapore for four weeks now has opened my eyes to the similarities and differences between this culture and …