Posts from Togo

“Does it rain in the US?” My host mom asked me one day. Before this remark feeds into your stereotype …

I write this blog post a week before the end of my Duke Engage experience. It is intensely bitter sweet, …

Before coming here, I had taken 3 classes with Dr. Piot, and in each class, we discussed the gift economy. …

White people are a rarity in Togo. Peace Corps volunteers excluded, in the past seven weeks I’ve spent in this …

As the clock winds down on our time here, going into the final week I reflect on what a fulfilling …

One of my main projects this summer has been working in the Case de Sante, a health clinic nestled right …

Although I enjoy the routines that I have established in my almost two months here in Koudé, some of my …

It rained this morning which means we shouldn’t expect class to start until at least an hour and a half …

The daily climb up the mountain was what I was most anxious about before the trip. Yet the 1-hour hike …

One of my summer projects was the evaluation of a health insurance system at a small health clinic in Kuwde, …