Met some incredible people.
Alyssa - US exchange student, you don't get nearly enough credit for being brave enough and deep enough to do what you do
Susannah - UK filmmaker - you are sincerely the kindest, accepting, and most empathetic person I think i've ever met in the world
Jeremiah - Nutrition Student - coming back to Ghana and getting to work with a volunteer who was actually trying to accomplish something tangible that they were actually trained to do kept me sane
Sheila - Global Giving rep - amazing organization that people should know more about
Margaret - Head nurse who, although we have had our differences, I have only the utmost respect for her palpable passion for healthcare which drives the whole Center
Joseph O - adopted me into the HIV-NGO field in Ho in the fall and showed me the ropes of voluntary testing, support groups, etc
Mujib, Mubarak, and Victoria - hostel-mates who never treated me "white"
of course, Joseph A - letting me and all GlobeMedders stay with him like family. This man does not get nearly enough credit for his genuine sincerity and love for helping people at incredible self-sacrifices while working in a system of "recipients" that rarely acknowledges the concept of being a volunteer
Also have to thank
Of course, the Mind the Gap Fellowship people, Art and Nathaniel for giving me this awesome opportunity, that as cheesy as it sounds, completely changed my life for the better.
GlobeMedders, for the whole purpose of the organization which shaped my global health formative years, and the people for supporting the HOPE Center
My friends who let me complain to them over gchat and put up with my mid-ghana craziness
and my family who is amazing and i love them
thank you to everyone! and to anyone who actually has stuck it out and read this thing since August!
thats it, see everyone around.....
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