Choose Happiness, Choose Your Own Adventure

Global Service Scholar: Kimberly Haagenson Country: Peru Before departing for Peru, I spent several weeks fighting an anxiety that threatened to ruin my overall experience. I had a long list of fears as I found myself preparing to travel to an unexplored country, with...

Day in and day out at the women’s prison

Global Service Scholar: Karla Sanchez Country: Peru A typical day as an intern at the Yanamilla Prison in Ayacucho, Peru consists of waking up around 6 or 7 a.m. to get ready, and then proceeding to eat breakfast around 7:30 or 7:40 a.m. Once done with breakfast, I...

Caring for elephants in Mae Rim, Thailand

Global Service Scholar: Irene Sin Country: Thailand Tata eating From Monday through Friday, I live at the Maetaman Elephant Camp in Mae Rim, Thailand. A typical day starts at 5:30 a.m. for me. However, on Mondays, we do not arrive at the elephant camp until around 11...

Mai Pen Rai (No Worries)

Global Service Scholar: Alexina Pilo Country: Thailand Over the last three weeks, I have become accustomed to living my daily life on Thai time.  The concept of Thai time is one that at first was frustrating and very hard for me to embrace. In Thailand, there is a...

Peruvian Living

Global Service Scholar: Veronica Zamora Country: Peru I start my day at 7 a.m., I get ready and have breakfast at 7:30 with my new favorite nine people. We are all placed at different sites, so we all head out at different times to start our services. Alexis and I...