An “American” Day in Dhaka
After a 13 hour day in the field yesterday and with a similar day on tap for tomorrow, we had today off and decided to take it easy. We decided to move hotels from the BRAC Inn to a guesthouse in the...
View ArticleConflicting Field Experiences
In the last three days we had two “field visit days” – the first was spent continuing to get an understanding of different BRAC programs and the second day was our first experience with the Gonokendro...
View ArticleTwo Year Anniversary Makeover for GlobalPaige
In honor of my blog’s two-year anniversary this month (and a day in the head office with nothing to do), I decided it was time for a makeover. I hope you enjoy the new lay out, the updated “Meet Paige”...
View ArticleDefining Normalcy at the Halfway Point
Okay so I’ve been a terrible blogger, but since getting back from Mymensingh we’ve just been hanging around Dhaka in the office working to wrap our heads around our research. We visited 7 Gonokendros...
View ArticleFinding Perspective in Sylhet
Our team was thrilled when we found out we would be heading to the Sylhet region for one of our field visits. When you Google “places to visit in Bangladesh,” Sylhet is on that list. We had heard it...
View ArticleImages from Sylhet Trip
Sometimes pictures can speak louder than words, so here are some of the pictures that speak to the stunning beauty of the Sylhet region.
View ArticlePutting Puke in Perspective
We’ve officially been in Bangladesh for one month today, and we knew our relatively good health was too good to be true for the entire six weeks. Thus, we had an unexpected change of plans this...
View ArticleWeekend Getaway in Coxs Bazar
We boarded an overnight bus in Dhaka Wednesday night with our fingers crossed that no one would get sick and that we would arrive to sunny skies and the longest sea beach in the world the next morning....
View ArticleAppreciating “Rawness” of Culture
We only have 2 more days left here, and so we’ve started doing all of our “lasts.” Yesterday, we took our translator/saint/guardian angel out to dinner at our favorite restaurant here, Nandos. Yes,...
View ArticleAnd Just Like That, We’re Headed Home
In honor of leaving for the airport to head home in less than half an hour, I’ve put together a list of things myself and our team has come up with of things we’ll miss and things we’re excited about...
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