Author: The Urban Wanderer
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Farewell Frat House ~ Leaving Port Elizabeth
This post was originally from March 7, 2020 The last few days have been jam packed with activities. It’s crazy how you can have so many amazing experiences all within the span of just 48 hours. Thursday morning we booked a boat tour in Algoa Bay to the island of St Croix to see the…
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Saying Goodbye to Missionvale ~ 2 weeks volunteering in South Africa
This post is originally from March 5, 2020 This week has absolutely flown by! It feels like we have found our groove both at the ‘frat house’ and at our placement at Missionvale. I knew going in to the volunteer experience that 2 weeks wasn’t long enough, but I can truly say – it absolutely…
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From Frat House to Fancy as F&@*k!! (ShamWOW)
This post was originally from March 2, 2020 This past weekend has been one of the most magical weekends of my life. Where do I even start? As some of you may know, last year I started working with Lena & David from the Divergent Travelers. They have a really successful blog and I’ve been…
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A Reflection of the Week
This post was originally from February 27, 2020 The last few days we’ve been able to settle in a bit at Missionvale and come to understand how things work … or not work. It’s like organized disorganization. Unless we assert ourselves with the staff regarding how we could help, we could easily spend the day…
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Day 1 at Volunteering in a Township – Bring it on
This post was originally from February 25, 2020 Today was our first full day working at Missionvale Care Centre. Yesterday we went there just for the morning so that we could get a tour of the place. It is quite an amazing facility. It was started by a nun named Sister Ethel who saw the…
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The Long Journey to South Africa
Originally written on February 24, 2020 Hi there everyone! It was a long-assed journey but we have arrived in one piece to Port Elizabeth, South Africa. There was a point during our travels where we questioned whether or not we’d make it in one piece, but thankfully here we are. Our questionable flight was from…
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Dumb & Dumber Do Africa
This post was originally from February 20, 2020 Hi there Everyone, It is the final countdown!! In less than 24 hours I will be off in an airplane flying to the other side of the world. I couldn’t be more excited because this time I am heading back to South Africa and then Mozambique and…
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Farewell and Yamas ~ a reflection from my time in Greece
Yesterday was Friday and my very last day in Greece. We were unsure of whether or not we would be going to camp but even though camp wasn’t back to normal, we were given the green light to go in and do the laundry. Laundry is one of the other tasks CCS volunteers are required…
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Working in a Refugee Camp – a few stories to share and a little road trip’n
This post was originally from October 3, 2019 On Tuesday we had to close the warehouse shop because of all the tension in the camp. We have the back room completely sorted now so there wasn’t anything more for me to do. I asked if I could go over to the Female Friendly Space and…
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Back to Reality ~ Working in a Refugee Camp
This post is originally from September 30, 2019 So a little continuation from yesterday … As you already know, yesterday the four of us decided to hike up to a monastery. Half way through I wimped out and decided to turn back as my bummed ankle was not working in my favor. The girls continued…
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