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The following blog post is brought to you by Griffin. It’s the last week of service! At the time of writing there’s two days of service left before we pack up and head to Zanzibar. Service has been such a...
The following blog post is brought to you by Emma. Welcome to Musoma! This is week 4 of service for all of us, so we have finally somewhat found our footing in this new place. There are three students living...
The following blog post is brought to you by Simon Karibuni na Shirati! Welcome to Shirati! And welcome to our time of service. On February 25th, we all dispersed to our different service locations all throughout the Mara region. I...
The following blog post is brought to you by Vaughn. After our day of exploring Arusha, it was finally time for our safari to be underway! We started the morning by eating breakfast, and packing all of our things into...
The following blog post is brought to you by Madelynn. Our final week in Dar es Salaam was marked by a bittersweet series of “lasts.” The last Kiswahili class, the last lunch at Nyambani Goshen, and the last day spent…
The following blog post is brought to you by Jacob. Day-to-day life in Tanzania is much different than in the United States. As I write this blog post, I am sitting outside my house in front of a small patch…
The following blog post is brought to you by Caleb. This past week we spent two days with the Aqua-Farms Organization, AFO. It was a great time! After our Thursday morning Swahili classes, several AFO representatives came to introduce their...
The following blog post is brought to you by Jordan. This past week came with many great days and moments. In this blog I will tell you about this past Wednesday which happened to be Simon’s 20th birthday. The day...
It’s been a while since we last posted (our apologies). Our schedule has been very hectic and it’s high time we fill you in. We hope you enjoy getting caught up on our adventure with the following photos. Karibuni. ...
Have we mentioned that Dar es Salaam, Tanzania is hot?! So we all were eager to get out of the heat of the city and spend this past weekend about 70 km north of Dar along the coast in the...
We are now into our second full week here in Dar- time keeps moving right along- but want to tell you all about our first very busy week! Throughout the semester each student will be responsible for contributing the content...
The students day began very early as they packed their things and prepared to meet their host families. It was an early morning wake up for church that began at 7 a.m.. Those who were up early due to jet...
Sim cards, geckos on the ceiling, humid heat= lots of sweat, bright sun, dusty streets, local fisherman’s market, a birthday, pool time, city walking, sun burns, fresh juices, piles of rice and delicious sauces, naps, laughter, navigating transportation, walking through...
We were pleased to welcome the group on the late evening flight into Dar es Salaam. We got to the guesthouse in downtown Dar and it was off to bed for everyone. We will hit the ground running tomorrow in...
Jambo! Greetings and happy New Year from Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Welcome to the Goshen College Tanzania SST 2025 Blog! We (the Graber Roths) are eagerly awaiting the arrival of our Tanzania SSTers. They land at Julius Nyerere International Airport...
The process of Making Stain Glass Hummingbird: During my time in Ecuador, I got the opportunity to learn and create 4 different types of stained glass hummingbirds. I learned how to cut glass, wrap it in this copper foil, and...
Students have been on Service for weeks now. This experience has allow them to learn, reflect, and live among Ecuadorians in closer relation to many of them. SSTers want to share their activities and how they process them during this...
Students have been on Service for weeks now. This experience has allow them to learn, reflect, and live among Ecuadorians in closer relation to many of them. SSTers want to share their activities and how they process them during this...
Students have been on Service for weeks now. This experience allows them to learn, reflect, and live among Ecuadorians in closer relations. Many SSTers want to express how their activities help them grow and become global citizens. Here is a...
On June 11, the last Tuesday of our visit, we headed to Rathlin Island, the northernmost edge of Northern Ireland. We’d been looking over the water at this island from our Corrymeela backyard for our whole visit, so it was...
Dr. John Mischler, associate professor of sustainability and environmental education, has recently been honored with a Fulbright fellowship.
On Friday, June 7, we gathered after breakfast to visit the Carrick-a-Rede Rope Bridge, one of the most popular sites along the Causeway Coast. The first bridge was built by salmon fisherman in 1755, but we crossed one built in 2008,...
For the Goshen College community, service is accompaniment, “an attempt to walk along-side host nationals and enter (where you can) in their work. Service at this juncture in our history is much more about being than doing. It is about...
Being in Quito has been an enlightening experience for all our students and faculty as we visited incredibly interesting and beautiful places that enriched our minds and souls. During these six weeks, we relished the classes, reflection sessions, readings,...
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