Field Notes (Blog)
Posts from May 2008
Noted on May 30, 2008 | By Natanya in
By Jessica Fowler, OSU student who interned at CFHI La Paz, Bolivia during Winter term 2008
Oh how we love working Thursdays with Borda! Today was no exception. The city of El Alto was celebrating some sort of independence holiday so the clinic was absolutely dead. By that I mean there were only 30 people in the waiting room as opposed to 200. There was however a cesearan section planned, so Linh and I scrubbed up and headed to the surgery unit with Dr. Borda. Since he is in charge of getting the surgery underway with the local anesthesia, he…
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Noted on May 29, 2008 | By Natanya in
IE3 Global Internships has offered internship to university students at Students Helping Street Kids International (SHSKI) for over 10 years. For more information, see the position description
Priscilla Almeida Dantas: invited by University of Oregon piano professor Dr. Dossin to perform recitals in several Oregon cities; lives in poverty in Brazil, receives an academic scholarship partially funded by several Eugene/Springfield schools, and plans on being an exchange student at Churchill High School and a U of O piano major.
Fifteen-year-old Priscilla Dantas is an amazing young girl who, in spite of the poverty in which she lives…
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Noted on May 20, 2008 | By Natanya in
blog excerpt by Heather Hodnett, intern on the CFHI Traditional Medicine Rotation in Dehra Dun, India
Another funny thing happened…I had an encounter with monkeys earlier this morning! I was just sitting on my bed typing this morning (after I got to sleep in, which was awesome) when I heard a plastic bag rustling in the entry room behind me. I looked around the corner, and there were two monkeys helping themselves to our snacks! I kind of freaked out since I ‘ve heard monkeys will attack people if they feel threatened, so I shut the door…
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Noted on May 19, 2008 | By Natanya in
by Nicole Beaudoin, Film Intern in Cape Town, South Africa, Winter term 2008
Living and working in South Africa has been the greatest and most positive experience of my life so far, and was a much needed change in routine from what I had been experiencing at home. I’ve had the opportunity to experience first-hand the creative process and inner workings of a film shoot. This work experience will be invaluable as I graduate and start my career. My first day at the internship site, I wore heels. After seeing the laid back attitude and casual attire of the office,…
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