Field Notes (Blog)
Noted on October 6, 2008 | By Natanya in
This week marks the first week I have been in India! So far the entire experience has been magical without lacking challenge after challenge. My favorite place in Pen is a small lake that is located near our beautiful bungalow. I love sitting by the water each afternoon after my full day of observation at Children’s Future India. At the lake I hear beautiful sounds of birds chirping in the trees, a single sound made from many voices chanting in a near by temple, which is all happening at the same time as the suraya (Marathi word for…
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Noted on October 1, 2008 | By Natanya in
I am here! India that is! Everything is so incredible. This experience so far is extremely captivating, challenging, and overwhelming. I flew into Mumbai (Bombay) 3 days ago. I spent two hours in Mumbai. Arriving in India I had some idea of what to expect in some sense from the traveling I have done before, but nothing compares to the busy streets, the overwhelming traffic and noise of Mumbai. The streets were so busy and I looked out towards to traffic and mass amount of people in surprise. In Bombay you look up towards the sky and see…
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Noted on September 25, 2008 | By Natanya in
Excerpt from http://oregonstate.edu/home/stories/index.php?story=christine_murphy
"It was a frigid winter night on Chile’s central coast, and Christina Murphy was standing in the surf in her wet suit with a night vision monocular, getting pummeled by waves. She was counting her research subjects — nocturnal, carnivorous crabs of the species Acanthocyclus gayi that hide in algae or rock crevices — unaware that she would later regard the experience as one that cemented her love for her work.
"It was, however, an unsurprising revelation — Murphy has wanted to be a scientist since the age of six, and…
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Noted on September 17, 2008 | By Natanya in
My name is Ashly Doran, and I am a senior at the University of Oregon. I am 22 years old and was born and raised in Santa Cruz, CA. Ever since I was a young girl, I have had a compassion for other people. My eyes were really opened up during a sophomore college course about current world issues. We learned about environmental, health, and humanitarian issues. One section of the course that really moved me was when we talked about Africa. When our teacher went though a general overview of some of the problems that were occurring, environmental and…
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Noted on August 7, 2008 | By Natanya in
Tostan is a non-governmental organization working on basic education and human rights in Senegal. While in Senegal I helped them with translation of educational materials (from French to English) so that they could be implemented in other countries and translated into local languages. I also did grant writing and report writing. I lived in a few different villages where Tostan had worked, and wrote reports for donors based on these experiences. The experience in Senegal helped me to write my undergraduate thesis on the practice of female genital cutting.
What I am up to now: After graduating from University…
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