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2. Welcome to Malawi!
June 25, 2023: Hey everyone, it’s Pranav again! I’m writing to you from Blantyre, Malawi: the Warm Heart of Africa! Our first week in Malawi has been amazing, and I’m finally...
Week 2 & 3: The Warm Heart of Africa
Hey y’all! It has been a few weeks since my last post – we have just been so busy since arriving in Malawi! To keep the posts from getting too long, I will be splitting the last...
Week 1: Orientation and Setting Goals
Hi y’all!Since this is my first post of the summer, I wanted to make a brief introduction. My name is Alex David and I am a rising senior from Will Rice College majoring in...
1. Introduction and Preparations
Hi everyone, my name is Pranav Mandyam, and I’m a rising junior majoring in Biosciences (Cell Biology & Genetics) and minoring in Global Health Technologies. I was first...
8. Zikomo Malawi
Now that I have been home for a week, I’m not sure how to feel. Everything is familiar yet different at the same time. I somehow managed to go from living with 10 other...
8. When I Was in Malawi
an excerpt from my journal… Day 50: A few weeks ago, I wrote about how hard it was to believe that we were halfway through this internship. Now, looking out the window of one of...
7. Down to the Wire
Our last couple of days in Malawi were a whirlwind and I honestly can’t believe that it is over. Of course, we had a lot to do and not enough time, but part of the experience is...
Week 7. Final Thoughts
It’s been four days since I returned home to Prosper, Texas, USA. People keep asking me if it feels weird to be home. I think people expect me to say something along the lines of...