“Its hard to put in words what these past two months have been like. I expected this experience to be life changing but I never could have imagined exactly what it would be like living in Cape Town. I have been blessed with the privilege to connect with some of the greatest and smartest people in the world. I have learned so much about the world as well as myself in this short amount of time. I will miss this beautiful city more than I can imagine and hope someday to return. The children’s spirit at Baphumelele will always be in my heart.”
Eman joined the VACorps program in January 2022 and participated in a social work internship at an NGO that supports expecting and new mothers and families. She studied for her BA in Social work at Haddasah academic college where she...
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Shelby joined the VACorps program in May 2018 and participated in a Physical Therapy Placement. “I chose Cape Town as a place to study abroad because it was somewhere that I had always wanted to go and seemed to...
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I knew that Cape Town would be good for me. Invaluable human rights experience? Check. Hiking? Check. Surfing? Check. Wine tasting? CHECK. I could go on. But what I didn’t know was how much. That I would cling to my...
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