This week
was a very exciting week for me and all of the other third year INDEV* students,
this was the week that we found out where we will be going for our placements. After the long wait I can officially say I
will be going to Botswana in September.
Botswana
is located in southern Africa, directly north of South Africa. I will be going
to the small town of Shakawe, which is in the North West corner of the country
and very close to the Namibian border.
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| Botswana |
I will
be interning with an organization called the Trust for Okavango Cultural and
Development Initiatives or TOCaDI for short.
TOCaDI acts as a support structure for community based development
organizations that represent the local San people and other minorities. Like many development organization around the
world, TOCaDI works on a variety of development issues including; water rights,
community health, craft production, small business development and Natural
Resource Management.
We are going to get more
information in the next few weeks but until there here is the link to the
website if you want more information <http://www.kuru.co.bw/TOCaDI.html>.
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| Map of Africa - Botswana Highlighted |
*INDEV = International Development
Disclaimer – The views and opinions expressed
in this blog are mine and do not express the views of the University of
Waterloo, St. Pauls University College or TOCaDI.
Very excited for you Kelsey, what an experience.
ReplyDeleteI am sure you will be great. Love you.