Where I'm Going

I will be studying abroad in Kenya in East Africa from September 1st - April 25 through the Minnesota Studies in International Development (MSID) program through the University of Minnesota. I will be taking classes through the University of Nairobi for 7 weeks. I will be taking courses in International Development, Swahili language, Country Analysis and Applied Field Methods. The entire second semester I will be conducting research through my internship culminating in a research paper.

Following the classroom phase, I will be interning with a non-governmental organization (NGO) in a rural part of the country for 5 months. My internship will be focusing on Public Health, primarily health promotion and health education. I hope to be doing community outreach based out of rural health clinics.

To orient you: Kenya is located in East Central Africa . Kenya is bordered by Ethiopia (to the north), Somalia (east), the Sudan (northwest), Uganda (west), Tanzania (south), Lake Victoria (west) and the Indian Ocean (east). The Equator runs directly through the middle of the country.