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I hope you have all had a great week, I sure have. I have thoroughly enjoyed Reading week, which is a random break in February where we get a week off to relax and catch up on our school work, and I did exactly that (ahem). I thought today would be a good day to tell you about the purpose of this blog. Lets talk about why I am going to Vietnam; but first I have to tell you what 'Indev' is. International Development (Indev) is a multidisciplinary program run by the School of Environment, Enterprise, and Development at the University of Waterloo(UW); where I have been learning about the causes for global poverty, environmental degradation, and the dominant socio-economic systems in the world. Here at UW I haven't just learned about the issues, but have also learned the tools to address these issues. Coming up on my fourth year here (WOW the years went by fast) I have an eight month field placement with the Dariu Foundation in Ho Chi Minh City, to put all that I have learned into practice. To put this into further context, I have never been to Vietnam before, nor do I know anyone who is living there right now. Though I am flipping between extreme excitement and anxiety, I am sure it will be an AWESOME experience. The next six months are going to go by so fast, but not nearly as fast as my eight months in Vietnam.
Sadly,due to internet censorship laws in Vietnam, I would not be able to access Blogspot from there. I am looking into other blogging sites to continue this blog. I will miss this platform dearly.
I hope you have all had a great week, I sure have. I have thoroughly enjoyed Reading week, which is a random break in February where we get a week off to relax and catch up on our school work, and I did exactly that (ahem). I thought today would be a good day to tell you about the purpose of this blog. Lets talk about why I am going to Vietnam; but first I have to tell you what 'Indev' is. International Development (Indev) is a multidisciplinary program run by the School of Environment, Enterprise, and Development at the University of Waterloo(UW); where I have been learning about the causes for global poverty, environmental degradation, and the dominant socio-economic systems in the world. Here at UW I haven't just learned about the issues, but have also learned the tools to address these issues. Coming up on my fourth year here (WOW the years went by fast) I have an eight month field placement with the Dariu Foundation in Ho Chi Minh City, to put all that I have learned into practice. To put this into further context, I have never been to Vietnam before, nor do I know anyone who is living there right now. Though I am flipping between extreme excitement and anxiety, I am sure it will be an AWESOME experience. The next six months are going to go by so fast, but not nearly as fast as my eight months in Vietnam.
Sadly,due to internet censorship laws in Vietnam, I would not be able to access Blogspot from there. I am looking into other blogging sites to continue this blog. I will miss this platform dearly.
