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Hey everyone.My name is Tabea, I am from Germany, and will be in Kenya for around 2.5 months in total to do aninternship at Wale. Back at home, I do my Masters in Global Studies from Gothenburg University inSweden. Since the course focuses on how globalization shapes today’s world, I am here to get morepractical … Continue reading Journey of an Intern – Tabea, 17th of November 2022

Hello, I’ve now started my fourth week here in Nairobi. So far there has been a lot of dancing and drawing which has been both difficult and fun. I’ve now started to remember some of the dance moves, but I still mostly try to follow what everyone else is doing to the best of my … Continue reading Journey of an Intern – David, 20th of September 2022

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Journey of an Intern - Astrid, 14th of June 2019 The last blogpost. It is strange how fast time can fly. You prepare for something months in advance, believe you are going to be abroad for ages, however my three months here have already come to an end. I am very thankful for having had … Continue reading Journey of an Intern

Five months has passed, and my internship is now over. That means it is time to write my last internship blog which, to be honest, is a peculiar feeling. I have spent the last week reflecting my internship and my time here a lot. Thinking about how much I will miss the kids, my colleagues, … Continue reading Stories and experiences of an intern – the last one!

I was doing so well regarding local food and stomach problems, I had not had basically any problems during my almost five months here. Until last Thursday… I had my first ever food poisoning from chapati and beans (not going to eat those for a while that’s for sure) that I had for dinner on … Continue reading Stories and experiences of an intern

Christmas holidays are over, and we have all returned to work and the kids have gone back to school. That was a long holiday which meant a lot of action every day at Wale. I spent 10 days with my friend here in Nairobi and at the coast in Diani. We visited the Nairobi national … Continue reading Stories and experiences of an intern

Wow last week was busy! That is why I am writing my blog a few days later this time. We had our football camp from Wednesday to Friday, followed by going to see some football games on Saturday and Sunday. Even though the week was busy, the football camp was amazing! It was so great … Continue reading Stories and experiences of an intern

December is hereee! That means a Christmassy atmosphere everywhere, a lot of action at Wale and a lot of good and relaxing times ahead. Last Saturday’s dance performance was cancelled unfortunately, so I have no pictures to share from there. So, it was just a normal Saturday with art classes, movie, football and dancing. This … Continue reading Stories and experiences of an intern

One more month has passed once again. It is basically December and it feels weird to live somewhere with 25 degrees at this time of the year. It certainly feels nothing like winter nor Christmas. My friends and family are enjoying the temperatures around -2 and 0 degrees. There’s not much snow in Finland at … Continue reading Stories and experiences of an intern

After a missed flight and a few other complications, I arrived back from Addis late Monday evening. Apparently, the Kenyan visa procedure has changed and instead of getting a three-month visa at entrance, nowadays you only get one month which you can then extend with two more months at the immigration office. The reason for … Continue reading Stories and experiences of an intern

I am halfway in my internship now, with two and a half months to go. It has been a time full of ups and downs, a lot of fun, learning, challenges and new experiences. I have had so much fun with the youth at Wale and in addition to teaching them different things in my … Continue reading Stories and experiences of an intern

As I wrote in my previous blog post, the holiday programme started last week. It is different from Wale’s normal programming because there is no homework scheduled and we have a bit more activities than normally. The activities take place from 14 to 17. On Mondays, Tuesdays and Saturdays we have my drawing class and … Continue reading Stories and experiences of an intern

The first week of the holiday programme is almost over. It has been a busy week, but it has been nice to have a different schedule and more activities. In addition to what we have been doing before, now we have also classes on acting and photography. Venna's first acting class was quite much fun … Continue reading Stories and experiences of an intern