I am not for sale!
Singurisha! This word (Kinyarwanda for "I am not for sale"), which is stamped across the back of my new t-shirt and billboards across the country, is the slogan of Rwanda's new HIV/AIDS public...
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Hello and welcome to my blog! My name is Margeaux Berroth and I am a rising senior concentrating in Human Biology with a focus on Human Health & Disease at Brown University. Bear with me, this is...
View ArticleFirst Visit to PSU & Nutritional Support program with ROH in Pulang Lupa
Written June 25, 2010 Dear Readers, As you know I am here in Puerto Princesa for the next two months on a fellowship through the Watson Institute at Brown University to study a public health issue and...
View ArticleInitial Sessions with PSU classes
Written July 1st Last Friday was a good day. I had my first independent opportunity to interact with students in the classroom at PSU. Susan was in Manila, so she let me teach her class for the day. It...
View ArticleDiscovering Corruption through a Deficient Water Filter
It's been an exhausting and unexpected past few days because my friend Esther, who is travelling with me and taking Spanish classes in Antigua, fell victim to the notorious traveller's sickness. We...
View ArticleNonprofits, Failure, and Efficacy
I want to write about failure. People seem to be very afraid of the word, but I became enamored with it at one point. I wanted people to celebrate failure rather than brush it under the rug. Through my...
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