Who are we?

This blog is an agglomeration of the thoughts and experiences of two American girls who packed up and moved to South Africa on a whim. Caz from Fairfield, Connecticut and Mandy from Milwaukee, Wisconsin first met as roommates in 4127 on Semester at Sea in Fall of 2010.
In the interim, Caz returned to finish her Bachelor of Science with a double major in Biology (concentration in Microbiology) and Geography with a minor in Chemistry at the University of Miami in Florida, while Mandy took a hiatus to rediscover her real passion working with pregnant women, advocating for home birth and delivering babies outside of a hospital environment. We reconvened to follow both of our fields of study (read: hopes, dreams, asiprations, life goals, etc.) outside of the United States. Hello South Africa?

We are both here for at least a year and a half, though the more time we spend falling in love with South Africa, the more we'd like to think it'll be longer. We are both starting jobs in November/December: Caz working with infectious disease at a hospital clinic and Mandy beginning her training to become a certified midwife. Before then, we are both writing a book about our experiences leading up to this adventure as well as the multitude of serendipitous happenings that led us here.

As always, feel free to comment or ask questions. If you have an interest in a topic, let us know and we will surely oblige you (within reason). Enjoy!

Saturday, March 15, 2014

We Started an Internship...

CALLING ALL TEACHERS! Or people in schools of education! I have an AMAZING opportunity for you here in South Africa - I'm setting up a small internship program that lasts between 6 and 12 weeks where you teach a single student from 8 am to 1 pm (subject to slight changes depending on the situation, but not more than five hours) daily with your own lesson plans and receive a small stipend as well as free room and board on a sustainable organic farm (you can pick veggies and fruits from the garden as needed!) in return!!! In your down time, you are free to use transportation provided (as long as you have a valid drivers license) to explore the most beautiful coastline in the world - pristine beaches and epic forested mountains you say?!? Not to mention, you get the unique and exciting experience of life here in South Africa. It is an incredible place for you to learn and grow on your own, all while getting a small income and a free private place to stay! Trust me, this is an opportunity of a lifetime and if ANYONE you know who is either a teacher or working on their degree in teaching has free time this summer (running from May to October) and is interested in applying please email me at cazeaglefeather@gmail.com for a brochure and an application!

Feel free to pass this along! I would really appreciate it! (if you'd like you can even post this in your respective universities school of education pages, that would be awesomely helpful! Thanks everybody!)

-Rh
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