‘Akwaaba’, a word when translated into the simplest of terms means ‘welcome’, but as an expression it signifies so much […]
Archive for ‘Africa’
Volunteering in South Africa 2019
By Elsa Bain I went to volunteer in Port Elizabeth for 5 weeks. I coach one day of netball, two […]
South Africa Research Trip
I spent 5 weeks in South Africa and Swaziland as a conservation research assistant gaining practical experience in ecology. This […]
Volunteer Zambia: Working with Sport in Action
By Hugh Braidwood Wow! What a crazy, surreal introduction to Zambia we have had; here is a quick blog about […]
Research on First Aid in Zambia
Over the summer I had the fantastic opportunity to go abroad to Lusaka, Zambia to undergo my dissertation research for […]
Vet Externship in Malawi
With the generous help of the Principal’s Go Abroad fund, I was able to complete a veterinary internship at the […]
Volunteering in Rural Zambia, 2019.
This summer, a team of 7 volunteers from Edinburgh Global Partnerships (EGP), travelled to Zambia to work with Chiseke Women’s […]
An Operation Wallacea expedition: Madagascar
Madagascar, the country made popular by the Dreamworks’ films in 2005 has always been and always will be a biologist’s […]
An Introduction to Conservation Medicine
This summer I spent two weeks in Mpumalanga, South Africa gaining an insight, and hands on experience, into the work […]
Astronomy trip to South Africa
This summer I traveled to South Africa to take part in an astronomy conference in the Kruger National Park. South […]
University of Edinburgh Go Abroad 