It has been a long time to decide where my next journey should be. However, I had no doubt that I would be in Africa again. Two years ago, I went to Ghana in Africa when I was an undergraduate student at the University of Utah. Obviously, my public health experience in Ghana was the biggest reason to determine to enter public health graduate school, and I need to remind myself that I felt at that time.
When you hear the name of this country, Sierra Leone, it would be really unfamiliar to you. Certainly, the majority of people know many African countries, but they have not heard about Sierra Leone. Likewise, I only heard the country name, Sierra Leone, when I was taking Evolution lab class in Utah. My TA was planning to go to Sierra Leone for her Peace Corps project for two years. Today, I got in touch with her via facebook, and she said that she decided to be there one more year. Wow, I guess life in Sierra Leone should be amazing because she will have lived there for 3 years.
Even if my World Vision project in Sierra Leone is for 4-month duration, I am trying to be there longer than expected. Going to Africa is not normal chance, and I really want to be a real person who can actually help and develop the project, reducing neonatal/maternal mortality by using LiST (Lives Saved Tool).
I will leave for Sierra Leone on June 8th, and I am ready to go! Before boarding on airplane, I have to take a comprehensive exam and get a wonderful result in Sierra Leone. My journey in Africa is about to start, and my second story of "Africa with Us" will be continued soon.
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