By Amber Davis, UVM Living in a canvas tent for three months: Welcome to our humble abode! We have been sleeping in these tents for the past three months rotating tent mates every couple weeks. They are sturdier than…
By Katherine King, Colby College Typical days of the week don’t always apply for Round River students in Botswana. Each day brings another transect and always another adventure. One of our Saturdays, the 19th of November, started out how…
By Caroline W. Foster, Carleton College As part of our curricula here in Botswana we have been being taught Setswana, one of the two official languages of Botswana – the other one being English. I have particularly enjoyed this…
By Caroline Carter, Bowdoin College “Make yourselves at home.” Throughout these past two weeks, home has been our tents, all meticulously set up to maximize flat ground and minimize the chance of rainwater permeating the seams of the floor,…
By Shannon Quinn, University of Vermont November 14, 2017. 6:40 a.m. I woke up in a cold dark place. I am reminded of life’s inherent harshness; the kind that can threaten to wash one’s spirit downstream. My foremost thought this…