By Matthew Hagopian: Sawubona, It’s been quite a while since I last posted in this blog, but I would like to recap on what took place during my final few weeks with SOCGA. If you have been following this blog then you would already have known about the adventure I set off to do with […]
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Gonna Take Some Time To Do The Things I Never Have
By Nick Hayman: Sawubona and hello! After a longwinded journey from Toronto to Mbabane which included planes, trains, automobiles and a rather strange part of Frankfurt, Germany (Maybe I should have just stayed in the airport for that layover…), I’ve finally made it. My first 4 days in Swaziland have only involved settling in, as […]
Getting Set for the Beach Volleyball Tournament
By Trevor Teeuwsen: Dumela everybody, As I write this, I have only eight days left in Gaborone now. My internship has been an amazing experience and I am filled with a lot of mixed emotions about having to leave so soon. Botswana has definitely left its mark on me and I hope my stay here […]
TCI: July in Review
By Ryan Sutton: July marked the official start of my Young Flamingos Rugby Summer Camp; an official branding I gave name to in order to generate a little more appeal. Starting a camp is a lot more work than anticipated, especially in a foreign country. In doing so, I had to create registration forms, flyers […]
Lots to tell, but all went well!
By Matt Spina: Hello again everyone! What a crazy, crazy month. I really can’t believe 30 days have passed since my last post. Shortly after our “Canada Day” celebration, the hours became longer and longer until we reached a point where we were spending less time at home per day than the office. This was […]
We Came, We Planned, We Did It!
By Emily Stratford: Hi everyone, The time has come that I write my final blog post. 63 countries, 982 athletes, 9 sporting disciplines, 6 days of competition… we did it!!! On July 14th we began welcoming teams into beautiful Nassau. Over the course of 4 days Geordie, Luke, Matt, and I met with all of the […]
Less Than A Month To Go!
By Elizabeth Kujbida: Dumela everyone! I’m having the hardest time wrapping my head around the fact that my time in Botswana is only 25 days away from being over. It feels like almost yesterday that we first touched down in this beautiful country! Since Trevor’s last update two weeks ago, our workload has really increased […]
Wrapping up the Events!
By Matthew Hagopian: Sawubona! It’s becoming very hard to believe that I will be leaving in roughly one more month. It feels like this internship is just flying by. With that being said, I think I can comfortably say that I’m taking advantage of each and every day that I’m spending here. Work has been […]
Sand, Big Cats, and a Bigger Hill
By Trevor Teeuwsen: Dumela! We have now been in Botswana for just over two months and the time continues to fly by. There are only 5 weeks left and it feels like there is still so much left to do here. A lot has happened over the last two weeks since Elizabeth’s last update. Our […]
TCI: June in Review
By Ryan Sutton: The month of June was extremely kind to me. Throughout the whole month I watched as all of my hard work turned into well run tournaments, exciting community outreach programs, and sponsorships that supported the U19 teams new jerseys. As I alluded to in my May blog, I had a few things […]