To finish off our series on A Day In the Life of a Global Intern, we have Kenya.
If you haven’t had a chance, take a peek at the other global internship locations in the series: Thailand, France, and Indonesia.
Here is the full schedule example schedule for a typical day on the Kenya Global Internship:
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6:30am-7:30am – Wake up and put on my breezy dira, it’s too hotfor anything else.
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7:30am-8:30am – Walk to Mama Abdi’s duka for some mandazi and strawberry mala for breakfast, yum!
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8:30am-9:15am – Walk to the main road to grab a taxi and cross the river to the neighboring village, to teach Old Testament bible stories to thewatoto( which means children) at the village pre-school.
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11:30am-1:00pm – Head back to town with my ministry partner for lunch. Mango juice and samosas are definitely on the menu.
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1:00pm-3:30pm – The afternoon heat is too much to be out and about, so we settle in at a Habiba and her family’s house for chai and ask some of our Ethnography questions about their culture and point of view.
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3:30pm-5:00pm – Do a little shopping in town for dinner before heading home, we visit the same people each time to build relationships, and get the best price.
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5:00pm-7:00pm – the ladies of the team eat dinner together every night, Mexican food is a common dish since the ingredients are similar to what you can buy at the market. It is a time for us to have team building and debrief our day.
7:00pm-10:00pm – No going out after 6pm, so instead we develop lesson plans for story time with the watoto the next day, get some homework done, work out, and hit the sack!