http://maddiepongor.vox.com/library/posts/page/1/ Maddie Pongor en Vox Sat, 26 Jul 2008 06:54:50 -0400 Copyright 2008 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://maddiepongor.vox.com/library/post/last-days-here-in-rwanda-1.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Maddie Pongor) http://maddiepongor.vox.com/library/post/last-days-here-in-rwanda-1.html?_c=feed-rss http://maddiepongor.vox.com/library/post/last-days-here-in-rwanda-1.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 26 Jul 2008 06:54:50 -0400 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://maddiepongor.vox.com/library/video/6a00fad693d28800040100a7ed79f0000e.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00fad693d28800040100a7ed79f0000e-50si" alt="Pubzagogo" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Can’t believe we’re leaving in just a few hours…! I’m very proud to say that we did not burn down Epiphanie’s kitchen and our cake for Patrick was edible. Baking with Epiphanie’s family couldn’t be more fun- Olivier, Flora, Eric, and Patrick ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://maddiepongor.vox.com/library/post/last-days-here-in-rwanda-1.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00fad693d288000400fae8cf7cc4000b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://maddiepongor.vox.com/library/post/changing-plans-seeing-the-gorillas-early-spraining-my-ankle-hiking.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Maddie Pongor) http://maddiepongor.vox.com/library/post/changing-plans-seeing-the-gorillas-early-spraining-my-ankle-hiking.html?_c=feed-rss http://maddiepongor.vox.com/library/post/changing-plans-seeing-the-gorillas-early-spraining-my-ankle-hiking.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:59:53 -0400 JUST KIDDING. Both my ankles are perfectly functional. Hopefully the other two parts of the title are almost as interesting though :) I wrote this part on Wednesday… While we were on site interviewing today, we got news from Epiphanie that we ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://maddiepongor.vox.com/library/post/changing-plans-seeing-the-gorillas-early-spraining-my-ankle-hiking.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00fad693d288000400fad69d05000005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://maddiepongor.vox.com/library/post/dangerous-avocados-andvirgin-mary-ii-1.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Maddie Pongor) http://maddiepongor.vox.com/library/post/dangerous-avocados-andvirgin-mary-ii-1.html?_c=feed-rss http://maddiepongor.vox.com/library/post/dangerous-avocados-andvirgin-mary-ii-1.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 22 Jul 2008 13:31:08 -0400 It was so great to retreat to Kigali for a few days and get a change of scenery. We slept in…for most college students in the summer that means rolling out of bed around lunchtime – for us it was about 9 am, but it felt way later since ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://maddiepongor.vox.com/library/post/dangerous-avocados-andvirgin-mary-ii-1.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00fad693d288000400fad69c16700005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> aids rwanda avocados interviews hiv kigali butare muzungo http://maddiepongor.vox.com/library/post/africana-clothes-and-bourbon-coffee.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Maddie Pongor) http://maddiepongor.vox.com/library/post/africana-clothes-and-bourbon-coffee.html?_c=feed-rss http://maddiepongor.vox.com/library/post/africana-clothes-and-bourbon-coffee.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 18 Jul 2008 14:12:57 -0400 Yep we actually did it - when we went to work today, we wore the cloth we bought at the market just like the Rwandan women. I was worried they'd think we were mocking them, but they thought it was great and everyone laughed watching us try to act ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://maddiepongor.vox.com/library/post/africana-clothes-and-bourbon-coffee.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00fad693d288000400fa96894a4d0003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> rwanda volcano kigali pongor bourbon coffee http://maddiepongor.vox.com/library/post/since-saturday.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Maddie Pongor) http://maddiepongor.vox.com/library/post/since-saturday.html?_c=feed-rss http://maddiepongor.vox.com/library/post/since-saturday.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 18 Jul 2008 08:35:01 -0400 Can’t believe I haven’t written since Saturday… Before I try to catch up, I wanna mention some exciting news – Jessica and I are leaving on July 26th and we’ll arrive in the States on Sunday the 27th! Originally we were planning to leave on August... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://maddiepongor.vox.com/library/post/since-saturday.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00fad693d28800040100a7e99549000e?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> jessica epiphanie presbyterian orphan sumi hiv/aids miscarry pongor muzungos butare the chinese restaurant zoe ministries cassavas national museum of rwanda africana cloth huye district http://maddiepongor.vox.com/library/post/wrote-this-yesterday-on-the-bus-2.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Maddie Pongor) http://maddiepongor.vox.com/library/post/wrote-this-yesterday-on-the-bus-2.html?_c=feed-rss http://maddiepongor.vox.com/library/post/wrote-this-yesterday-on-the-bus-2.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 13 Jul 2008 13:21:44 -0400 Today was our last day working at the construction site with the U.S. team. Today, like the other four mornings this week, we woke up as the sun was rising, wharfed down some breakfast, and hit the road… well, if you can call it a road. The tw... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://maddiepongor.vox.com/library/post/wrote-this-yesterday-on-the-bus-2.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00fad693d288000400fae8cba94f000b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> running rwanda maddie zoe poverty landfill epiphanie paraguay dominican republic bricks hiv/aids toxic fumes pongor duke transit giving hope orphans misery tourism http://maddiepongor.vox.com/library/post/last-day-in-gitarama-first-days-in-butare.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Maddie Pongor) http://maddiepongor.vox.com/library/post/last-day-in-gitarama-first-days-in-butare.html?_c=feed-rss http://maddiepongor.vox.com/library/post/last-day-in-gitarama-first-days-in-butare.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 09 Jul 2008 17:04:28 -0400 Monday was the most overwhelming day-on-the-job we’ve had so far. We showed up at the YWCA at 8 am as usual, expecting to have about six or seven people total… and found out that around 15 people had showed up. It was a nightmare trying to figu... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://maddiepongor.vox.com/library/post/last-day-in-gitarama-first-days-in-butare.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00fad693d288000400fa968698040003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://maddiepongor.vox.com/library/post/4th-of-july-rwandan-style-kigali-safari.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Maddie Pongor) http://maddiepongor.vox.com/library/post/4th-of-july-rwandan-style-kigali-safari.html?_c=feed-rss http://maddiepongor.vox.com/library/post/4th-of-july-rwandan-style-kigali-safari.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 06 Jul 2008 17:03:00 -0400 While y’all in the U.S. were shooting off fireworks, barbequing, and celebrating the red white & blue last Friday, Jessica and I were two of maybe 10 white people packed into a stadium of thousands of people watching…gosh, what to call it... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://maddiepongor.vox.com/library/post/4th-of-july-rwandan-style-kigali-safari.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00fad693d288000400fad69736520005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> safari rwanda kigali president kagame http://maddiepongor.vox.com/library/post/trying-not-to-die-in-the-marketplace-and-other-adventures.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Maddie Pongor) http://maddiepongor.vox.com/library/post/trying-not-to-die-in-the-marketplace-and-other-adventures.html?_c=feed-rss http://maddiepongor.vox.com/library/post/trying-not-to-die-in-the-marketplace-and-other-adventures.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:46:00 -0400 After work yesterday, we went with our housekeepers Chantal and Olivier to Gitarama’s local market. Sounds pretty simple right? Ha, wrong! It was our first and last time trying that out. Unsurprisingly, we drew a lot of stares being the ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://maddiepongor.vox.com/library/post/trying-not-to-die-in-the-marketplace-and-other-adventures.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00fad693d288000400fa968403f20002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> marketplace gitarama mama arlene http://maddiepongor.vox.com/library/post/genocide-memorial-and-first-official-day-of-work.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Maddie Pongor) http://maddiepongor.vox.com/library/post/genocide-memorial-and-first-official-day-of-work.html?_c=feed-rss http://maddiepongor.vox.com/library/post/genocide-memorial-and-first-official-day-of-work.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:41:00 -0400 Visiting the Genocide Memorial on Monday was just as tough as I expected. We took a tour of the capital city Kigali on a bus with a few Italian and Australian tourists and Epiphanie’s son Olivier. The Memorial was included in the tour, so... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://maddiepongor.vox.com/library/post/genocide-memorial-and-first-official-day-of-work.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00fad693d288000400fa9684290f0003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> genocide zoe hotel rwanda kigali genocide memorial giving hope program