Nine members of the university community made FIU alternative Breaks history April 30, 2013, when they departed for South Africa to work with children and adults with HIV/AIDS. Theirs is the first aB group at FIU to travel to the African continent. FIU News will be following the team’s journey with photos and first-person accounts written by group members.
Blog posts:
- May 16, 2013: ‘Speechless’
- May 10, 2013: ‘Welcoming arms and loving hearts’
- May 9, 2013: ‘Every day during this trip has been memorable’
- May 8, 2013: ‘I write this post with tears falling down my face’
- May 4-6, 2013: ‘I faced the Bunny Chow. And I lost’
- May 3, 2013: ‘I committed to this trip to connect with those around me’
- May 2, 2013: ‘Nothing we do will be as noble as what these people do’
- May 1, 2013: Arriving in South Africa ‘surreal’
- April 30, 2013: aB team ready to begin journey to South Africa
This journey certainly very mengasikan and many lessons that can be taken