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After a memorable day yesterday, today had a high bar. To meet it, we decided to take the group off-campus to explore Manzini, the largest city in eSwatini. As…

Today started at midnight, with a New Year’s celebration, Together for Development style! We started with a presentation by students who wore their national costumes and introduced them to…

Today we asked some of the biggest questions you can ask in development—how do countries make their way out of poverty? What responsibility do other countries have to help?…

Development invariably means different things all of us. So, what comes to mind when you hear ‘development?’ Can development be desirable or undesirable – maybe both? Are there instances…

If yesterday was about getting to know each other, today was about building our community.Living in a diverse community is exhilarating, but comes with its own challenges. As we…

They came by bus. They came by plane. They came by kombi. Some even came by foot. But they’re all finally here, and we couldn’t be more excited!The local…

It’s whole been a year, but we’re finally back on the beautiful hill outside Mbabane, brimming with excitement for this year’s edition of Together for Development. Our team is all…

And so it finally comes to an end. This incredible journey we’ve been on together is winding down to a close. We’ve spent two weeks completely immersed in each…

We woke up today to a delicious sweet smell wafting from the dining hall. The group in charge of breakfast made us French toast! We have a superb and…

We’ve spent this course learning about the fundamentals of development and acquiring the tools to make the world better. It’s finally time to start putting our learning into action….

Today was like a reunion. We all came back from our various community stays and you would have thought we hadn’t seen each other for years! There were group…

Participants dragged themselves of the bed, still weary from the hike, to find that today was Arts and Development Day. It was a day of drama and theatrics, arts…

Today was either everyone’s favorite or least favorite day. We went hiking out in Malolotja Nature Reserve, and for some it was the most incredible experience of the course, while…

The campus was particularly lush and green today; a perfect day to study the environment. We started off breakfast with a particularly ambitious student-made fruit salad—with apples, peaches, mangoes,…

We had a special treat for breakfast today—pancakes, made especially for us by one of our student teams. They spent last evening prepping and woke up extra early to…