Posted by: Gulnur Birol | May 25, 2012 | 4 comments
May 25th 2012 Well, it came to an end. Three weeks went by the wind leaving lots of good memories behind. I am almost finished with my final report. I only need to incorporate last minute feedback that I am expecting to get from my supervisor. I will then have a final meeting with her [...]
Posted by: Gulnur Birol | May 23, 2012 | 1 comment
May 21- 22th 2012 I have been deeply involved in analyzing the data, summarizing the findings and coming up with recommendations that are meaningful to the BOCAIP. After work, I went to the mall that is nearby and at the counter the cashier asked me if I needed a maid. I could not make sense [...]
Posted by: Gulnur Birol | May 22, 2012 | 1 comment
May 19, 20th 2012 I have spent the weekend in Maun camping by the Okavango Delta and sleeping in a tent. After I arrived there early Saturday morning, I headed to the Old Bridge Backpackers Lodge where I met a volunteer from work and everything was arranged for our camping on a remote island. They [...]
Posted by: Gulnur Birol | May 22, 2012 | no comments
May 18th 2012, Francistown For one of the interviews we went to the office of the social worker and on her door this was written: “life is a journey, keep it safe, travel legally and always use protection”. This nicely summarized the problems that Botswana is dealing with for me.
Posted by: Gulnur Birol | May 17, 2012 | 4 comments
May 16th, May 17th 2012 Today (May 16th) early morning the wife of a long term volunteer kindly took me and another volunteer in Maun to a horseback riding trip. This was a scenic trip into the golden colored dry bushes where we got really close to the giraffes, zebras, gemsboks, springboks and took lots [...]
Posted by: Gulnur Birol | May 16, 2012 | 3 comments
May 14 and 15, 2012 I hit the road at 5:30 am on Monday to catch a flight to Maun which is in the northwest side of Gaborone and about 500 km away. It is known for its tourist attractions, with Okavango delta nearby and being a departure point for Kalahari desert safari trips. My [...]
Posted by: Gulnur Birol | May 13, 2012 | 3 comments
May 12 and 13, 2012 I left home at 7:00 am on Saturday to join an early morning game viewing. With two other volunteers we took a cab and went to Mokolodi Nature Reserve about 20 minutes away from where we live in Gaborone. It was a privately owned place and there were no predators [...]
Posted by: Gulnur Birol | May 12, 2012 | 1 comment
May 11, 2012 It was a very full day, starting with an hour long drive to Kanye where I, BOCAIP staff member and the local BOCAIP supervisor met with the stakeholders and interviewed them sometimes one-on-one sometimes in groups of 4-5. One of the interviewee’s was a chief who did not necessarily endorse my outfit [...]
Posted by: Gulnur Birol | May 11, 2012 | 1 comment
May 10, 2012 I walked to the work this morning along with the birds chirping, and people sweeping the leaves on the brownish soil coloured sand in front of their yards with handmade brooms. They do this as a ritual very morning and every evening very patiently. I was astonished seeing the huge termite mounds [...]
Posted by: Gulnur Birol | May 10, 2012 | no comments
May 9th 2012 Today was my first day at work. My day started with the birds chirping in the early morning, the sun saluted me with grace. Have I mentioned that every day is a sunny day here? If not, let me tell you. One does not need to think about the weather here, I [...]
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Gulnur, originally from Turkey, is Senior Educational Strategist in the Science Centre for Learning and Teaching working closely with faculty, administrators and students to improve student learning. She enjoys traveling and volunteering, and when she can, she combines both of her interests in one and she leaves for change.
