Author Archives: Rachel

On February 14, in honor of Valentine’s Day, I hosted a Men as Partners activity by asking two disability groups, Helping Each Other and Northwest Association of Women with Disabilities, to come together and participate in learning about gender inequality in the disability community.  The activity we conducted was called “Fishbowl.”   During the first […]

Food is everything we are. It’s an extension of nationalist feeling, ethnic feeling, your personal history, your province, your region, your tribe, your grandma. It’s inseparable from those from the get-go. – Anthony Bourdain Wherever I traveled in the world, I always found a McDonald’s.  I saw a McDonald’s in the town center of Cusco, […]

I’ve got to see you again I could almost go there Just to watch you be seen I could almost go there Just to live in a dream – From I’ve Got to See You Again by Norah Jones Love life.  It comes with both joys and challenges. When I first submitted my application for […]

To continue my mission to educate as many persons with disabilities as possible about HIV and AIDS, I took a trip to Bali, a village located about 15 minutes by car from Bamenda.  In Bali, I met with a group of 12 persons with disabilities to give an education on HIV prevention. Before I began the […]

Last October, I did a Nutrition Workshop for a small group of persons with disabilities.  When doing workshops on various health topics, I normally give each workshop more than once so that I can reach out to as many people as possible.  However, for this workshop, I did it only once because the workshop produced unsatisfying […]