Alumni Blog
Intercordia was meaningful for me because…Stephanie/Kings/Rwanda/2011
Stephanie reflects on her summer in Rwanda in 2011…..
The Intercordia Expereince was meaningful for me because….. Katie/Kings/Honduras/2011
Katie reflects on her summer teaching and living in Honduras.
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Consuelo, Dominican Republic
Cynthia/CMSF/DR/2009 and Daniel/STU/DR/2009 share about their work placement in Consuelo, Domincan Republic in this short video
James/Kings/Ghana/2010 (Impact of Intercordia)
Intercordia opened my eyes to things I took for granted in Canada
and made me learn to appreciate them more.
Natalia/USMC/Ghana/2007 (Impact of Intercordia)
“The Ghanaians embraced me with great openness and hospitality
and years later this continues to be my inspiration to be more
and more open to new experiences.”
Chelsea/STM/Ghana/2010 (Impact of Intercordia)
“Intercordia has contributed to my development as it was
my first experience traveling on my own.”
Mike USMC Honduras 2008 (Impact of Intercordia)
Intercordia is not one of those programs that you go into expecting
to change the world. On the contrary, it is an opportunity to change You.
Carleigh MacMaster Swaziland 2009 (Impact of Intercordia)
It’ll have been two years in May. May 7th, 2009 to be exact,
when our teeny, tiny plane landed at Mataspha International Airport.
I was anxious, excited, nervous for the coming three months.
Daniel/STU/Dominican Republic/2009 (Impact of Intercordia)
“Intercordia allowed me an opportunity to put the
stepping-into-another’s-shoes theory into practice.”
Alex/USMC/Nicaragua/2010 (Impact of Intercordia)
“Back in school in Toronto again after a summer in Esteli, Nicaragua
I’ve gone back to the “big city” mentality of interacting with people.”
Lisa/USMC/Ecuador/2008
“My time in San Luis, Ecuador marked a pivotal point in my undergraduate career.
Intercordia provided an opportunity to stop, sit still, and think about what I value.”
Alison/USMC/Honduras/2007 (Impact of Intercordia)
“I was placed in a centre for blind adults in Santa Lucia, Honduras
and would never have thought that those 3 months in 2007, given to me through Intercordia,
would impact my life so much and continue to do so many years later. “
Lindsey/Kings/Bosnia/2006 (Impact of Intercordia)
Following my Intercordia experience in Bosnia (2006), I returned home with
so many overwhelming feelings and I wanted to share them with everyone I knew.
Marion/WLU/Ecuador/2010 (Impact of Intercordia)
The beauty that is interwoven in the mountains of Ecuador reflects the
beauty of the human spirit of the people who inhabit the mountains.
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