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Amelia and Max sitting with view of ocean

10 Things I’ve Learned from You

Published by Amelia Smith, Stanford Beach Volleyball and Max Feldman, Duke Men's Soccer
Coming to South Africa to work with children, we all expected to learn from the people we worked with since…
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Sydnei and Aleeza sitting on a mountain with ocean in background

Unbreakable Ties

Published by Sydnei Murphy, Duke Women's Track and Field and Aleeza Yu, Stanford Women's Gymnastics
In writing a paired-blog, we could talk about something extremely basic like our differences. For example, how one of us…
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Interview with a Chicagoan

Published by Anja Zehfuss, Stanford Women's Rowing and Kayla McCoy, Duke Women's Soccer
Kayla and Anja Traveling all the way to South Africa for a civic engagement program, we never expected to meet…
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Come Together

Published by Taylor Lallas, Stanford Women's Tennis
In the words of South African theologian and human rights advocate Desmond Tutu, “my humanity is bound up in yours,…
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My New Network

Published by Aleeza Yu, Stanford Women's Gymnastics
My first week in South Africa has been the most immersive learning experience of my life. I have been so…
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ACE Student-Athletes Transporting Trash

Trash: The Musical

Published by Julia DiTosto, Stanford Women's Field Hockey
Monday through Thursday of our last week in South Africa, we made a pit stop on the way to the…
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ACE Student-Athletes and Kids Playing Steal the Bacon Outside

Second Week in Gordon’s Bay

Published by Chloë Lewis, Duke Women's Lacrosse, and Chelsea Red-Horse Mohl, Stanford Women’s Beach Volleyball
Our second week in Gordon’s Bay was the last week for the sports program we were running for the kids in…
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Gratitude and Goodbyes

Published by Gurbani Singh, Duke Women's Golf
I can't believe that our time in South Africa has almost come to an end, and we have already started…
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ACE Student-Athletes on Mountainous Overlook

Teamwork and Sea Horses

Published by Gurbani Singh (D-Women's Golf) & Mariah Lee (S-Women's Soccer)
Last Saturday we visited Langa Township. Our tour guide, Siviwe, grew up in the township and showed us around. After…
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