Everyday I wake up and miss Cape Town. I miss the adventures I had and the people I met. I loved the last few weeks I had travelling throughout Africa. I was with Overlanding Africa on my trip through Tanzania and Kenya – everything about it was breathtaking. I now understand what people mean when they say that once you leave Africa a part of you will always feel as though it was home. My pictures are priceless and looking at them brings mixed emotions, a longing for a place that changed me, mixed with joy and awe that I was ever there. Everyone at Connect-123 did an amazing job making me feel welcome, comfortable, and most importantly home when I was so far away from everything I know. I can never thank you enough, Africa was everything I’d hoped it would be and more and nothing can compare. As for the internship, I felt a huge sense of accomplishment when I helped the ladies of the refugee organisation put together their volunteer workshop which helped bring together everyone who wanted to be a part of the project and gave them the information they needed to get involved. Gayle and Gahlia welcomed me into the organisation in a way I never could have imagined – I felt needed and significant, I wasn’t just an intern, I was a member of their team and a person who was given the chance to make a difference. The people who are part of the refugee project are inspirational beyond words, they are dedicated and hard working and some of the most caring people I’ve ever met. They inspired me to do and be more, and I can only hope that came through in the work that I did while there. Working closely with refugees made me nervous at first, I wasn’t sure if I was going to be able to be a reliable source of aid, but arriving there put my nerves at ease, every day is a gift there. Every person I met had a strength and hope that encouraged me to do as much as I could to make a difference for them. The boys at the refugee house are so loved, and working there gave me the chance to foster that love and care, work to make their lives better, and hopefully create chances and opportunity for anyone else that came there for help. My trip has made it clear to me that I want to go back to graduate school and study international relations or political science and hopefully follow that with a law degree focusing on International and/or Human Rights law.