The pictures might not be great, but I have to share this story. On my last day in Ghana, I got to visit the Torgorme Village. The Village Elders prepared a naming ceremony for us. After being greeted with dance, we were each given a Ghanaian name. My Ghanaian name is Ama Seyram. Ama because I was born on Saturday and Seyram, which they chose for me, means "God bless." Travel❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ #semesteratsea #travel #sassp19 #ghana #torgormevillage #accra #studyabroad #getlocal
In our first port in Ghana I got to visit the non-profit, fair trade company, Global Mama's. The company had a very large customer base in the United States, so you may have heard of them. While visiting the company we got to learn about the triple bottom line practices that highlight sustainable companies. Global Mama's focuses on giving mothers (and other women in the community) skills and reliable jobs so that they may care for and educate their families. The company also tries to use all organic products. It is very important to support companies, like Global Mama's, when we can because they consider all of the people who contribute to the company, what impact the company has on the environment, and what any of their profits goes onto pay for.
After we learned about the company, we went on to make our own batik. A long and tedious process (at least for us) of making a beautiful printed fabric which was originally stenciled with wax. While we got to keep our creations, the Mamas typically go onto sew the fabric into beautiful clothes and accessories.
Conscience consumerism is the way to shop.
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Coming to you from the island of Mauritius to tell you about doTERRA's amazing offers this month. 😄
Fun fact: you have to cover your shoes to walk in and around the Taj Mahal.
Lemongrass!! is the product of the month!
🍋supports healthy digestion when taken internally 🍋can help overpower feelings of nervousness 🍋help eliminate mental fatigue 🍋help promote a positive outlook and heighten your awareness 🍋naturally repels insects 🍋can help reduce dry, flakey scalp 🍋cooking various delicious dishes (my favorite is green curry) 🍋purifying and toning benefits for the skin 🍋lessen feelings of stress
You get deep blue 5mL oil and the rub for free with 200PV orders. It's great for anything related to muscles.
And my fav energy booster Mito2Max is %20 off. For me, not for everyone, I don't really notice a difference when I'm taking Mito2Max until I stop, which I always think is weird because you do not get withdrawal symptoms, especially since it's natural medicine. It has adaptogens so definitely try it out!
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A couple of days ago I was interviewed by the videographer for my Semester At Sea voyage. I was asked to be interviewed because I'm a gap year student (I am sure all gap year students were asked). Then on my field program I did not know many people so back I went to introductory conversations about me being on my gap year.
I have been thinking about it a lot so I wanted to take a moment to write about why I chose a gap year.
There are so many valid reasons to take a gap year: health, finances, family, friends, education, not sure if college is the right choice, not sure which college, not sure not college so what, not sure what you want to study, or simply there's more out there than a classroom let's get some experience. Honestly, I cannot think of why you should not take a gap year.
I chose to take a gap year mostly because of my health and enjoying the freedom and independence of not being in school in a whole new way than I got to when I was "under treatment" or simply too young.
I was scared of going on my gap year because I fell for the fear of loosing the discipline to go back to school. Well, I will not lie it was hard to write my application essay for Semester At Sea (although not that hard when I sat down to write it) and even though I am halfway through this voyage school can be hard. However taking one year off of school is not going to undo 12+ years of it already. And, well I am guessing here, when you start University after your gap year you will be starting with a ton of other freshman and University is different than highschool.
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