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I wanted to do an internship to better my career, as well as travel overseas and experienced life in another country. Then when I spoke to Lucie over Skype, you were so helpful and gave me so much information, it made me want to do it even more!
I was looking for an internship where I could work in a laboratory or in a hospital. Sometihng related to biology.
It was better than I ever thought it would be! I’ll be able to use all the skills I’ve learnt going forward for my studies in grad school. I was working in a laboratory at Stellenbosch University Campus in Tygerberg Hospital. My research project was focused on TB.
Yes definitely and even when my supervisor Monique wasn’t there, I could get help from anyone. I always felt I had someone I could talk too. There were a lot of PHD and Masters students working in the laboratory with me and I learnt a lot from them.
Oh yes definitely. I had my own project that I was given before arriving in Cape Town and I was able to start it and see it through to the end which was great.
Yes for sure- I learnt how to do a Western. I would never have been able to do this back home at the stage I am with my studies because it is so expensive and time consuming. My school wouldn’t invest in an undergrad doing this so I probably wouldn’t have been able to do it until Grad School.
The biggest concern that I saw from doing my own research was safety. However there was never a moment in Cape Town that I felt unsafe at all. I feel that you just need to be smart about having your bag out in public and things like that, kinda something you would do in every big city. It didn’t impact on my trip at all while I was here. I took Ubers on my own and never worried.
I loved it! I thought it was great. There are so many experiences here, Boulders beach, Table Mountain. I felt like everything that I did was the coolest thing I had ever done! Then I’d try something new, and feel like that was the coolest thing I had ever done!
Yes definitely. There is nothing I can think of that you guys could have done to prepare me better for my trip.
I was really happy with everything you guys did for me, I don’t think there would be anything I would change. I couldn’t have had a better experience with Bridging Gaps!
Yes definitely. There is nothing I can think of that you guys could have done to prepare me better for my trip.
Yes definitely! It was such a worthwhile experience. I would maybe suggest that they come in summer rather than winter, just to be able to experience more outdoors though. I loved it either way!
