The best decision of my life!!!

I have no idea why I initially chose Cape Town as a place to live for the past several months but it was the best decision I've ever made. The second best thing to happen was working at a refugee center in Cape Town. Leaving today was sad and really hard because the people at the center have become family to me. I have created an entirely new family here between my coworkers, VACorps staff, and amazing friends-- both local and international-- and it makes leaving Cape Town one of the hardest things I have ever done and I am not ready to go. Trust me, if I didn't have to go back to school for my senior year I would take a semester off and stay even longer.

Enjoy every minute of your program experience. It is an internship unlike anything you could ever have and my coworkers became my family. Saying goodbye today was full of laughter and happy tears. Make relationships with the refugees, they are amazing people! Through this internship, I learned that my next step in life is to continue my studies but abroad rather than staying in the United States. I also learned that I forever want to work in an NGO and/or with refugees.