I have mentioned West Point in a number of my posts. West Point is the most challenged places in Liberia and is considered one of the most dangerous slums here in Monrovia. It has the worst living conditions I have ever witnessed and it’s impossible to fathom living here. There are over 75,000 people living [...]
February 12 was the 3rd annual Bell Let’s Talk Day, a day with sites set on creating a conversation about Mental health and fighting to break down the stigma of mental illness. As an athlete, I have learned the importance of health and that it extends beyond the physical, achieving health in all realms is [...]
The start of a new year often invites you to do two things: reflect on the past year, what has happened, the challenges, the failures, the lessons and the successes, and to look forward to what the new year might bring, allowing a “clean slate” and to set new goals. 2012 was a year of [...]
This post is a little delayed but here is the next post on my trip to Liberia. On our 3rd and 4th day, we travelled up to a northern, rural, county called Bong. The drive was quite the adventure as our driver Obey speedily navigated the pot holes. He had two modes, go as fast [...]
Firstly I just want to note- I have photos and have been trying to load them as best I can but cannot.. I promise to post more photos when I get back to Canada! When I woke up today, I think I was still processing the events of yesterday. Jumping right in does not give [...]
Once again, I have left it too long since writing a post, apologies! There have been so many times that I sit down to write but either run out of time or don’t even know where to begin. The last few weeks have been amazing- hectic, but amazing. Here are a few of my favourite [...]