week 10 pt 1

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Fehintola Elizabeth Bright-Awonuga

<i>"Hello" in your host country's language:</i> Eti Sen <i>Home Institution (your U.S. University/College):</i> University of Maryland, Baltimore County <i>Expected graduation year:</i> 2022 <i>Destination city & country:</i> Accra, Ghana <i>Program provider:</i> USAC <i>Major/minor:</i> Health Administration and Public Policy & Africana Studies <i>Demographics:</i> Nigerian-American, Black, African Diasporan <i>Future career aspirations:</i> I hope to obtain a position with an organization that focuses on analyzing and implementing policy measures related to health development and reformation in Africa and the United States, focusing on the African diaspora, Black identifying communities, and minority populations. <i>Top 3 goals for your time abroad:</i> To (1) apply my concept โ€œAfrican people create African solutions for African problemsโ€, (2) learn and practice Twi, and (3) make lifelong friendships, relationships, and connections.

I went to the northern region and mole and visited the monkey sanctuary. The monkey sanctuary was specifically in โ€˜boabeng.โ€™ the ride there was about 4-5 hours from my school. We spent about an hour in the monkey sanctuary and got to feed the monkeys bananas and peanuts. This was my first time ever interacting with monkeys up close like this and it was a little weird. I was so scared, even though they were so small. Two of them jumped on me to grab the food!