Tag: Study Abroad

UW-Madison Students Foster Community Development on Island of Uganda

CONTACT: Farha Tahir, tahir@wisc.edu UW–Madison News (November 12, 2009) – Eleven University of Wisconsin–Madison students working on an island in Uganda’s Lake Victoria knew they were making a difference when a member of the country’s parliament came to check out the fledgling girls’ soccer team they had helped to put together. The UW–Madison students had …

Students Start Charity Library Program After Studying Abroad in Maua, Kenya [The Daily Cardinal]

By: Andrea Carlson /The Daily Cardinal – March 9, 2009 UW–Madison students began a charity program in Kenya after visiting the country on a study abroad program last spring. When twelve UW–Madison students traveled to Kenya through a study abroad program in the spring of 2008, they had no idea how much the experience would affect …