First and foremost, I’d like to thank GSK, PULSE, GCSD, colleagues, family, and friends who supported me during the past year. It’s because of your
Tag: Nigeria
Stepping into the unknown
Welcome to my second blog (or first vlog). Although contents of this one is a list of everything first – introduction, meeting, impression, experience and
What’s the spookiest city in Nigeria?
Laghost! (although some say its A-boo-ja) Took me a while to come up with that suitably scary joke for this month’s blog, which I’m writing
“The magic thing about home is that it feels good to leave, and it feels even better to come back.”
Hi All, The quote in the title is from an author called Wendy Wunder, and I felt it was incredibly apt for this months blog.
Wetin Dey!
..Nigerian slang for “How are you doing!” Over a month already! So I will start with work and what I have been doing at CHAI.
Visiting The Biggest City in Africa
How far? (Naija slang for “What’s up?”) It’s been a busy few weeks since I last blogged, but I’ve inadvertently created some time to write
What did the German say when meeting Aladdin’s monkey?
“Abu, ja?” Apologies for that awful joke, but it is really hard to make a pun on ‘Abuja’. Luckily, my German GCSE never stops paying back,
Welcome to Nigeria!
On Monday I arrived at the Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) office in Abuja. I was introduced to all the employees and was greeted with a very warm
Time to go
Hi! My name is Jeevini and I work for GlaxoSmithKline in London, UK. I have been accepted onto an amazing programme that GSK run called The PULSE Volunteer Partnership.
It’s Christmas!!!
Today, Friday 18 December 2015 is my last day with my NGO, Jhpiego, Nigeria. My 6 month PULSE assignment is at its end – wow,
The Harmattan is here!
Gosh this last month has been a busy one! We received an extremely warm welcome from the GSK office in Lagos as well as manufacturing
Doing the ‘Hokey-kokey’ in Nigeria
I have now been working in Nigeria with the NGO, Jhpiego for two months and have recently returned from a two week training stint in
“Hey: Nigerian Culture Talks”
Actually, I’m in my third week of my Pulse assignment in Nigeria. But I’ll spend this week in Lagos not Abuja due to business needs.
Greetings from Abuja!
I arrived in Abuja on Saturday for my 6 month assignment! So excited to get started- and then arrived at the airport and realized that,
Welcome
Welcome to my Blog! On here, I’ll post updates on my PULSE experience preparing for, during, and following my experience working for Malaria Consortium in
PULSE Volunteer Partnership 