Interview With Eloise Research

Before joining the Humanitarian Industry Jessica Alexander was a former University of Pennsylvania graduate whom, after her mother died did not want to work in the corporate arena. Instead Jessica Alexander traveled to many different countries which include: Rwanda, West Darfur, North Darfur, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Sierra Leone and Haiti. While traveling, Jessica found love, dismay, disgust, happiness, and frustration– a mixture of emotions that she exemplified in through her actions, thoughts and narration.

From this passion, I have worked in my community to become more globally minded. I was incredibly fortunate to be selected by my high school to attend the 16th World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates, in which I listened to Nobel Prize winners talk about peacebuilding around the world, further inspiring me to work in social reform. This past July, I was selected to attend Camp Rising Sun, where I developed my leadership skills while living with 60 young women from around the

Senior Sela Davis decided to go on this trip because she knew this would have a bigger impact on her than going on another vacation. This experience was more than she expected it to be,

"People tell me I am brave. People tell me I am strong. People tell me good job. Well here is the truth of it. I am really not that brave, I am not really that strong, and I am not doing anything spectacular. I am just doing what God called me to do as a follower of Him. Feed His sheep, do unto the least of His people." These words from Katie Davis speak volumes of this young woman's heart for the people of Uganda. In December of 2006, 18 year-old Katie Davis from Brentwood, Tennessee, traveled to Uganda on a missions trip she did when she was on her school's winter break. She was immediately captivated with the people and the culture. Completely impacted and changed, she decided to go to Uganda and follow her heart and

Growing up as a young Girl Scout kindled my personal passion for adventure, travel, and service to others. As an adult traveller I feel enriched and sometimes humbled in experiencing the myriad of human cultures around the earth. It is by my traveling to other countries and meeting and talking to people of different cultures that, not only do I gain a richer perspective on the fascinating differences in how we live our daily lives. But also, I feel it is important to experience firsthand and therefore understand better the bitter personal struggles many people bravely face. The common desire I recognize in all people, be they American, Canadian, Polish, Filipino, or African, is a deeply felt desire to leave this Earth a better place. I hope to help The Whole Planet Foundation continue their good work with the Togolese people as a respectful

I went on a religious service mission to Paris, France from January 2005 until January of 2007. It was an excellent opportunity to learn about a different culture and improve my interpersonal skills. I was also able to enhance my ability to speak a second language, a goal I’ve always wanted to achieve.

Think about the poverty and problems that all countries around the world are facing today and every day. As Americans we have an urge to go into these countries to help as much as possible because of that we have begun a revolution. Americans began going on mission trips around the 1960s but did not really pick up until the 1990s. The trend grew after multiple natural disasters, Americans saw and need and went, since then short term mission trips show no sign stopping anytime soon. As the popularity of leaving our comfort zones, many people have found issues with the way the trips are led to the extent of questioning whether or not these trips are really worth the amount of money and time that they consume. Through periodicals, interviews, narratives, and articles, I will show the issues and improvements that could be made to the living situations, attitude of the Americans, and relationships that are acquired during the short term mission trips.

Kelly is an American missionary who has been working in Quemoy for six years as an English teacher and a cross-cultural missionary at the same time. She serves at the biggest church on Quemoy Island, where used to be a battle field during the Taiwan Strait Crisis, to help their youth group, Sunday School, and English Bible study. The writer used to have regular fellowship with her in the past three years since her sophomore year in college until she moved to Shanghai, China last year. Having a strong feeling toward the people in Quemoy, the writer; therefore, decided to interview Kelly and exchange different worldview from the locale.

Travel around the world? Wow! There are so many places to choose from, all that are in need of Christian love and service. One place that really stands out to me, however, is Haiti. I would love to visit our sister school and visit our extended sisters of Mercy. With Haiti’s high poverty rates and large number of orphaned children, I feel that I would do the most good in this small, tropical country. In researching, I found that there is a strong need for food assistance as well as clean water, health care, education and other important projects. While I may not be able fix all of Haiti’s problems in one visit, I plan to at least try to make a difference to a few people. Joining me will be my mom and my big sister. I have known my Mercy big

Growing up as a young Girl Scout kindled my personal passion for adventure, travel, and service to others. As an adult traveller I feel enriched and sometimes humbled in experiencing the myriad of human cultures around the earth. It is by my traveling to other countries and meeting and talking to people of different cultures that, not only do I gain a richer perspective on the fascinating differences in how we live our daily lives. But also, I feel it is important to experience firsthand and therefore understand better the bitter personal struggles many people bravely face. The common desire I recognize in all people, be they American, Canadian, Polish, Filipino, or African, is a deeply felt desire to leave this Earth a better place. I hope to help The Whole Planet Foundation continue their good work with the Togo people as a respectful representative

It soon became clear that leaving his secure marketing position and prospects to move to a much less secure future working with us seemed more attractive. Fadi wanted to be at the center of where he was seeing God’s presence: in Uganda and among the poor and marginalized. However, like his mom, Fadi’s behaviour seemed odd to many around him. Over the years we have spoken at length about his family and how he would like them to have the same connection with God he has experienced. He has invited his mom to take part in our trips, but nothing has seemed to work – yet! Whether it is his family or his friends, Fadi says, "I don’t ever judge people. I just invite them to live a better story; a story where God is more noticeable." He remembers well his younger self and the things that acted as barriers on his journey towards faith.

Realising this experience, through self-funding, took hard work and organisation as I worked doing odd jobs, sold cakes in a wide variety of venues, appealed to businesses for support and ran community quizzes. Achieving this goal took determination, but I have always been profoundly interested in how foreign cultures and societies operate, so I persevered. Being the youngest person in the team, I had to be independent and this helped me to work on my communication skills. Whilst there, I experienced many aspects of life from talking to the children and staff at the orphanage to helping at the hospital, it has also been interesting to me to find out about the political and economic situation of the country and the impact at a local level. This trip drastically changed my view of the world and inspired me to want to find out more about how life can be improved for people living in developing

After her illustrious stardom, Audrey devoted her life to what she considered the pinnacle of her career volunteering at UNICEF. Before visiting countries, she would read all the information she could. While in these countries she held sick children helped with injections and coaxed starved children to eat. She spoke with mothers, children and doctors in the make shift clinics. She pleaded to visit countries where safe passage was not guaranteed,

In spring of 2016, my youth group and I began planning a trip to a neighboring city. This wasn’t just any trip however, we were going on a mission. Each of us there were bound and determined to

As I overheard my fellow classmates speaking to each other about how they’re going to spend their winter vacation helping to build a school in a Guatemalan village. What most of us do on our breaks is sit around, go out, spend time shopping or doing other activities. All of these are fun, and it helps strengthen your relationship with those around you. But why sit at home when you can be traveling to the beautiful eastern African country of Uganda with me, this summer.