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Posted on April 19, 2024June 4, 2025 by nm56

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Where Balconies Become Bridges: Until Next Time, Nairobi

It’s strange how quickly a place can weave itself into your rhythms.  Hi everyone, and welcome back! I’m writing this blog from home in New Delhi now, but in my mind, I’m still standing on my Nairobi balcony. The same one I once leaned against in uncertainty, maybe even homesickness, my first week there. Back […]

Saumya Chauhan | August 13, 2025 | 2025, Kenya

Final Reflection (Ellena)

Ellena Jeon | August 9, 2025 | 2025, Kenya, Uncategorized

Summer in Kenya: Final Reflections

Jacey Denny | August 7, 2025 | 2025, Kenya

Pole Pole: The Rhythm of Building, Belonging, and Becoming

There’s a word in Swahili – pole pole. It means slowly, gently. It’s one of the first phrases I heard here in Nairobi, murmured by guides as we went on hikes, mechanics bent over circuits, or whispered by mentors during brainstorming sessions. Pole pole – don’t rush. Let the rhythm guide you. Let things take […]

Saumya Chauhan | July 30, 2025 | 2025, Kenya

Final Moments

Ellena Jeon | July 28, 2025 | 2025, Kenya, Uncategorized

Wrapping Up (Penultimate Week)

Jacey Denny | July 18, 2025 | 2025, Kenya

Familiar Frequencies

Most evenings, as we head home, the matatu drivers by the local footbridge wave at us. Just a quick nod or a smile, the kind of small gesture that slips quietly into your routine until one day, you realize it means something. That maybe you’re no longer just passing through. This week, that feeling crept […]

Saumya Chauhan | July 14, 2025 | 2025, Kenya

Finding Familiarity in the Unfamiliar

Ellena Jeon | July 4, 2025 | 2025, Kenya

The Lion, Switch, and the Electrode

Jacey Denny | July 4, 2025 | 2025, Kenya

From Studio Tables to Open Skies

It’s hard to believe that I’ve already hit the halfway point of my time in Nairobi. The rustle of fig leaves in Karura Forest. The sound of a heartbeat through a Pinard horn. The low growl of a lion carried across the Maasai wind. These days, my work – and my life here – seems […]

Saumya Chauhan | June 30, 2025 | 2025, Kenya

Prototyping, Pitches, and Pinard Horns

Ellena Jeon | June 28, 2025 | 2025, Kenya

Last Bootstrap Week (3)

Jacey Denny | June 20, 2025 | 2025, Kenya

Workshop to Clinics

Ellena Jeon | June 13, 2025 | 2025, Kenya

Notes from the Field (and the Food Stall)

Hello again from the City Under the Sun!! The days in Nairobi start early. They welcome you with warm skies, a clear breeze, and the faint spice of something sizzling in the distance. There are always greetings and handshakes before my colleagues and I dive into a blur of chisels, wires, and bright yellow tape […]

Saumya Chauhan | June 13, 2025 | 2025, Kenya

Workshop Week (1)

Jacey Denny | June 6, 2025 | 2025, Kenya

Karibu Kenya! 🇰🇪

A few weeks ago, I was knee-deep in the OEDK, 3D printing molds, fiddling with adhesives, and sketching prototypes on whiteboards late into the night. Now, I’m writing this from my new apartment in Nairobi, Kenya, where I’ve just started my internship!! Hi everyone! I’m Saumya Chauhan, a rising junior at Duncan College majoring in […]

Saumya Chauhan | June 1, 2025 | 2025, Kenya

About Me – Ellena

Hello Everyone! My name is Ellena Jeon, a rising junior from Baker College, majoring in Bioengineering. Yesterday, I landed in Nairobi, Kenya after about 18 hours of traveling!  Before leaving my family, I felt a bit nervous about living alone on an entirely different continent, especially in one I had never set foot in before. […]

Ellena Jeon | June 1, 2025 | 2025, Kenya

Habari Nairobi! – Jacey

Jacey Denny | June 1, 2025 | 2025, Kenya

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