Durban, South Africa

DukeEngage 2017. Wish you were here with us!

Hello friends and family! I'm assuming you're on this page to see what this year's Durban DukeEngage team is up to. I promise we're having a blast!

-Hannah

Meet Auntie Lorna!

For the past two months, I’ve been living with Auntie Lorna! No, she is not actually my aunt. In Durban, you call “elderly” women aunties...

Howzit, My name is Connor, and I’m a rising junior at Duke studying public policy, history, and Spanish. At Duke, I play saxophone in the...

For the past three weeks, I’ve had the privilege to work with Liz at Saint Monica’s Children’s Home here in Durban. This non-government...

I’ve been in South Africa for about 6 weeks now and here are a few differences I’ve noticed! People drive on the left side of the road...

When people ask me about my trip to the Drakensberg mountains, I tell them it was beautiful, spacious, and COLD. I haven’t shared with...

Last weekend, we took a trip up to the Drakensburg mountains! It took Shaun, our driver, five hours to get to our destination, the last...

Outside of our DukeEngage group, we have only encountered one other person from the United States. The Wentworth area and Durban as a...

I arrived in Durban, South Africa exactly two weeks ago from today. So far, I feel as if I have just been constantly running, on and on...

My name is Taji Phillips. I am a rising senior at Duke University who is majoring in Biology and minoring in Chemistry and Global Health....

The day started off with an 45 minute drive to Shongweni Market! Based the experience I’ve had with the markets we’ve been to in South...