{"id":49660,"date":"2015-03-28T09:00:17","date_gmt":"2015-03-28T09:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/global\/?p=49660"},"modified":"2019-01-10T15:07:20","modified_gmt":"2019-01-10T15:07:20","slug":"rural-homestay-in-namibia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/global\/2015\/03\/28\/rural-homestay-in-namibia\/","title":{"rendered":"Rural Homestay in Namibia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Students in Namibia spent a week in the Outapi community in the northern region of the country and participated in a rural home stay. The purpose of this home stay is to allow students the opportunity to learn what life in a rural area is like and to learn more about the northern part of the country, which is where a majority of the population in Namibia lives. Students were asked to share one word or phrase that they felt summarized their experience and here were their answers:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSpecial\u201d Molly, Clark University<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWelcoming\u201d Miranda, Valparaiso University<\/p>\n<p>\u201cParallel\u201d Greta, Texas Lutheran University<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEye-Opening\u201d Haley, Clark University<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEducational\u201d Winnie, Augsburg College<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFun\u201d Matt, Vassar University<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHumbling\u201d Abbie, Clark University<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInvaluable\u201d Andrea, Siena College<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCooperative\u201d Louise, Oberlin College<\/p>\n<p>\u201dThought-provoking\u201d Jordan, Siena College<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeaceful\u201d Katie, Valparaiso University<\/p>\n<p>\u201cConnect\u201d Maddie, Oberlin College<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInformative\u201d Lulu, Clark University<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-49660 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href="https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/global\/2015\/03\/28\/rural-homestay-in-namibia\/students-on-homestay-2\/"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2015\/03\/Students-on-Homestay-2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"young women wear brightly colored dresses holding a young boy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href="https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/global\/2015\/03\/28\/rural-homestay-in-namibia\/students-on-homestay-1\/"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2015\/03\/Students-on-Homestay-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"young women wear bright pink skirts and smile\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href="https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/global\/2015\/03\/28\/rural-homestay-in-namibia\/students-on-homestay-3\/"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2015\/03\/Students-on-Homestay-3-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"a mother and young son sit smiling with a student\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Students in Namibia spent a week in the Outapi community in the northern region of the country and participated in &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":236,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49660","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-southern-africa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49660","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/236"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49660"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49660\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49667,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49660\/revisions\/49667"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49660"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49660"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49660"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}