The Ayin Project taught me to be excited for change, personal growth and improvement. Generally, I don’t like change. I like to have a routine. I like knowing what to expect and possible outcomes. I like familiar environments and tastes and smells. If something changes, I’m thrown out of whack and pushed from my comfort zone. The Ayin Project taught me that this was okay. That it was necessary.

It isn’t everyday that the youth of our world are given a voice and the chance to impact society on a global scale. The growth portrayed when given an outlet for their voice and a purpose to their passion invokes much more than statistics or data on a paper.

My internship with The Ayin Project taught me to take a real-world problem and think critically to try and solve it. When I first heard about the different case studies involving the lack of clean water in Uganda, I was shocked.