My personal statement. As much as I enjoy all aspects of my geographical and world development studies, Ive discovered that Im more drawn to the human side as opposed to the physical

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Family vacations have exposed my love of the world.  Each year I long for the summer when I may get the opportunity to experience a new culture and be subject to different experiences that vary greatly from my home life in North Devon where diversity and opportunities are limited. I was lucky from an early age to travel with my family on camping holidays to France, and in the more recent years to further afield- the USA and Turkey. These trips have allowed me to relate my AS world development knowledge to the native lifestyles. In Turkey this year I found myself comparing different areas due to their levels of development, this proved Daylan to be different because of the protection of the Caretta Caretta Loggerhead Sea Turtles which has prevented the lakes and coastlines being used to the same extent for tourist resorts and water sports.  

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 Earlier in the summer I had the opportunity to take part in volunteer work in Uganda with a charity called ‘the Amigos’. It was a life changing experience and it put the long pages of notes on intermediate technology into real life where I experienced the construction and distribution of water filters into the local community. I am so grateful for the opportunity to take part in the trip as it gave me an insight in to how NGOs such as ‘the Amigos’ work. I realised how determined I can be as I had to raise £1500 for the transport ...

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