Kelsey Sabo

Kelsey Sabo. Biologist & actress turned Peace Corps Volunteer. Now situated a stone's throw from the Congo and South Sudan at a primary school in the West Nile region of Northern Uganda. From the streets of New York to the dirt roads of Uganda, follow along as I attempt using technology and recount my adventures... Sarcasm guaranteed. -->Ship all love letters, sour gummy worms, and siracha to: Ayikoru Kelsey P.O.Box 933, ______, (ask me for my town!) Uganda

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Someone is using your pictures on a fake profile to take advantage of someone I know. I'm sure it's easy enough to verify this just tell me if you've been flirting with a deaf person from alaska. If your answer is no he will listen to me when I say he's being lied to

hey sorry i just got access to my account after many years but yes, i know someone’s been doing this to MANY people and there’s nothing i can do about it. i’ve reported to police and they continue to take advantage of a lot of people. i’m so sorry this happened to them, please report them!

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When I think of the best moment and the worst moment of my life, there is one answer. Your death 10 years ago pulled the world out from under me and shattered my life as I knew it. But without this pivotal moment in my life, I may have never developed my coping mantra and now wholehearted outlook on life. This outlook has shaped every moment of my last decade, around the world and back again, and for that I am eternally grateful to have experienced such loss at a young age. You taught me countless lessons in life but your passing taught me this. - Not everyone we meet in life will be a part of it forever. Whether a boyfriend, a sister, a little kid waving through a window, that stranger on the bus ride, beloved pup, a job, or a father for 17 years - we’re meant to take all that we can from our time together, good and bad, and carry those lessons with us forever. That’s what life is all about, finding as many of these connections as possible and learning about ourselves more with each one. Some of them we leave behind and some of them leave us behind. — Your unexpected passing taught me to live a life guided by heart, purpose, and passion, because there’s not an ounce of any breath that is guaranteed so why waste them? Thank you for every precious moment together and for lookin out while we’ve been apart. Thank you for often carrying me on your shoulders and teaching me to always strive for the stars. Thank you for making me wrestle and run and play and think like an unstoppable woman and for never telling me to do so “like a boy.” Thank you for making me who I am today every single day. I love you, Dad, I miss you, and I’ll keep making ya proud. Pinky promise. — For everyone out there, let it go. The dinner argument, the disagreement on whatever it was, the miscommunication, the stupid fight. Let it go. We only have one life and there’s no point in letting it be filled with anything but love and positivity. Forgive. Forget. Smile. Hug. Say I’m sorry. Call them and remind them you love them. Tell them you love them. Life is not money, life is love. Live it well. 🌻♥️ #love #family #lifelessons #travel #explore https://www.instagram.com/p/BxwHkqcntjW/?igshid=1rgjwbqn2bq5g

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The “gift of sight” was defined for me yet again this week. Cheers to you and your new glasses, Francisco. Hope they help you continue to shape the minds of your students!♥️🌎 #Ecuador #SVOSH #sco #giftofsight #visionispower #exploremore #travel https://www.instagram.com/p/BxqwKd8nbEj/?igshid=hr45u787k1qc

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Ecuador has a special place in my heart now and forever.🇪🇨❤️ #ecuador #rpcvlife #exploremore #smilesfordays #southamerica https://www.instagram.com/p/BxlJG8sno-z/?igshid=191qucifnv5f9

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To the woman who taught me to explore the unknown, ask questions, think outside the box, and take the path less traveled. The woman who has embodied strength, independence, resiliency, and patience and led by example. Tough love, stepping outside the comfort zone, singing more than talking, laughing fully until your belly (and neck) hurts, and always asking how? & why? And what if? Thank you, Mama Mia, you’ve made my the spirit I am today. Happy Mother’s Day, You are my 🌎! #exploremore #motherday @sabokay1 #mamalove #gadafimosque #girlpower (at Ghadafi mosque .Old kampala) https://www.instagram.com/p/BxX_bi2lja8/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=qyv703c8ljo1

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Rhino Camp, the largest resettlement camp for South Sudanese fleeing the unbearable conflict in their country is at more than overcapacity, tribal tensions, and confusion, s yet filled with one shared hope: “I just want to go home.” The time I spent here teaching public health education and awareness through theater arts and drama was a highlight of my time in West Nile. My heart goes out to every person who has had to make a “home” here. I am glad you are safe, I’m glad you can be with family, and I hope more than anything you can go home - where your heart is - too.❤️🌍🌻 #rhinocamp #southsudan #careinternational #peacecorps #theatrearts #actitout #talkaboutit #rpcvlife #travel #travelblog #vscocam https://www.instagram.com/p/BxTicbrldr2/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=35c5dgpcadbl

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Blissful sunrise at the top of the Sani Pass after hiking from South Africa up to Lesotho, 2873 meters, to the highest pub in Africa. I would hike it all again in a second.✨🌍❤️ (Not featured here: torrential winds and massive sheepdogs.) #lesotho #sanipass #rpcvlife #southafrica #hikesouthafrica #travel #sanimountainlodge (at Sani Mountain Lodge - Sani Top) https://www.instagram.com/p/BxNjCnSFTrf/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=90a2lodoz7cr

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Walking across one of my favorite contrasts in the world, the Ganges River. The holiest river on Earth to millions of people young and old, a symbol of life, death, strength and faith. It’s waters are bathed in for blessings and purity, pilgrimaged to for collection, and worshipped daily; every drop is sacred. These waters have seen the youngest of newborns and the final moments of the deceased; they are patient, serene, and wide. To be touched by them is to be blessed. // Yet often in the media, we solely focus on the pollution. Some 300 million litres of untreated domestic sewage are dumped into the river every day. In some areas it’s the clearest crystal green, in others a murky brown, yet all connected and all the same ever flowing river. So is it a symbol of spiritual purity or poisonous toxicity? I guess it’s a matter of how you choose to look at her. And how you look at life. 🌻🌏✨ (Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India). #india #ganges #rpcvlife #travel #exploremore #rishikesh #uttarakhand (at Rishikesh, Uttrakhand) https://www.instagram.com/p/BxL-PY4Fz4g/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=mxiza46bvbw1

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World, meet Johnson Clay. One of the most determined, kind, poised, humble, and intelligent young men I’ve had the pleasure of connecting with in life thanks to his Peace Corps counterpart, @nips 04. Johnson helped lead a self defense club to empower youth in the community to feel safe, strong, and confident. Despite many odds, Johnson has excelled tremendously in school and has continued on to university to study International relations and Diplomacy at the Center for Foreign Relations in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania. He studies, he works, he grinds, and he’ll never lose sight of his dreams. Well, we all need support in making our dreams a reality so here’s your opportunity to Pay If Forward for this inspirational young man. Click the link in my bio to donate to his education if you can - every dollar counts! ♥️📚⭐️ https://www.gofundme.com/johnson-university-fund — #education #gofundme #donate #rpcvlife #peacecorps #tanzania #selfdefense #paremountains (at Same, Tanzania) https://www.instagram.com/p/BxDhMDAlBZL/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=omexfunf9lmq

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A year ago today, halfway across the country and fully in love with New Orleans, Louisiana. 🌎🌻♥️ (at FrenchQuarter NewOrleans) https://www.instagram.com/p/BxBnQFYlkZc/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=2w75e3ti506g

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First is the worst, second is the best, third is the one with the treasure chest? I’ll take it. 💪🏽🏃🏽‍♀️ #rockthecoast #longbeach #charliealewineracing #girlswhorun https://www.instagram.com/p/Bww7XOVF_41/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=15r6bjozjk2j7

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Happy birthday, love. Cheers to another year of getting one step closer everyday, of inspiration, drive, mindfulness, and joy. I thank the universe that you’re my adventure buddy each and every day. Here’s to exploring more together and apart, learning, and loving. Stay 5 at heart forever, bup. Ellie, Hazel, Beans, and I love you. #proteinbar #shagalabagala #thestraybaes #butterscootch #rpcvlife @bups04 (at Catalina Island) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bwi2CmTFnLQ/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=8gtc89ufx5gu

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I travel the world in search of sunsets and sunrises from new perspectives; I’ve yet to be disappointed. ☀️🌏🌻 #travel #exploremore #rpcvlife #dominicanrepublic🇩🇴 #sunset https://www.instagram.com/p/BwclCKBlgDd/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=bif100nmjsqr

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From the streets of the village to the rainbow crosswalks and dog beaches of Long Beach, thank you @barkbox for making these pups finally feel like the queens they are. 🐶👑♥️ @thestraybaes #rescuepups #fromugtousa #rescuedogsofinstagram #barkbox #rpcvlife #peacecorpspets (at Long Beach, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/BwYS1UTlUIK/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=dgd3q62cgtib

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Sometimes in this world of excess, excess stress, excess unrewarding relationships, excess thoughts, concerns, bills, and work, the best thing we can do is spend some one-on-one time with ourselves. Find grounding in each breath, balance in each exhale. Try it, it’s not as hard as you think.🌻 #yoga #meditation #vinyasa #flow #pranayama #rpcvlife (at Long Beach, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bv7kTDdlbNb/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=17j2z42x3dsp2

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Today marks 1 year from the day my family landed in America. After months of fundraising for thousands of dollars to get these girls home, endless confusion and stress of vaccines and vets, sleepless nights, and overwhelming concerns, over a day of traveling later, we all landed in NY. We then spent four hours laying on the floor of JFK while I went back and forth to the rental car terminal and back (without a phone) and covered in dog vomit from hour 1 car ride in Uganda. Nine months before this, I found Ellie half dead in a path and experienced all the ups and lows and life and death of rescuing a litter of puppies and being deceived by local “vets”. I’ve seen these girls grow, from the size of my hand at the other end of a syringe feeding tube into teenage floppy monsters weaving through toddlers on the school playground and to the happy, healthy little girls they are today. They wake us up at 4 some mornings and theyve destroy things I once loved. They cost a lot of money and take a lot of time and patience. But if you asked me what the greatest thing Ive done in life has been, it would be every moment I have been the mother of these girls. Have they been stressful? Yes. But has there ever been a second in my life that I wish I could go back and walk past the kids throwing rocks at the “rat” in the bush instead of turning around and scooping up this little festering ball of Ellie who led me to the rest of her crew? Never once. So here’s to you Ellie, Hazel, and Beans. You are the bravest, most resilient little fighters I know. And to every single person who has helped us out along the way, we owe it all to you! ♥️🌻🐶 #rescuedogsofinstagram #pupsofig #peacecorpspets #elephant #hazel #beans #kai #maddox #luna #zazu #rpcvlife #uganda https://www.instagram.com/p/BvvIaE6Fmnj/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=ig07m7c1j7ab

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If we were meant to stay in one place, we’d have roots instead of feet. 🌻🌏✨#explore #travel #india #jodhpur #rpcvlife #expatlife #vscocam #takemeback https://www.instagram.com/p/BvaCa0THSVa/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=ispl4vpc13d6