Jessica graduated with honors from UC Berkeley in 2012, obtaining a B.A. in Peace and Conflict Studies with a concentration in Africa, and minoring in Music. She joined the UC Berkeley Center for African Studies in October 2012, as a program coordinator and a student advisor for The MasterCard Foundation Scholars Program. She received the UC Berkeley Staff Achievement Award for her work serving 58 undergraduate and Masters students from all over…
…tates medical and master’s students and residents to do clinical work or research here in Nyanza Province as well as connect researchers to one another since they have a multi-institutional research collaboration. She is based in Kisumu, Kenya until June this year, when she will go back to the US for medical school. She is not yet sure which school she will attend, though she has a couple of options already! Fellow Bio: Emily (Princeton ‘11) is an…
…national and even South Sudan specific aid experience and are enjoying the community that comes with those connections. Fellow Bio: Shelly is a religion major who also earned a teaching certificate in secondary mathematics from the teacher preparation program. Originally from Sugar Grove, VA, Shelly came to Princeton as a member of the varsity women’s basketball team and played for four years. In addition to basketball, she was an active member of…
…projects in the developing world through Penn International Business volunteers. Becca earned certificates in French language and African Studies. While at Penn, she studied abroad in Paris and worked in Ghana doing education and community development and research for the Foreign Policy Research Institute in Philadelphia. Becca is thrilled to learn about Liberia’s fascinating history, enjoy local beers and music, and gain some crazy West African…
…Service Fund to allocate $50,000 annually to fund innovative service and research projects. She also worked with the Hilltop Microfinance Initiative’s Client Recruitment and Development teams to find new clients and donors to grow the small microfinance institution. In past years, she managed fundraising efforts to raise $24,000 for ‘charity: water’ and helped plan four major conferences with the Georgetown International Relations Club. While work…
…planning and implementing water extraction projects for Coca Cola, and facilitating stakeholder cooperation in the resource permitting process. While living in Italy over a period of two years, Rachel taught legal and business English in the Italian Ministry for Communications. Rachel has also worked as a volunteer translator for Plan International UK and UNESCO. This year with CHAI in Pretoria, Rachel is eager to pick up on South African street s…
Nabil Hashmi, 2012-2013 Fellow with Olam International in Gabon Sachi Lake, 2012-2013 Fellow with Project Mercy in Ethiopia Liza Plafsky, 2012-2013 Fellow with Baylor International Pediatric AIDS Initiative in Tanzania Stephanie Rapp, 2012-2013 Fellow with Generation Rwanda in Rwanda Alison Thurston, 2012-2013 Fellow with Lutheran World Federation in Uganda Stephen Tuozzolo, 2012-2013 Fellow with Nyumbani Village in Kenya The views expressed are…
…development group. Meghan traveled to India twice to plan and implement a community composting toilet project and to conduct research about the role of microenterprises in community development. Since graduating, she has served as a researcher at the Center for Green Buildings and Cities at the Harvard Graduate School of Design. She investigates patterns and motivations of the sustainability and transparency of corporate policies. Excited by the…
…Neena Aggarwal, 2017-18 Fellow with The Boma Project in Kenya Amanda Fenwick-Smith, 2017-18 Fellow with Hope Through Health in Togo Jeff Levine, 2017-18 Fellow with Imani Development in Malawi Mallary Taylor, 2017-18 Fellow with International Rescue Committee in Kenya Alumni Update: Veda Sunassee, 2010-11 Fellow with African Leadership Academy in South Africa …
…iative in Swaziland Tomas Husted, 2017-18 Fellow with International Rescue Committee in Sierra Leone Jake Lockledge, 2017-18 Fellow with Population Services International in Tanzania Megan Madeira, 2017-18 Fellow with Resonate in Rwanda Emily Stolfus, 2017-18 Fellow with Maru-a-Pula in Botswana Avukile Zoya, 2017-18 Fellow with Baylor International Pediatric AIDS Initiative in Botswana Alumni Update: Hilary Robinson & the Alumni Giving Campaign At…