…ut the sessions we held this year. Challenges & Opportunities On March 9th, 2023, Princeton in Africa gathered our Fellows at the East African Kiswahili Commission for our session called Challenges & Opportunities. This is a session we have conducted during the last 10 years of on-site retreats. It is fundamental for our Fellows to form small groups and share their experiences in their workplaces, host countries, and daily lives. This was an open…
…also taught US, World, and African history at Princeton High School before coming to Princeton in Africa in summer 2023. Emma Claire is passionate about increasing access to international fellowship opportunities and supporting the personal and professional growth of Princeton in Africa’s Fellows. Outside of work, Emma Claire likes to knit, spend time with family, and cook/eat her way through new recipes and cuisines. She also enjoys all things hi…
…ith the experience working with PiAf over the fellowship year 100% would recommend working with PiAf (and hosting another PiAf Fellow) to another organization What’s the Impact of Princeton in Africa? Princeton in Africa is dedicated to being an evidence-based and results-driven organization. To this end, we collect information from our Fellows, host organizations, supervisors, and alumni to track our growth every year. We are intent on ensuring t…
…everal years of multi-country administrative experience and multi-sector research experience. She is skilled in monitoring and evaluation, project management, quality improvement and program implementation with my work with local and international NGOs from projects, volunteering and full-time work opportunities across sub-Saharan Africa. Lydia is skilled in establishing evaluation systems and developing key metrics to monitor progress and evaluat…
…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…
