about my classmates’ projects & blogs

Alejandro Aviles – National Institute of Migration (Chetumal, Mexico) – Aviles will assist the National Institute of Migration in its efforts to contribute to Mexico’s national development through proper management of immigration based on a legal framework that respects human dignity.

Lindsey Barnett – Peacework (Bella Vista, Belize) – Barnett will work with the Peacework Village Network Clean Water Initiative to develop strategies for future water projects in Belizean Communities. Peacework strives to alleviate poverty throughout the world through a number of initiatives.
Lindsey’s Blog

Beatrice Biira – Millennium Promise (New York, N.Y.) – Biira will work with Millennium Promise to add three news schools to its School-to-School program, an initiative that promotes communication, understanding and cultural learning between children in Africa and partner schools in the United States.

Sarah Clark – Ayni Ruway (Cochabamba, Bolivia) – Clark will work on microenterprise development for Ayni RuWay, an NGO that supports prison inmates and their families in Bolivia. She will focus on exploring retail outlets and market strategies for products produced by the inmates and their families.
Sarah’s Blog

Ashley Davis – Tallberg Foundation (Tallberg, Sweden) – Davis will plan and implement workshops, presentations and group discussions for the 2009 Tallberg Forum, an annual gathering of 450 public- and private-sector leaders to address issues of global urgency.
Ashley’s Blog

Jonathan Dunkley – Ministry of Education; Ministry of Youth & Sports (Belize City, Belize) – Dunkley will implement a sports and recreation program that will attempt to address the lack of recreational activities available to the youth of Belize City during the summer months.

Julianne Dunn – Belize Family Life Association (Belize City, Belize) – Dunn will gather information and produce a policy report for her host organization regarding the appropriate sexual health awareness methods for the Mayan and Garifuna communities of Southern Belize.
Julianne’s Blog

Dimas Espinola – Unite For Sight (Accra, Ghana) – Espinola will develop a patient database to track individuals who receive eye glasses from Unite For Site’s Crystal Eye Clinic in Accra. He will also volunteer in area eye clinics, helping local clinicians assess patients.

Kohl Fallin – Belize Ministry of Education (Belize City, Belize) – Fallin will assist with the implementation of an alternative and remedial education program with the Belize Ministry of Education, a government institution that sets the educational directives for schools in Belize.

Emily Fischer – La Colonia Ecologica (Cochabamba, Bolivia) – Fischer will create an environmental education curriculum for La Colonia Ecologica, an environmentally conscious orphanage and after-school center. She will also assess the organization’s environmental practices and provide recommendations for “greening” efforts there.
Emily’s Blog

Nicholas Hall – CEDESOL (Cochabamba, Bolivia) – Hall will evaluate the educational component of a solar stove delivery and installation program for CEDSOL, a nonprofit that promotes economic and environmental sustainability through social justice, environment and business education programs in Bolivia.
Nicholas’s Blog

Jennifer Hicks – Amani Children’s Home (Moshi, Tanzania) – Hick will engage in a marketing and sustainable fundraising campaign at Amani Children’s Home, an orphanage that rescues children from the perils of life on the streets where they face risk of HIV transmission, malnutrition and abuse.
Jennifer’s Blog

Harvell Howard – FURSA-Opportunity (Nairobi, Kenya) – Howard will produce needs and best-practices assessments for FURSA-Opportunity, an organization that seeks to eradicate youth poverty in Kenya by closing the unemployment gap through youth entrepreneurship, leadership and philanthropy.
Harvell’s Blog

Tezira Jamwa – UN Development Programme (New York, N.Y.) – Jamwa will work with the Democratic Government and Crisis Prevention and Recovery division of UNDP, the UN’s global development network. She will work on initiatives to promote gender equality in politics, public administration and law.
Mama Jamwa’s Blog

Joanna Klak – Dream @ Kolam Ayer (Singapore City, Singapore) – Klak will conduct focus groups, interviews and online surveys to produce a needs assessment for Dreams @ Kolam Ayer, a youth development program dedicated to empowering young people to become responsible adults in Singapore.
Joanna’s Blog

Gervas Michael Kolola – Tanzania Commission for AIDS (Dar es Salaam, Tanzania) – Kolola will evaluate the impact of the commission’s Community AIDS Response Fund, which aims to enhance the capacity of communities and local government councils to respond effectively to the HIV/AIDS epidemic.

John Memmer – The Language Experience (San Miguel, Argentina) – Memmer will develop a sustainability plan for La Casita del Quirquincho, an after-school program and soup kitchen in the small village of San Miguel.
Juan’s Blog

Todd Moore – The American Chamber of Commerce (Shanghai, China) – Moore will work to develop a set of guidelines for corporate service initiatives for members of the American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai, the leading international business association in China.
Todd’s Blog

Yuiry Nesterov – UN Food and Agriculture Organization (Rome, Italy) – Nesterov will facilitate implementation of a Global Plan of Action for Animal Genetic Resources as part of FAO’s Animal Production Service team.
Yuriy’s Blog

Adam Penman – Czech Development Agency (Prague, Czech Republic) – Penman will assist the Czech Development Agency with strategic planning for its international aid to the Balkan nation of Serbia, one of eight priority countries listed under the agency’s current mandate.
Penman’s Blog

Lisa Porterfield-Thompson – Belize Family Life Association (Belize City, Belize) – Porterfield-Thompson will work to develop a community outreach initiative for BFLA with a curriculum specifically geared for those who suffer from sexually transmitted diseases and unplanned pregnancies.
LPT’s Blog

Viviane Rossi – READ Global (Kathmandu, Nepal) – Rossi will develop and conduct marketing and communication training for staff of READ (Rural Education And Development) Nepal, an initiative that empowers rural communities through sustainable educational, economic and community development.
Vivianne’s Blog

Josh Stokes – 1Well (Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India) – Stokes will evaluate and develop a best practices model of aide delivery for 1Well, an NGO that provides basic access to sanitation, clean water, sustainable lighting and village safety for impoverished areas in India.
Josh’s Blog

Spirit Trickey-Rowan – South African Education and Environment Project (Cape Town, South Africa) – Trickey-Rowan will work with SAEP to develop an oral history project to chronicle the stories of pre-school principals and students from historically disadvantaged townships surrounding Cape Town.

Ali Turro – Nyaka AIDS Orphans School (Nyakagyezi, Uganda) – Turro will develop an organizational model and project expansion initiatives for educational services for children who have lost one or both parents to HIV/AIDS.
Ali’s Blog

Faisal Umar – San Antonio Housing Authority (San Antonio, Texas) – Umar will conduct research to determine best practices for a program that will equip low-income families with necessary skills and experiences to gain employment and earn a living wage.

Regina Wilkerson – Creative Solutions Resource Systems (Mangapwani, Zanzibar, Tanzania) – Wilkerson will work with CSRS, a sustainable development and poverty reduction organization, to evaluate its services for citizens and educational programs for students in the Mangapwani Village.
Regina’s Blog

Chad Williamson – Akilah Institute (Mayange, Rwanda) – Williamson will help with curriculum development and teacher/student recruitment at the Akilah Institute, a boarding school opening in 2010 that will provide young women with skills and training necessary to find meaningful employment.
Moxie’s Blog