4th Class, 2007-2009 Field Placement: Helen Keller Internationa (HKI), Bamako, Mali Daniele Nyirandutiye worked on the community-based therapeutic care program within HKI’s child survival project. At the time, HKI Mali was in the process of implementing Community-based Therapeutic Care (CTC) throughout … Read more
Adam Norikane
4th Class, 2007-2009 Field Placement: Christian Children’s Fund (CCF), Lusaka, Zambia Adam Norikane worked with CCF Zambia on the implementation of an Australian-funded Youth Agriculture & Marketing Project. His job entailed assisting staff in project management of a sustainable agricultural livelihoods … Read more
Alexis Jones
4th Class, 2007-2009 Field Placement: Association for Rural Advancement (AFRA), Pietermaritzburg, South Africa Alexis Jones worked with the Association for Rural Advancement, a local NGO in KwaZulu-Natal province, South Africa dedicated to improving land access and tenure security to strengthen the … Read more
Carmen Jaquez
4th Class, 2007-2009 Field Placement: Land O’Lakes International, Nairobi, Kenya Placed with Land O’Lakes, Carmen Jaquez conducted assessments of activities taking place within pastoralist regions of Africa. This ultimately expanded to incorporate livestock-based interventions (including cattle, goat, sheep, poultry) in dryland … Read more
Eric Haglund
4th Class, 2007-2009 Field Placement: Bioversity International/ICRISAT, Niamey, Niger Eric spent his first year of his fellowship conducting field research on the social and economic impacts of three different agroforestry systems under development and promotion in Niger. The systems aimed to … Read more
Ira Frydman
4th Class, 2007-2009 Field Placement: United Nations Development Program (UNDP), Lilongwe, Malawi Ira Frydman worked with UNDP in Malawi to integrate disaster risk reduction into contingency planning, food security and environmental protection with a focus on floods and droughts. Ira initially worked … Read more
Rachel (Racey) Bingham
4th Class, 2007-2009 Field Placement: Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), Bamako, Mali Racey Bingham’s work during the field year involved both policy and practice. She assisted with the development of technical terms of reference, memoranda of understanding with various ministries, basic infrastructure … Read more
Emily Bancroft
4th Class, 2007-2009 Field Placement: Action Group for Health, Human Rights and HIV/AIDS (AGHA), Kampala, Uganda As a fellow with Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) and their Ugandan-based partner, the Action Group for Health, Human Rights and HIV/AIDS (AGHA), Emily Bancroft divided her … Read more
Steven Myers
5th Class, 2009-2011 Field Placement: Africare, South Africa At Africare, Steven Myers created nutrition education materials geared at promoting the health outcomes of people living with HIV/AIDS. He worked to arrange the translation of the materials into Xhosa, the local … Read more
Susan Ilyin
5th Class, 2009-2011 Field Placement: Land O’Lakes, Ethiopia Susan Ilyin worked with Land O’Lakes’ (LOL) Ethiopian Dairy Development Project (EDDP) to create and strengthen livelihood support for people living with HIV/AIDS along the dairy value chain. Susan provided technical assistance to … Read more