Summer experiences funded by CPGC

<p>The CPGC funds a few research/work projects each summer for HC students. This is what the kids are doing this summer (copied from HC webpage).</p>

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<p>This summer, more than 50 Haverford students will scatter across the country and world as they volunteer, serve internships, and participate in research projects, all sponsored by the Center for Peace and Global Citizenship. The students are:</p>

<p>Sonia Aggarwal ’06, exploring renewable energy in India</p>

<p>Johanna Anchundia ’08, working with development of indigenous children in Ecuador</p>

<p>Jennifer Atlas ’09, promoting social justice through healthcare in Peru</p>

<p>Cedar Balazs ’08, participating in election monitoring and democracy education in Nicaragua</p>

<p>Karen Barker ’08, encouraging education through art in Bangalore, India</p>

<p>Laura Bender ’06, Sarah Blackburn ’09 and Jason Oaks ‘09, part of a teaching and language exchange in Huangshi, China</p>

<p>Erica Blanco ’07, encouraging sustainable development in San Lucas Toliman, Guatemala</p>

<p>Jesse Blumberg ’09, facilitating nonviolent resolutions to sexual violence and conflict in Ghana</p>

<p>Ben Buchwalter ’06, contributing to environmental journalism at the Michigan Land Use Institute</p>

<p>Sakda Chantanavanich ’09, promoting sustainable development in tsunami-devastated Khao Lak, Thailand</p>

<p>Alanna Copenhaver ’07, studying the anti-arms effort and its racial context in South Africa</p>

<p>Nicholas Dibble ’07, working as an international human rights law assistant in Philadelphia</p>

<p>Tyler Dodds ’06, leading health classes for adolescents in Nicaragua</p>

<p>Natasha Dravid ’07, interning at High Rocks camp in West Virginia</p>

<p>Dylan Gasperick ’09, Brian Johnson ’08 and Stephanie Wu ’09, going on a study-tour of China’s hinterland and heartland</p>

<p>Elizabeth Graef ’06, improving clinical outcomes for HIV patients in South Africa</p>

<p>Elizabeth Gray ’08, exploring education and opportunities in El Salvador</p>

<p>Sarah Hartman ’07, developing micro-enterprise in Tarmilat, Morocco</p>

<p>Michael Hicks ’07, turning environmental hazards into improvements along the river in Niger</p>

<p>Liliana Leitner-Laserna ’06, participating in and observing an HIV/AIDS public health study in India</p>

<p>Min Lin ’06, exploring psychological aspects of child development in the Andes by working with orphans and street children in Peru</p>

<p>Emma Lo ’08, studying health care in Ecuador</p>

<p>Isaac Lutze ’08, exploring social change through education in Nicaragua</p>

<p>Anna Marschalk-Burns ’07, examining postmemory and narrative in experiences of rape in Philadelphia</p>

<p>Elizabeth Meeks ’08, working to improve the lives of burned children in Bolivia</p>

<p>Hilary Mislan ’09, promoting human rights and treatment for AIDS victims in Guatemala</p>

<p>Luke Patton ’08, working towards nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation in Philadelphia</p>

<p>Ryan Pirtle-McVeigh ’07, examining religion and social change, or enlightened Buddhism, through monastic immersion and visual representation in Thailand</p>

<p>Daniel Sacks ’08, studying institutional policy development in Mexico</p>

<p>Allyson Scherb ’07, exploring the interactions between a rural community and an international health NGO in Peru</p>

<p>Katrina Schwartz ’08, volunteering at a women’s clinic in Nicaragua</p>

<p>Elizabeth Shriver ’08, promoting leadership through art and theater education at Colegio El Molino in Bolivia</p>

<p>Alexandra Smith ’07, examining the question of whether philosophy can become reality in India</p>

<p>Heidi Smith ’07, part of the Rwanda delegation of Global Youth Connect</p>

<p>Rachel Song ’07, studying social awareness and community building in a leper colony in South Korea</p>

<p>Joyce Sun ’07, working with AIDS and rural orphans in China</p>

<p>Claire Taylor ’07, dealing with deaf social identity and moral universe in Tacoma, Wash.</p>

<p>Brian Till ’07, connecting the communities of Haverford and Panabaj, Guatemala</p>

<p>Andrew Vargas-Stehney ’08, working with the Aymara Quaker Community in Bolivia</p>

<p>Sarah Velazquez ’09 and Rahwa Woldeyesus ‘09, participating in Youthworks/Philadelphia Futures</p>

<p>Sarah Walker ’08, exploring pedagogy, language and culture volunteering as a teacher in Costa Rica</p>

<p>Esther Warren ’07, fighting for child literacy and basic education in Tanzania</p>

<p>Jane Weber ’08, working with Spanish immersion and disability rehabilitation and advocacy in Mexico</p>

<p>Meredith Wen ’06, studying the changing landscape of China</p>

<p>Natalie Wossene ’08, aiding African debt relief from Philadelphia</p>

<p>Oliver Wunsch ’07, encouraging dialogue in a “process-oriented” international art space in Germany</p>

<p>Ammanuel Zegeye ’09, exploring anti-retroviral constitutional and policy issues in South Africa</p>

<p>Ben Zussman ’08, building peace between Israeli and Palestinian youth through communication and education in Israel</p>

<p>Jeez- when I was at Haverford, this program was just getting started and maybe 10 funded students a summer was a big deal. It's amazing how things can change in only a matter of a few years! Also, there are the Howard Hughes funded research awards, the John Whitehead fellowships for business internships,...</p>