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My Princeton in Africa fellowship was everything I could have hoped for and much more. The myriad of experiences makes my head swim, and it has strengthened my desire to help underserved populations worldwide.
— David Bartels 2006-2007 Fellow |
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2010-2011 FELLOWS |
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2010-2011 Fellows
Africare, Tanzania http://pintoadhola.blogspot.com
Pinto ’10 is a Sociology major from Princeton, NJ. He also earned an African Studies certificate. At Princeton, he was the house manager of the Princeton Terrace Club, treasurer of the Black Men’s Awareness Group, and an active member at the International Relations Council. While in Tanzania next year, he hopes to learn Swahili, spend some time in the Indian Ocean, and climb Mt. Kilimanjaro. |
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International Rescue Committee, Liberia http://beccabalis.wordpress.com
Becca ’10 is an International Relations and History major at the University of Pennsylvania. Becca was editor-in-chief of the Journal of International Relations through Sigma Iota Rho, the national honors society for international studies and helped plan student-led consulting 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 tales next year. |
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World Food Program, Ethiopia http://the195.com/northwestern/2010/08/23/meet-allie-bream/Allie (Northwestern ’10) is a Social Policy and Gender Studies major from Martinsville, NJ. At Northwestern, she co-directed the Global Engagement Summit, a capacity- building conference for young change-makers from around the world. She has completed a community development project in Gulu, Uganda and researched public housing in Muscat, Oman. Allie has worked at the Clinton Global Initiative University and World Relief. Allie is thrilled to be working in Ethiopia next year and looks forward to learning how to cook Ethiopian food and getting to know the other fellows. |
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EGG Foundation Fellow at mothers2mothers, South Africa http://hannahburnett.wordpress.com
Hannah, Middlebury College Class of 2010, is an Independent Scholar in Global Health and Medical Anthropology from North Granby, CT. At Middlebury, she was co-president of GlobeMed, a group that partnered with Africa 2000 Network in Uganda and ran the Global Health Action Network. She also played JV field hockey, volunteered at the John Graham Shelter, and was a Senior Fellow and the Tour Guide Coordinator at the Admissions Office. Through Middlebury, she volunteered with Partners in Health and studied abroad at University College London. While in Cape Town next year, she looks forward to learning more about mothers2mothers, seeing the Big Five and the Penguins, and watching lots of the World Cup! |
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Johnson & Johnson Fellow at Nyumbani Village, Kenya http://chriscourtin.wordpress.com/
Chris ’10 is a Mechanical and Aerospace engineering major from Buffalo, NY. At Princeton, he spent four years on the rowing team, was active in Engineers without Borders, and a member of Cloister Inn. While in Kenya next year he looks forward to meeting new people, traveling, and climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro. |
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International Rescue Committee, Uganda
Vicki graduated Harvard in ’07, and was a government concentrator. She is from Tustin, CA and spent the past three years working in New York City for the Human Right Institute at Columbia Law School. While at Harvard, Vicki also pursued a secondary field in anthropology of human rights and was an avid Mode UNer. She traveled to Rwanda in the summer of 2006 where she conducted research on post-genocide reconciliation measures of youth. While in Uganda next year, she looks forward to learning and writing about the work of the International Rescue Committee, and traveling around the country. |
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Baylor/Bristol-Myers Squibb Children's Centers, Botswana
Mgbechi completed her senior year in 2010 at Princeton University as a pre-medical student and Anthropology major with certificates in Creative Writing and African Studies. She is the eldest daughter of Nigerian parents and lives in Millstone, NJ. Mgbechi is also the former president of Akwaaba, the Princeton African Student Association and received the Ward Prize for an internship with the New Yorker Magazine’s Function Department. While in Botswana next year, Mgbechi looks forward to finally connecting her dreams for Africa and global health with on-the-ground experience, and to forming new friendships with wonderful people (kids and grown-ups!).
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UN World Food Program, Benin http://katieblogsbenin.wordpress.com
Katie ’10 is a French major from the San Francisco Bay Area in California. She is also earning a certificate in African Studies from Georgetown University. At Georgetown, Katie enjoyed being a tour guide, a peer advisor, an orientation ambassador for international students, and a tutor in a local elementary school. She also was a WAGE fellow (Women Advancing Gender Equity) and interned at several women’s development NGOs in DC. Katie’s studied abroad in Paris, France and spent a summer working in Peru at a girl’s orphanage. While in Benin next year, Katie looks forward to experiencing life in West Africa, exploring its amazing music and meeting tons of new people. |
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EGG Foundation Fellow at Mothers2Mothers, South Africa http://allieinafrica2010.wordpress.com
Allie ’10 is a Development Studies concentrator at Brown University and a native Mainer. At Brown, she was the co-coordinator of the SPACE Program (Space in Prison for the Arts and Creative Expression) and also worked as a Writing Fellow. A former club soccer player, she is thrilled to catch the end of the World Cup! Other things she is looking forward to in South Africa include: meeting wonderful new people, working with an inspiring organization and (with any luck) learning to drive stick on the opposite (wrong) side of the road. Allie is planning on attending Mt. Sinai School of Medicine following her fellowship.
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Baylor/Bristol-Myers Squibb Children's Centers, Lesotho
Christina ’10 is an Ecology and Evolutionary Biology major from the Lower East Side of Manhattan. While at Princeton, she was an RCA for Butler College, an Eco-Rep, a volunteer GMT with the Turn W Squad, and earned a certificate in Neuroscience. During her free time, she enjoys jamming to music in her jammies and playing the tabla in drum circle. Through Princeton, Christina worked at the Krokobite Community Clinic in Ghana, volunteered at Madre Teresa Orphanage and CAASALT in Salvador, Brazil, and studied abroad in Beijing, China. While in Lesotho next year she can’t wait to fall in love with new foods, music, and maybe picking up a bit of the local language.
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Plan International, Uganda
Tiffany ’09 was an Anthropology and French double-major at the University of Virginia. She is a Liberian-American who lived throughout Africa during her childhood. At the University of Virginia, Tiffany was an active member of the organization of African Students and her fourth year participated in a year-long academic internship program in which she worked for a local nonprofit organization. In her free time, she enjoys playing tennis, reading, and cooking dishes from all around the world. UVA alum, Tiffany spent the past year working for two NGOs: Africare (in Washington, DC) and the American Jewish World Service (in New York City). While in Uganda, next year, Tiffany looks forward to getting acquainted with the local culture and food, and learning a lot about herself in the process. |
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Keller Family Foundation Fellow at Mpala, Kenya http://theresainafrica.wordpress.com
Theresa ’10 is an Ecology and Evolutionary Biology major at Princeton University. She originates from Ocean City, NJ, and has two younger sisters. At Princeton, Theresa was a member of the Women’s Rugby team, an Outdoor Action Leader, and a student manager in the Butler/Wilson dining hall. She spent a summer volunteering in a geriatric clinic in Cusco, Peru, with Awaiting Angels in 2007. Through Princeton, she studied abroad in Panama during the spring semester of 2009 and in Kenya for her senior spring semester of 2010. Theresa conducted her thesis research on crocodilian diets in the Peruvian Amazon during the summer of 2009. In Kenya next year, Theresa looks forward to picking up some Swahili and hopefully conducting more field research while learning more about the field work conducted in Mpala. |
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International Rescue Committee, Central African Republic
Sarah is an alumnus from Swarthmore College who special majors in African Studies and minors in Environmental Science. She is from Cape Cod, but has always had a deep love for Africa. She studied abroad in Kenya with the School for Field Studies and later in Ghana through NYU. Sarah joined the Peace Corps in Cameroon after graduating in 2007. In Cameroon, she lived in a remote rainforest village promoting sustainable agricultural development and teaching English at the local high school. After completing her service, Sarah came home to the US where she ate a great deal of cheese, enjoyed hot showers and worked as a field operations supervisor for the census while planning her return trip to the C.A.R. |
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International Rescue Committee, South Sudan
A proud native Texan, Case hails from Dallas. A major in both History and African Studies, Case pursued his strong interest in African politics at Northwestern University. In addition to his enthusiasm for politics and history, Case also is interested in medicine, especially surgery. Combining his interests in seemingly unrelated disciplines, Case has attempted to learn as much as possible about regimes, political systems, and conflict while working or conducting research in the medical field on numerous trips to Africa. Very interested in international relations, current events, and traveling, Case worked extensively at Northwestern with Alternative Student Breaks, a student-run group that organizes domestic and international service-learning trips during school breaks. Case also particularly enjoys backpacking, skiing, and other outdoor activities. While in South Sudan next year, Case looks forward to learning more about Sudan’s political situation, witnessing the implementation of the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement and South Sudan’s referendum for independence, and working in the healthcare sector.
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African Impact, Zambia http://maryreidmunford.wordpress.com
Mary Reid, Princeton ’10, is an English major from Jackson, MS. A big college sports fan, she wrote for the sports section of the Daily Princetonian all four years. She was also a leader and leader trainer for Outdoor Action, and spent one summer at Princeton as a frosh trip coordinator. Interested in cultures of all kinds, she’s written her independent papers about African American literature, studied abroad in Bologna, Italy, and worked with refuges one summer in Durban, South Africa. While in Africa, she’s pumped to work with Zambians and people from all over the world, get involved in the education system, and have some big outdoor adventures around Victoria Falls. |
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Hilary Lambert Invisible Children, Uganda http://hilarylambert.blogspot.com/
Born in Washington D.C., Hilary was a Psychology major and earned a certificate in neuroscience at Princeton University (‘10). Outside of academics, she has worked in a research capacity at Children’s National Medical Center (on duchenne muscular dystrophy and asthma in pediatric patients) and at Princeton’s Neuroscience Institute (most recently on the neural basis underlying mood and cognitive deficits in cancer patients). Hilary also taught English and math to young children in Tanzania for a summer (with Cross Cultural Solutions). For the past four years of college, Hilary served as project coordinator, teacher, and strategic planning team member at Community House, which seeks to close the local minority achievement gap in the town of Princeton. |
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Kucetekela Foundation, Zambia
Jamie Nadeau is a Government and Legal Studies Major and English minor at Bowdoin College. He is from Leominster, MA. At Bowdoin, Jamie was actively involved in the McKeen Center for the Common Good, volunteering at a legal service nonprofit in Portland, attending and leading Alternative Spring Break trips to Guatemala, and acting as President of Bowdoin’s volunteer Corps. He studied abroad in Cape Town. Jamie has also been a tour guide, RA, and drummer for a campus cover band. Next year in Zambia, Jamie looks forward to learning about education and the local culture and is excited about a new adventure!
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International Rescue Committee, Kenya
Victoria Shepard graduated from Colgate University in 2008 with a degree in Peace and Conflict studies, focusing on sub-Saharan Africa. Originally from San Francisco, Victoria has been based out of New York City since graduation, working for NGO International Crisis Group. Having spent six months in Cape Town, South Africa, Victoria is thrilled to be spending the next year (or more) in Nairobi, and is especially looking forward to photographing it all! |
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International Rescue Committee, Cote D’Ivoire http://ninasheth.wordpress.com
Nina ’10 is a College of Social Studies major from Baltimore, Maryland. During her time at Wesleyan University she was involved in a student led trip to Ahmedabad, India where she wrote grants and taught English at a local NGO SPRAT. She also studied abroad in Mali, which sparked her interest in West Africa. This past year she co-taught a student forum on international volunteerism and local NGOs in the developing world. In her free time, Nina participated in West African as well as Indian dance performances. She loves to dance and looks forward to learning more West African dance while in Cote d’Ivoire. She also looks forward to an exciting year of travel and adventure and is excited to meet great people!
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UN World Food Program, Senegal http://disfordakar.blogspot.com/
Molly ’10, from West Chester, PA, concentrated in the Wilson School at Princeton University with a certificate in Environmental Studies. At Princeton, she was president of the Triangle Club, the director of Manicure for the Cure, the vice president of Oxfam Princeton, and an active member of Greening Princeton and Tower Club. She spent her summer studying abroad in France, working at the Pennsylvania Governors School for International Studies, and working at the Millennium Challenge Cooperation. While in Dakar next year, Molly looks forward to improving her French, learning Wolof, and maybe seeing an elephant or two.
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Princeton Class of ‘72 Fellow at African Leadership Academy, South Africa http://web.me.com/veda_sunassee/lewethejourney
Veda ’10 hails from the small island St Mauritius in the Indian Ocean. He came to Princeton thinking to major in Mechanical Aerospace Engineering but is actually graduating in Politics, with a certificate in Political Economy. Veda has always been very involved with the international community at Princeton. Between his sophomore and junior year, Veda spent a year off in Mauritius, where he founded the Young Volunteers Association. Back in Princeton, he explored the field of Social Entrepreneurship and interned at Ashoka in Washington DC last year. While he is sad to give up on French theater, which he has been doing for the last five years, he is really excited to go work with the young folks at the African Leadership Academy and be the world traveler and the citizen of the World that he wants to be.
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Lutheran World Federation, Burundi http://bujbreeze.blogspot.com/
Anthony (Harvard ’10) is a Sociology concentrator from Sandy, UT. At Harvard, he was involved heavily in the African languages department and various volunteer work in the U.S. and abroad. He earned a secondary field in African Studies and a language citation in Swahili. He also studied abroad in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania during the summer and fall of 2008. Outside class and extracurricular activities, Anthony enjoys playing acoustic guitar and singing. While in Burundi next year, he hopes to gain fluency in several languages, get involved with local musicians, and travel to other East, Central, and South African countries.
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Generation Rwanda, Rwanda
Helaina Stein ’10 is from Katonah, NY and graduated from Tufts University with a degree in international relations. On campus, she co-funded and co-led RESPE: Haiti, a student research and development initiative in northern Haiti. Helaina was also a member of Sigma Iota Rho, the IR Honors Society, and participated in the Institute for Global Leadership’s Education for Public Inquiry and International Citizenship 2007-2008 colloquium. While at Tufts, she interned for the U.S. State Department Bureau of Population, Refugees, Migration and Educate! Helaina studied abroad in Geneva, Switzerland, where she also interned for the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty at the UN Human Rights council. Next year in Rwanda; Helaina looks forward to learning some Kinyarwanda, traveling around the land of a thousand hills, and contributing to meaningful education initiatives. |
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2iE, Burkina Faso http://kcinouaga.wordpress.com
Katie Camille ’10 is a chemical engineering major from Memphis, TN. At Princeton, she stayed busy with the Global Development Network, the Engineers without Boarders, and Lux choir. Katie Camille is excited about all things water—she worked with the International Water Association in the Netherlands and also helped start a ceramic water filter factory in Nigeria. In Burkina Faso, she looks forward to continuing work with water filters, learning some French and Moore, and hopefully getting involved with the local music scene. |
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The 2010-11 Fellows By the numbers:
—26 total Fellows —11 from Princeton —15 from Bowdoin, Brown, Colgate, Georgetown, Harvard (2), Iowa State, Middlebury, Northwestern (2), Swarthmore, Tufts, UPenn, UVA and Wesleyan —Graduation year: 2007 (2) 2008 (2) 2010 (21) —Going to 18 countries, with 15 organizations —This year we are going to two new countries: Cote D’Ivoire and Central African Republic, which means PiAf has placed Fellows in 30 countries in Africa. |
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UN World Food Program, Senegal
Joseph ’10 is a Woodrow Wilson School major from Armonk, NY. At Princeton, he was President of the Slow Food group, directed the Princeton Farm to Fork Project, and served on the Class of 2010 Commencement Committee. Joseph Studied Sustainable development in the Wilson School and wrote his senior thesis on the UN Millennium Villages Project in Malawi. He has traveled throughout Europe and Central America, and is an avid hiker. While in Senegal, Joseph looks forward to discovering Senegalese cuisine, brushing up on his French, and having exciting African adventures.
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UN World Food Program, Ghana www.ellybuggoestoghana.blogspot.com
Elly is a 2008 graduate with a double major in Public Service and Administration in Agriculture and International Agriculture from Iowa State University. A native of Sheffield, Iowa, Elly recently worked for the Center for Sustainable Rural Livelihoods and loves to travel—especially in Africa. While in Ghana, Elly looks forward to meeting new people, learning the ins and outs of the World Food Program, and living near the ocean for the first time in her life. |
