Intersection of Maternal and Child health, and Water and Sanitation During my Applied Field Experience, I wanted to reduce the knowledge gap between the intersection of Maternal and Child Health and the Water Institute at UNC (WaSH). 1)      Antibiotic Resistant … Read more

Three months of Applied Field Experience in India. India has been experiencing a consistently high growth rate as a result of the economic liberalization period established in the 1990’s. It has achieved excellence in several key industries related to technology … Read more

My summer internship During my summer internship, I was privileged and grateful to get the opportunity to join the team of experts that are developing Implementation Science (IS) an Implementation program for Family Planning at the WHO Collaborating Center for … Read more

Since I was a teenager, not long ago, I knew I wanted to become a doctor. When the time came to go to college, I had everything ready for medical school. However, I received a phone call from my uncle, … Read more

As the conflict enters its fourth year, millions of women and children in war-torn Syria and in refugee camps in neighboring countries (Turkey, Iraq, Lebanon, and Jordan) are suffering from a severe lack of preventive and curative medical care.  The … Read more

I have been spending this summer interning with Mothering Across Continents, a non-profit in Charlotte, North Carolina. I am working with Rotary Peace Fellow Alumni Patricia Shafer, Phil Gittins, and Carla Lineback to research and extend content development for a … Read more

I came to the Rotary Peace Fellowship from a human rights and conflict resolution background, similar to everything else, this wonderful experience has led to another endeavor in my life. While at the Duke-UNC Center for Slavic, Eastern European, and … Read more

SPRING beyond Spring- Early insights from applied field work in a global nutrition project Manish Kumar, SPRING Strategic Information Intern, JSI Research and Training Institute, Inc. Virginia, USA How many of you have ever experienced SPRING extending over to summer … Read more

United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative     (UNEP FI) Geneva, Switzerland “Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.” Helen Keller “Changing Finance, Financing Change” UNEP FI’s slogan  “Saving our planet, lifting people out of poverty, advancing … Read more

When I received my acceptance letter from NAMATI, the organization I was to intern with during the summer, it was an exciting moment for me, not only because I had succeeded in getting an internship, but because this would take … Read more