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

  Rhett Sangster, Summer 2013 Applied Field Experience: Saskatchewan First Nations Office of the Treaty Commissioner, Saskatchewan, Canada   I have a feeling that I will look back at this summer’s Applied Field Experience as an important time in my … Read more

Today, I thought I should walk up the hill to my hotel which is not so far from the conference hall where the joint water and sanitation sector review is taking place.  I should have heeded the warning not to … Read more

Monday, May 27: It is in the dead of night on May 27. The taxi has just pulled out of Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyatta Airport. ‘I work from Sunday morning to Thursday 9am without really taking a break’ the driver tells … Read more

Sitali will be posting about his AFE everyday this week! Here is the first: KB (real name withheld) is still recovering from the predicament that befell her family in 2007. The two men that she loved the most, her husband … Read more

Sandcastles I remember when my boss at ESCWA turned to me and said: “Ana, this experience will be good for you if you go back to the US with more doubts than when you came.” I guess Vito had no … Read more