From Diana Campos Quiroz: Shaping my Path as a Peacebuilder Making my dream come true: becoming a liaison for sustainable development Back in 2016, I experienced a meaningful call to follow my dream to become a peacebuilder. I was … Continued

From Nathalia: I DID SIGN UP FOR THIS… I decided to apply to Rotary Peace Fellowship in 2019. The whole program seemed perfectly fit for what I have done and for what I wanted to do in the future. I … Continued

From Alaa: Hope is the Path to Success A couple of years ago I had a dream, a dream to pursue my masters abroad and to be a successful woman advocating for women’s’ rights and freedoms. But as a young … Continued

  Connecting the dots: Innovation for closing social gaps by Diana Quintero Giraldo I am the second generation of a low-income rural family that migrated to the city to increase their opportunities. My family origins have given me a deep … Continued

  From Philile: Why, how, what – the questions shaping my Applied Field Experience and path to impact The Why I was first introduced to the concept of the Why during an Innovation and Entrepreneurship class I took in Spring … Continued

From Larissa:  Remote from Durham, two dream internships! I arrived in Durham, North Carolina in January 2021, one semester after the Master’s Program in International Development Policy (MIDP) had started. During the fall of 2020 I studied from home in … Continued

AFE Reflections from Roei Shaul Hillel, MHPSS Specialist at UNICEF: Background The past year brought many uncertainties and adventures with it. As I have learned in the past year that I would not be able to attend the Duke-UNC Center … Continued

Cultivating environments for transformational change: Re-imagining Education By Bronwyn Manley When I applied for the Rotary Peace Scholarship, I was intent on finding educational solutions that could reach the most marginalized and vulnerable communities, in particular displaced populations. Undertaking a … Continued

A Geneva Experience from Durham By Peter Adeyeye The Journey Childhood events sparked my interest in development. I grew up in a loving Christian home where I watched my parents pray with people who fell ill and support both neighbors … Continued

We are all in this together: reflections on a summer that calls for peace and justice By Caitilin McMillan “We are all in this together” is a phrase many of us will have heard this summer. In the midst of … Continued

Femicide Crisis in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico: Impunity, Corruption and Failed Policies By Marco Cuevas This year I took part, alongside two talented Duke MIDP Fellows (Jessica Maeda and Ola Hosni), in the Geneva Challenge. Launched six years ago, the Geneva … Continued

Shifting expectations and the perks of my remote internship By Catherine Harris It certainly hasn’t been the summer I was expecting, but there have been some good perks. I was expecting… to be spending the last few months in Geneva, … Continued