“Leveraging Implementation Research to Strengthen HIV Care” By Hanan Abafita (UNC MPH ’26) Summer 2025 AFE Blog Post Series This summer, I’m honored to be participating in an Applied Field Experience (AFE) through the STAR (Stimulating Training and Access … Read more
“Listening Before Leading” By Tibeb Asfaw (Duke MIDP ’26) Summer 2025 AFE Blog Post Series From Field Notes to Future Blueprints Why Volunteer-Powered Change Isn’t Plan B. It’s the Plan. This summer, I haven’t been chasing metrics. I’ve been … Read more
“Peace is a Practice, Not a Promise” By Nish Kharal (Duke MIDP ’26) Summer 2025 AFE Blog Post Series Over the past month, I have had the chance to reflect deeply on what peace truly means in a world … Read more
“Building Peace Through Infection Prevention: Lessons from UNC to the Global South” By Abdulhafiz Kedir (UNC MPH ’25) Summer 2025 AFE Blog Post Series As a Rotary Peace Fellow completing my Master of Public Health at the University of … Read more
“One of the Ladies” By Shai Tamari, Class 5 (UNC Chapel Hill) “You’re now one of the ladies,” she said with a smile. Some laughed, while others clapped. It was toward the end of an intensive, and often intense, … Read more
“Contributing to Positive Peace in Myanmar: My Free Charity Classes” By Aung Aung, Class 8 (Duke MIDP) As a Rotary Peace Fellow alumnus, I have been voluntarily contributing to peace through my free charity class during my leisure … Read more
“Hope and Doubts: My Peacebuilding Journey in Berlin” By Patrick Asiñero (Duke MIDP ’25) Summer 2024 AFE Blog Post Series While sipping a cup of tea that rainy afternoon of July 2024, I started writing the accounts of … Read more
“Agriculture and Water Management: Essential Tools for Peace Workers” By Aleksandra Zaborowska (Duke MIDP ’25) Summer 2024 AFE Blog Post Series Do you think agriculture and water management are not part of the peace worker toolkit? Think twice – … Read more
“What I loved, what challenged me, and what ability did I continue to work on today? Reflections on the importance of self-awareness and community building in our humanitarian, development, and peacebuilding efforts – and transformations brought upon a summer … Read more
“Sailing in the Complexity of Peacebuilding: My Process of Connecting Dots” By Haruna Fukaya (Duke MIDP ’25) Summer 2024 AFE Blog Post Series The Applied Field Experience (AFE) which is part of the Rotary Peace Fellowship has allowed … Read more
“Navigating Global Health: My Internship at UNICEF Headquarters” By Gideon Kapalasa (UNC Public Health ’25) Summer 2024 AFE Blog Post Series The Rotary Peace Fellowship offers an unparalleled chance to turn theory into practice, one thing that captivated me. … Read more
“Threading Stories to Construct Cultures of Peace in Colombia” By Jacinta Bailey (UNC Global Studies ’25) Summer 2024 AFE Blog Post Series Most mornings, as the sun rises over Bogotá, the cool mountain air holds the thick clouds … Read more