2009 Swearer International Service Fellows

The Swearer Center for Public Service at Brown University is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2009 Howard R. Swearer International Service Fellowship. The Fellowship is a full-time, summer fellowship for junior and senior students in the College to pursue international service work. The Fellowship provides up to $3,500 to cover student’s costs.

Elizabeth Baron ’10

will work with the Sadhana Forest Reforestation Project in Tamil Nadu Province, India. She will serve as education/outreach coordinator working with volunteers in the reforestation project and also with local village schools and teachers to enhance their relationship with Sadhana Forest. Elizabeth is an Education-Human Development concentrator from Merion Station, PA.

Delia Denson ’10

will serve as an intern with Community and Youth Development Initiatives (CYDI) in Owerri, Imo State, Nigeria helping to refine educational materials and training plans and also participating in outreach activities on a project focusing on commercial sex workers. CWDI is an indigenous Nigerian NGO that focuses on addressing the HIV/AIDS epidemic, with a focus on youth and high-risk, difficult to reach populations. She is an Anthropology concentrator from Jamaica Plain, MA.

Einat Kadar ’10

from New York City will investigate the tobacco industry in South Africa utilizing archival documents that have recently become available. Working with the NGO, Global Health Delivery, Einat’s work on tobacco control will assist their efforts to deliver health to those most in need by combining best practices from public health and best practices from business and management models. She is a Development Studies concentrator.

Sharon Langevin ’09

will utilize her Engineering concentration to work with subsistence farmers in Kisumu, Kenya to develop affordable tools, systems and educational materials that can maximize efficiency of all aspects of the growing process in order to improve the livelihoods of these farmers. She will be working with the Kenya Agricultural Research Institute. In the fall she will return to Brown to pursue an interdisciplinary Master’s degree studying development, appropriate technology, design and enterprise. She is from Madison, CT.

Tanmay Misra ’11

will intern with Never Again Rwanda in Kigali, Rwanda. The NGO started in 2002 with the aim of promoting constructive exchange of ideas to prevent violent conflicts and help remedy the effects of such conflict. Tanmay will work to expand the Peacebuilding Centre’s Multimedia Resource Library and will work to facilitate increased collaboration between a network of youth clubs affiliated with Never Again Rwanda. Tamnay is an American Civilization concentrator from Lafayette, LA.

Alexander Ruby ’09

from Washington, DC will travel to Bamako, Mali to work with the Mali Health organizing Project (MHOP). Utilizing a radio program run by MHOP, Alex will develop a weekly radio program that focuses on health access in slum communities. He is a Neuroscience concentrator.

Jenna Stark ’11

an International Relations concentrator from Milwaukee, WI will work with the Israel-Palestine Center for Research and Information (IPCRI) in Jerusalem. She will work with the Strategic Affairs Unit organizing track II diplomatic meetings between senior Israeli and Palestinian professionals and ex-governmental officials and providing logistical, technical and research support to IPCRI.

Sushant Wagley ’10

will work as an intern with Nyaya Health in Sanfebagar, Achham, a severely underdeveloped region in Far Western Nepal. He will help to establish a community healthcare worker program that will train local health providers to reduce acute health disparities. Sushant is a Community Health concentrator from Wixom, MI.