6th Class, 2011-2013 Field Placement: World Cocoa Foundation, Accra, Ghana Laura Ostenso worked with the World Cocoa Foundation on its signature youth education and livelihoods development project, Empowering Cocoa Households with Opportunities and Education Solutions (ECHOES). ECHOES works in Ghana … Read more
Lucy Myles Billings
6th Class, 2011-2013 Field Placement: International Food Policy Research Institute, Kampala, Uganda Lucy Billings provided research support to IFPRI programs and projects based in Uganda. She worked primarily with the Uganda Strategy Support Program (USSP), which partners with the Uganda … Read more
Shanti Kleiman
6th Class, 2011-2013 Field Placement: Mercy Corps, Jijiga, Ethiopia Shanti Kleiman spent her field year with Mercy Corps, an international aid organization founded in 1979 that works to create opportunity in transitional environments affected by complex crises. Shanti worked on the … Read more
Jacob Johnson
6th Class, 2011-2013 Field Placement: Action Aid, Kigali, Rwanda Jacob Johnson worked with ActionAid in Rwanda, where his primary responsibility was to coordinate a public financing for agriculture project aimed at training and strengthening the capacity of women’s and farmers’ … Read more
Christine Hadekel
6th Class, 2011-2013 Field Placement: Concern Worldwide, Lusaka, Zambia Christine Hadekel worked with Concern Worldwide in Zambia as a Nutrition Officer for the Realigning Agriculture to Improve Nutrition (RAIN) project. The RAIN project aims to reduce child stunting through agricultural … Read more
Quinn Bernier
6th Class, 2011-2013 Field Placement: World Agroforestry Institute, Kisumu, Kenya Quinn Bernier worked with the World Agroforesty Center (ICRAF) at field sites in Western Kenya on the Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) research program. He provided research support … Read more
Giselle Aris
6th Class, 2011-2013 Field Placement: Land O’Lakes International Development Division, Arusha, Tanzania, and Harare, Zimbabwe Giselle Aris served as the Enterprise Development and Gender Specialist for the International Development Division of Land O’Lakes, Inc. In Tanzania, she designed and carried … Read more