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Leena supported Human Rights Watch researchers based in Cairo and New York in documenting human rights violations and preparing advocacy material, and provided administrative assistance to the Cairo office staff.
Rufus assisted with the policy, advocacy and research activities of the Lawyers Committee. He also participated in the eviction court education project evaluation.
Kristin helped review the existing material for counseling at the Safe Shelter in Phnom Penh. She observed and commented on counseling sessions, and offered basic counseling trainings on gender related violence.
Sarah Bouchat
Alliance for Democracy and Tolerance Against Violence and Extremism (Büdnis)
Berlin, Germany
Sarah worked with the Büdnis to help organize their 2008 Youth Congress for Tolerance and Fan Congress to eliminate racism and discrimination in soccer. She also worked to revitalize their publicity campaign and set up the next "Best Practices" competition that the Bündnis sponsors, which awards a sum of approximately €120,000 to an organization deemed to have the best project plan for an anti-racism, intercultural integration, or anti-extremism initiative.
Sam's primary role with Corpwatch was as researcher; he researched corporate malfeasance or irresponsibility, edited reports, and posted them to the Corpwatch website. He also helped develop a wikisite with company profiles.
The Institute of Contemporary Observation (ICO) is a civil society organization dedicated to labor development and corporate social responsibility. Angel contributed to the ICO's factory training project and conducted field research for their labor rights investigation projects. Angel also answered the worker's hotline.
Meghan developed a needs assessment of Fond de Blanc schools. She also helped develop an Epidemiological Disease Tracking System for the Hospital. Meghan also wrote a concept paper for AIDS funding with Pepfar, and helped with the grant.
Lauren supported the Africa Program Team to ensure timely proposal and grant processing by translating, reviewing and drafting summaries. She helped to maintain project archives, and also conducted independent research projects.
Dan Krebs
U of C Hospitals, Section of Infectious Diseases
Chicago, IL
Dan sought to identify and implement ways of increasing access to HIV testing and screening for Chicago South Side community members who are regularly denied their right to basic health care service. Dan worked in close partnership with the physicians in the Section of Infectios Diseases.
Monica worked in the clinic with Dr. Christian Elizondo. She
went into the surrounding communities with volunteers and
staff to see living conditions and to present health education
programs. She was encouraged to develop new games and other
means of presenting health education materials to the children
and their families. In the clinic, Monica organized patient
records. She also worked with groups of volunteers on a water
sanitation project in the community of Jasmin.
Kacey worked as part of the offices three main tasks of Human Rights Education, Advocacy, and Constitutional/Legal Reform. This included an alliance with Amnesty International on issues of women's rights in the Caribbean.
Ben developed Fact Sheets on gender based violence for community members, and assisted in setting up community protection groups and a monitoring system for the Women and Child Protection Unit. Ben also provided a summary of laws in place for the protection of women and child, and their implementation.
Latinos United improves the quality of life of Latinos by removing obstacles to opportunity and highlighting the contributions made by the Latino community to the Chicago metropolitan region. Ben worked with Latinos United to carry out a study to examine the problem of housing overcrowding of Latino households in the suburbs and to identify policy recommendations to address some of the findings.
Roxanne provided research support within the framework of PICUM's EU projects on access to health care for undocumented migrants and on fighting discrimination-based violence against undocumented children in Europe. She also collected information and report on human rights of undocumented migrants in Europe for PICUM's monthly newsletter.
Derek developed 4-hour training programs on human rights and HIV/AIDS, and then trained instructor teams in Merida. He also worked with staff to create a human rights component for the organization.
Maha facilitated the Women's Empowerment in Muslim Context (WEMC) training session for new recruits. She also worked on the Women's Action Forum by drafting position papers and attending meetings, including one on American lobby group American funding for non profits. Maha also wrote action alerts for Shirkat Gah's website and newsletter, attended health sessions in a rural community, and assisted Shirkat Gah lawyers in identifying obstacles in their cases.
Rochelle's main deliverable during her two-month internship at WLUML was a 15,000 word report on the contemporary women's movement in Iran. This report was based on her research into various women's rights campaigns in Iran, and explores the objectives of these campaigns, the strategies employed by Irani activists in pursuing these objectives, the motivations of the organizers, public response and the authorities (state) response and the role of the trans-national women's movement.
IDASA is an independent public interest organization committed to promoting sustainable democracy based on active citizenship, democratic institutions and social justice. Amanda assisted IDASA with the political monitoring and reporting components of IDASA, particularly as related to succession and the preparation for the ANC's National Congress.
Tyler investigated the impact of regional, national, and transnational trends--land restitution, privatization, conservation--on the lives and livelihoods of rural inhabitants surrounding George, South Africa. Tyler examined how these social dynamics mold land ownership and use, as well as civic ties and community-growth, in an agrarian region undergoing recently-intense economic development.
Stephanie worked in the Policy, Communications, and Research department doing research and formulating policy which was then distributed to 300,000 people country-wide. She helped develop a five year plan for TAC's inaugural women's rights campaigns and revised TAC's report on the state of Women and HIV in South Africa.
Laura translated grant applications, newspaper articles and other documents. She wrote grant applications, conducted research on Female General Cutting (FGC) and women's issues in the media, wrote a proposal for a new anti-FGC program and created a database of potential donors. Laura also worked in the children's unit, where she helped with the summer program. She attended conferences on violence in schools and human trafficking.
Andrew served as a journalist for KIVA.org, a U.S.-based microfinancing organization that works with local partners. Andrew worked with Lift Above Poverty Organization (LAPO). His main responsibility was interviewing loan recipients doing field-visits. Andrew detailed questions about their businesses as well as their personal experiences to help Kiva.org continue its projects.
Meredith did research on a complex sector in which sub-contracting and the use of temporary workers endangered basic labor rights. She investigated corporate structures and interviewed workers.
Leo drafted a report on racial discrimination focusing on housing and criminal justice in Chicago. This report will be included in the US Shadow Report for the Convention for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, coordinated by the U.S. Human Rights Network. Leo did preliminary work establishing a city-wide coalition for human rights.
Grant surveyed the status of youth centers through developing an original survey mechanism. Grant was the point-person for UNESCO, UNICEF, and UNFPA to allocate grants for youth programming with local NGOs and the Ministry of Youth in Burundi.
Clare developed the "Responsible Housing Guide," which will help recent college graduates understand their role in gentrification and how to live responsibly in cities that are rapidly gentrifying. She also presented a workshop at the first United States Social Forum (July 2007) and attended tenant organizing meetings on her organization's behalf.
Hannah was a research analyst in Her investigation of Mexico's "Dirty War" (1970s) involved identifying records of the disappeared to prepare cases before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. Hannah wrote a comprehensive proposal for a process of transitional justice in Mexico.
Emily worked as a social worker for Casa Alianza’s "Familiar and Social Reintegration Program." She held self-esteem sessions for street children and adolescents and family workshops. Emily also wrote a plan for social treatment of children and conducted interviews and home visits. Many of the children she worked with were severely traumatized as a result of the violence in the post-civil war society.
Italia worked for the Berkeley Library Literacy Program, tutoring adults with low literacy skills. She conducted research and wrote grants to ensure that medical information could be accessible to adults with low literacy.
Jonathan
Zimbabwe
Jonathan worked on documenting cases of trauma due to state and gender-based violence.
Dave served planned and developed a program that allowed MIHOW to address maternal depression in at risk-moms. He analyzed existing programs in other areas and designed a new project suitable for Eastern Tennessee / Northern Mississippi. Dave also wrote a successful grant to fund the program.
Xavier assisted in developing a job readiness training curriculum and co-facilitating trainings for offenders. He also shared information regarding restorative justice models, developed best practices for workforce reentry, and incorporated an outreach component.
