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The following pictures were taken by Brandeis-India Initiative Fellow Melissa Donze ’12. Melissa worked in and around Bangalore with MILANA, a small organization founded by HIV-positive women that offers psycho-social support, nutritional and home-based counseling, familial and children’s services, prevention and outreach work, as well as advocacy for the rights of those living with HIV.
The following photos were taken by David Wilkerson ’12. David is a Brandeis-India Initiative Fellow who worked in Bangalore and traveled to other areas as part of a Health Team service project internship with Yuva for Sewa, or Youth for Service. The organization is dedicated to providing community-based outreach to the poor and underprivileged; David specifically worked [...]
The following photos were taken by Nusrath Yusuf ’13 and her fellow internship colleagues. Nusrath is a Brandeis-India Initiative Fellow who worked in Delhi and traveled to other areas with an internship with Operation ASHA. The organization aims to eradicate tuberculosis from third world countries and works in impoverished regions to provide cost-effective tuberculosis treatment. [...]
The photos below were taken by Chenyu “Terry” Li ’14 and his internship colleagues. Terry is a Brandeis-India Initiative Fellow who worked in Dharamsala, India this summer with Love Volunteers. Read Terry’s initial blog entry: First impression of India.
Brandeis and the Heller School for Social Policy and Management have formed a beginning partnership with The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) in Delhi, India: an institution devoted to climate change and sustainability. Nine TERI students — civil servants in the Indian government — have just completed a seminar at the Heller School. On July [...]
These photos have been reposted, by permission, from Jessica Christian’s blog “Masala Chat”. Click here to see the original entry.
In early September, five Brandeis alumni medical professionals traveled to Haiti on a volunteer medical mission. Participant Michael Forman shares these photos, which illustrate both the beautiful and the bleak aspects of the nation. Read the Justice article here.
Prachee Sinha, an M.A. Candidate in Sustainable International Development at the Heller School, is currently doing her practicum in Lucknow, India. Sinha witnessed firsthand the rampant urban poverty of the city, and hopes that these photos will both inform people about this devastation and encourage them to take action. In her words: “One is here [...]
A quick update: Just before he left Liberia, Adam had a chance to meet with the Liberian Minister of Foreign Affairs – Brandeis alum Olubanke King-Akerele ’67 – at the inaugural Peace Corps-Liberia Swearing-In Ceremony. She was very exciting to make the Brandeis connection!
For six weeks in June and July, 18 Brandeis undergraduates explored issues of international justice in The Hague, Netherlands. Their experience was part of a new Brandeis study abroad collaboration between The Office of Study Abroad, The Office of Global Affairs, Legal Studies, International and Global Studies, and in partnership with the University of Leiden. [...]
Marie Zazueta ’11 is currently studying abroad in India with the Alliance for Global Education. The program introduces U.S. undergraduates to some of the most dynamic, exciting areas of Indian society, politics, economics, and culture today. Environmental issues, development, social justice, economics and public health, in particular, are key areas in which India both faces unprecedented [...]
During the Presidential Trip to India in February, Brandeis hosted a gathering in Mumbai that celebrated the work of our community in its commitment to social justice. The evening included a public lecture by President Reinharz, under the auspices of the Asia Society and hosted by St. Xavier’s College. The group then moved to the [...]
We’ll try to highlight existing student blogs from time to time. This blog is run by Lee Cohen, a second-year graduate student in the Sustainable International Development (SID) program at the Heller School for Social Policy and Management at Brandeis. Each SID graduate student is required to spend his/her second year on-site for a practicum, [...]
The Indian Express, a popular newspaper with outlets across the sub-continent, published a story on the Revive Mumbai summer program. “Homemade lessons” by Sukanya Shetty features some feedback from the Parivartan children, including this moving quote: “Our parents don’t understand the impact violence has on the lives of children. I have seen my father harass [...]
This post is from Prof. Detlev Suderow ’70 (International Business School), who just returned from co-leading the 2009 Alumni Travel Program to China. The 2009 Brandeis Alumni Association Alumni Travel program trip was a tremendous success with 27 Brandeis community participants, including 16 Brandeis alumni, who sojourned in China from June 10 – 23 led [...]
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