Nepal & Turkey
Name: Fleurie Hunter Region and Resource Specializations: Middle East, Economic Development & Community Health International Experience: Nepal (2006), Turkey (2008) Length of placement: Nepal (3 months), Turkey (5 months) Organization or school: Sustainable Agriculture Development Program- Nepal www.sadpnepal.org Koç University- Turkey www.ku.edu.tr Description: Nepal: Worked as a WWOOF volunteer including all sorts of farm duties […]
Volunteer in Ghana
Name: Hayfa Abichahine Region and Resource Specializations: Health Inequities, North America/Global International Experience: Volunteer Placement – Go Volunteer/Youlead UBC Program to Ghana, West Africa. Where: Ghana, West Africa When: 2005 Length of placement: 5 months Organization or school: School – Mother Theresa School for Girls in Senya Beraku Organization = YouLead (now Go Global UBC) […]
University of Copenhagen & Thailand
Name: Laura Gosset Region and Resource Specializations: Environment and Rural Development in the Global South International Experience: Academic exchange to the University of Copenhagen (KU) and subsequent field research at the University of Chiang Mai, Thailand Where: Copenhagen, Denmark and Thailand When: February to June 2007 Organization or school: Faculty of Life Sciences, KU Centre […]
Mexico/Kenya/Brazil/Chile
Name: Matt Sulkis Region and Resource Specializations: The Americas. Water as a natural resource/watershed management International Experience: Tecnologico de Monterrey (Monterrey, Mexico) Volunteered three months in Kisumu, Kenya with The Kenya Project (now known as Global Initiatives for Village Empowerment). Started by UBC students. HIV/AIDS and general health education Spent one semester abroad studying at […]