Category: Summer Travel Awardees

Daphne Cheng worked with the Foundation for International Medical Relief of Children and local health organizations in the province of Cavite in the southern Philippines. She was part of a team helping a group of municipalities plan for improving health infrastructure and equitable access to healthcare, and assisted community outreach efforts that included home health…

I spent my summer in Beira, Mozambique working on research to evaluate the impacts of different health, economic, and educational HIV interventions for orphans and vulnerable children. This was my first time in a developing country besides Egypt where my family is all from and it was a completely new experience. I’m pursuing a career…

Over the summer, I volunteered in Delhi, India for four weeks and worked at an organization called PORDAC (Protection of the Rights of Differently Abled Children). This opportunity was made possible both by the UBELONG, an international volunteer organization, as well as the Wallenberg Summer Travel Award. PORDAC typically runs a private school program for…

I spent the summer finalizing a twelve-month longitudinal field epidemiological study within northwestern Ecuador (province Esmeraldas). Interestingly, this region has been isolated from most of the continent until recent highway development within the last two decades. With increased connectivity, there is a higher rate of diarrheal diseases among communities closer to the major road systems.…

Frederick Newing volunteered at an orphanage in Arusha, Tanzania. Because of the high rate of HIV/AIDS infections and other illnesses, many children are being fostered by relatives. Orphanages alleviate the strain on families with limited resources by providing education, food, and attention. He spent his summer teaching, cooking, and interacting with children and assisting in…

This summer, I worked as a French and Italian teacher for adult refugees at the Joel Nafuma Refugee Center in Rome, Italy. The JNRC is a day center where 250 refugees and asylum-seekers gather each weekday to eat breakfast, receive essential items such as toothbrushes and socks, and take advantage of the free classes, legal…

With the generous support of the Wallenberg Travel Award, I was able to create a Photovoice project. The project focused on gaining an improved understanding of youth navigating non-traditional sexuality and gender expression in rural areas of Northern Thailand with a focus on individual and community empowerment. The project utilized participatory action research and took…