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The Challenges and Opportunities of Working Internationally: February 29, 2012
University of California, Davis
February 29, 2012
 - Construction training in East Africa (Courtesy Gemma Bulos/Global Women’s Water Initiative)
UC Davis graduate and undergraduate students will share their collective stories and experiences about working with nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) in developing countries on Wednesday, February 29 from 7:30 to 9 p.m. at the International House, located at 10 College Park. UC Davis students have gained real-world, practical experience while also achieving tangible benefits for the poor in Peru and East Africa by working with NGOs such as Freedom from Hunger and the Global Women’s Water Initiative. The event is co-hosted by the UC Davis Blum Center for Developing Economies, which supports students with grants to do this fieldwork.
Speakers include:
- Gemma Bulos, Global Women’s Water Initiative
- Bobbi Gray, Freedom from Hunger
- Terri Harris, graduate student, community development
- Byron Hoy, graduate student, international agricultural development
- Kelly Taylor, undergraduate student, international relations
About the UC Davis Blum Center:
The UC Davis Blum Center for Developing Economies helps foster real-world solutions for developing economies. We educate students, build partnerships and support projects that create scalable and sustainable contributions to help reduce global poverty.
For more information, visit http://blumcenter.ucdavis.edu.
Media contact (s):
- Gwynn Benner, (executive director, UC Davis Blum Center), (530) 574-7485, gwbenner@ucdavis.edu.
- Tu Jarvis, Agricultural and Resource Economics (director, UC Davis Blum Center), (530) 752-0110, lsjarvis@ucdavis.edu.
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