BY WILL BURCHELL
At a small private investing firm, Will saw firsthand the impact a hands-on approach can have for social impact investing.
BY MILENA CASABELLA
With Rise Against Hunger, Milena Casabella was able to work directly on food security issues in South Africa’s township areas.
BY SAVANNAH NEWMAN
Savannah Newman shares stories of female entrepreneurs that she worked with during her summer interning with the Mann Deshi Foundation in India.
BY KUN ZHANG
KUN ZHANG TAKES A LOOK BACK AT AN INTERNSHIP THAT CHALLENGED HER ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT.
BY ALICE SCHAUS
ALICE SCHAUS RETURNS FROM HER SUMMER INTERNSHIP READY TO DELVE FURTHER INTO THE WORLD OF SOCIAL IMPACT ENTREPRENEURSHIP.
BY EMILY SCHAUB
EMILY SCHAUB LOOKS AT HOW FAR SOME AFRICAN COUNTRIES NEED TO GO TO INCLUDE YOUNG PEOPLE IN POLITICAL DECISION-MAKING
BY ANSHU SINGH
ANSHU SINGH EXAMINES AN INNOVATIVE APPROACH TO PROBLEM SOLVING THAT USES NON-TRADITIONAL LOCAL ACTORS, USING THE EXAMPLE OF A CRIME PREVENTION PROGRAM IN MEXICO
BY LYN PHANG
LYN PHANG PAUSES TO REFLECT ON HER IDENTITY AND LESSONS LEARNED DURING HER SUMMER IN JAKARTA.
BY PABLO VILLAR VILEIKIS
PABLO VILLAR VILEIKIS ANALYZES WAYS OF STRENGTHENING HIGHER EDUCATION IN PERU WITH LESSONS FOR LATIN AMERICA AT LARGE.
BY PHIL LOPEZ
PHIL LOPEZ EXPLORES PRIVATE-SECTOR DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES AS A SUMMER INTERN WITH SCHULZE GLOBAL INVESTMENTS IN ULAANBAATAR, MONGOLIA.
BY CHRIS BLOOD
CHRIS BLOOD TALKS ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF LOCAL DECISION-MAKING IN THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS, A LESSON UNDERSCORED IN BOTH HIS SAIS STUDIES AND HIS REAL-WORLD EXPERIENCE IN MYANMAR.
BY ERIN SMITH
ERIN SMITH DISCUSSES THE CHALLENGES--AND PROGRESS--FOR THOSE SEEKING TO ADVANCE GENDER EQUALITY IN KENYA.
BY SUSANNAH HORTON
SUSANNAH HORTON SITS DOWN WITH VIJAY BHALAKI, THE CO-FOUNDER OF ATHENA INFONOMICS, FOR SOME INSIGHT INTO THE ROLE OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND DATA SCIENCE IN THE DEVELOPMENT FIELD.
BY ARTI SRIVASTAVA
ONE IDEV STUDENT WALKS US THROUGH HER EXPERIENCES WITH THE WAYS IN WHICH TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION ARE CHANGING THE LANDSCAPE OF SUSTAINABLE SEAFOOD SOURCING IN SOUTHEAST ASIA
BY YAEL MIZRAHI
SECOND YEAR MA STUDENT YAEL MIZRAHI SPENT HER SUMMER VOLUNTEERING WITH DISPLACED SYRIANS AND IRAQIS IN IRAQI KURDISTAN. A TRIP TO AN ANCIENT SYNAGOGUE PROVIDES CLUES TO THE FUTURE OF THE CHRISTIAN POPULATION IN THE WAKE OF ISIS.
By Jyhjong Hwang, Second-year International Development Student
A second-year IDEV student shares her experience finding and managing summer internships.
BY JENNIFER MAJER
The first question people ask about my summer is always, “How was it there?” I still haven’t come up with a succinct answer. Good? Bad? Exciting? Interesting? Tragic? Horrifying? It’s all of the above. My summer was full of truly remarkable and memorable experiences – both highs and lows. Even as I re-adjust to life in Washington as a SAIS student, Liberia is regularly on my mind. I hope to return in the future to help the nation rebuild following this major setback in its development.
