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Niger Delta – a time-sensitive but hopeful situation

Post author By Amara Uyanna
Post date July 11, 2017
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Photo: Jurgen 2017 Crook Fellow Amara Uyanna is interning with Sustainability International this summer in Nigeria, and updates us here on the environmental conditions of the Niger Delta region, where among other responsibilities she is coordinating bioremediation efforts in the area: “Time is an illusion” just as much as “time is of the essence.” Either of the […]

Tags Crook Fellow, Crooks Fellowship, Global Policy Studies, Niger Delta, Nigeria, Rural Development, Summer Internship, Summer Internships

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There is no Road in Your Home: Social Networking in Uganda

Post author By Laura Richards
Post date August 9, 2016
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Photo: Laura Richards “There is no road in your home,” my neighbor Michael said to my friends and I as we sat down with a plate full of homemade Ugandan food. I tilt my head in confusion, trying to fit his words into the context of the evening full of dancing, singing, talk of politics […]

Tags Crooks Fellowship, International Development, Misc, Philanthropy and Non-Profit Organizations, Rural Development, Social Networking, Student Life, Summer Internships, Uganda