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Images from Bangladesh and Kenya

Education with an international perspective, May 25, 2009 at 2:13 PM

Follow Raksha and Helen during their traineeships throughout the summer of 2009.

RAKSHA VASUDEVAN

Raksha Vasudevan is in Bangladesh on an internship with that country's Association for Social Advancement (BASA), which helps people in poor communities through the use of microcredit and sustainable development projects.
Raksha, has just graduated from the University of Calgary with a Bachelor of Commerce in Marketing. Born in India and raised in Oman and Canada, she chose Bangladesh for her internship due to its track record on innovation in the not-for-profit sector.

HELEN HSU

Helen Hsu is in Kenya as an intern with the Family Health Options Kenya NGO in their Youth Centre-Nairobi division, helping educate inhabitants of a Nairobi ghetto on issues such as HIV/AIDS and business/entrepreneurial skills.
Born in Taiwan and raised in Canada, Helen has just finished the second year of her degree in Cognitive Science at McGill University in Montreal.

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Global Citizens

This blog follows two Canadian students in their challenging and exciting work in the developing world under the global internships programs of AIESEC Canada. They will be filing regular dispatches as they adjust to their new surroundings and share their thoughts on how to make a difference in the lives of some of the world's poorest people.

SASHA SEARS

Sasha Sears is doing a one-year internship in Brazil with Vale, a mining and energy company, as a human resources analyst. Among other things, she is managing the company’s international exchange education programs and is living in one of the most violent cities in the world: Rio de Janeiro. She has a global business management degree from Saint Mary's University in Halifax.

ANTHONY LOTT

Anthony Lott is in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia, working as an English teacher for the summer through Procavida, a non-profit organization seeking to improve the quality of life in Bolivia through health, education, technology, and social advances. He is teaching English to low-income students, and later will teach school teachers. With a physiology degree from the University of Alberta, he will be going to medical school there in the fall.

(Scroll down through the posts for entries by previous AIESEC interns.)

Alexandra: This article takes a really voyeuristic view at favelas. How could you discuss the phenomenon with any journalistic integrity without even stopping to meet a single community resident? We already know you have a negative opinion of the city, from your description of it as the "most violent". It's ...
Drive by Favela . 2 days, 19 hours ago

samuel: ok cool... but what about the sushis ???
In search of sushi in Bolivia . 6 days, 20 hours ago

Matt: Great story Anthony, but how was the sushi?
In search of sushi in Bolivia . 6 days, 21 hours ago

Albin: What passes for charque de llama in Kyoto?
In search of sushi in Bolivia . 2 weeks, 2 days ago

T.Swain: Hello! and well done! I'd like to take the time to say Thank You for the enlightenment!:) I've always wanted to travel to South America and Brazil has captured my heart! It is people like yourself that bring someone like me to a another place without even being ...
Drive by Favela . 3 weeks, 1 day ago

Israel Morales: Great article Sasha! :D - What happens in favelas is so much exaggerated by newspapers and TV, I think there are many dangerous places around the world, you know in California there are some places you can't go, the main difference in think is that the favelas are at sight ...
Drive by Favela . 1 month, 2 weeks ago

Rene Roy: I'm sure Sudbury appreciates Vale's "socially conscious" culture. Though you're second statement rings true: they are big enough that they have enough bargaining power to crush individual holdings/unions. Could have kept Inco (and Falconbridge) in Canadian hands had the feds cared. We need less global business ...
At the Copacabana (The real one!) . 2 months, 1 week ago

Rumpelstilzchen: "I'm really glad I took this opportunity, because I have seen firsthand what a socially conscious company can do for communities and the impact when you have the funds and the bargaining power to get things done." I'm sure Sudbury appreciates Vale's "socially conscious" culture. Though you ...
At the Copacabana (The real one!) . 2 months, 2 weeks ago

Rene Roy: Hi Sasha, Interesting reading your post. I lived in Rio for almost a year in 1975-76 when my Dad was posted there with CN to help them with their railway network. It was an amazing experience for a 16 year old. We lived in an apartment (Rua Gaston Bahian, 1196 ...
At the Copacabana (The real one!) . 2 months, 2 weeks ago

Adam: Hi Sasha, I enjoyed reading about your adventure as I too studied in Brazil. I did a semester of my masters in Sao Paolo. Its a great country with very friendly, life-loving people. Coincidentally I now work for Vale as well here in Toronto. I look forward to reading future ...
At the Copacabana (The real one!) . 2 months, 2 weeks ago

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