Practicum Sites Category
Brazil Initiation Scholarship (BIS)
Feb. 28, 2014—LINK http://www.brasa.org/Home/Scholarships LOCATION Brazil LANGUAGES English BRASA invites applications from graduate and undergraduate students for a one-time $1,500 travel scholarship to do exploratory research or language study in Brazil. This scholarship targets aspiring Brazilianists with relatively little or no experience in Brazil. It seeks to contribute to the student’s initial trip (for a period from...
Margaret E. Mahoney Fellowship
Feb. 19, 2014—LINK http://www.nyam.org/grants/mahoney.html LOCATION Greater New York/New Jersey area LANGUAGES English and potentially others The Margaret E. Mahoney Fellowship program provides stipends for outstanding medical, dental, public health, public policy and graduate nursing students to conduct summer research projects on some aspect of health care delivery transformation for vulnerable populations and/or early childhood health and development,...
Primeros Pasos
Dec. 31, 2013—LINK http://www.primerospasos.org/ LOCATION Quetzaltenango, Guatemala LANGUAGES Spanish and K’iche’ Primeros Pasos is a clinic in rural Guatemala that has a comprehensive outlook on healthcare. With the collaboration of health professionals, health educators, volunteers, and community leaders, Primeros Pasos offers quality and affordable health care and health education to the rural, underserved communities of the Palajunoj Valley of...
Lwala Community Alliance
Dec. 31, 2013—LINK http://lwalacommunityalliance.org/ LOCATION rural Western Kenya LANGUAGES English and Swahili; most people in Lwala speak Dholuo The mission of the Lwala Community Alliance is “to build the capacity of the people of Lwala to advance their own comprehensive well-being.” Through honed focus, holism, community collaboration, cultural sensitivity, and accountability, the Lwala Community Alliance works to accomplish this...
USAID
Dec. 30, 2013—LINK http://www.ghfp.net/ LOCATION Washington, DC LANGUAGE English The Global Health Fellows Program II is pleased to announce its upcoming Summer 2014 internships with the US Agency for International Development (USAID) in Washington, DC. These compensated internships will not only provide you a unique opportunity to gain practical experience in the field of global health, you’ll...