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Casa Cusco
Meson De la Estrella N#156
Cusco, Peru
Phone: +051-84-226-951
Fax: +051-84-226-951
E-mail: Pzanab@UNSAAAC.edu.pe
Casa Cusco is a non-profit organization that aims to contribute to the economic and social development of rural farming communities, which are the poorest in the nation.
Past Intern: Satu Zoller
Dates of Internship: Summer 1996
Program of Study: Public Affairs
Salary: Unpaid
Funding: Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellowship and MacArthur International Internship Grant
Satu did her research in the area of rural women's organizations and their needs.
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Cross-cultural Solutions
Headquarters
2 Clinton Place
New Rochelle, NY 10801
United States
Phone: 800-380-4777 / 914-632-0022
Fax: 914-632-8494
E-mail: info@crossculturalsolutions.org (general inquiry) / info-brazil@crossculturalsolutions.org (volunteer in Brazil)
Website: http://www.crossculturalsolutions.org/
Cross-cultural Solutions is a nonprofit international volunteer organization that operates volunteer programs in Brazil, China, Costa Rica, Ghana, Guatemala, India, Peru, Russia, Tanzania, and Thailand.
Past Intern: Chiyedza Nyahuye
Dates of Internship: Summer 2003
Program of Study: Public Policy
Salary: Unpaid
Funding: MacArthur International Internship Grant
Chiyedza worked on HIV/AIDS special project with women's group in Salvador, Brazil.
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Comisión para la Defensa de Los Derechos Humanos en Centroamérica (CODEHUCA)
Curridabat, de la Pops, 50 mtrs. Este.
Edificio Galerías del Este, local Nº 30
Apartados Postales (Post Office Box): 189-1002
San José, Costa Rica
Phone: +506-234-2935 / 224-5970 /234-8992
Fax: +506-283-6745
E-mail: secop@codehuca.or.cr
Website: http://www.codehuca.or.cr/ (not accessible as of May 2005)
Comisión para la Defensa de Los Derechos Humanos en Centroamérica [Commission for the Defense of Human Rights in Central America] (CODEHUCA) is a nongovernmental Central America organization dedicated to the defense, promotion and protection of human rights in the region. It has United Nations Consultative II Status.
Past Intern: Maria Baldini
Dates of Internship: Summer 1995
Program of Study: Law
Salary: Unpaid
Funding: Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellowship and MacArthur International Internship Grant
Maria conducted legal research on two major decisions by the Constitutional Court of the Costa Rican Supreme Court on the right to a healthy environment. She also surveyed 100 women banana workers about the types of pesticides used and their side effects on women's reproductive systems.
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Corporacion de Desarrollo La Morada
Verónica M. Matus, President
Purisima 251 - Recoleta
Santiago, Chile
Phone: +56-442-96-35 / 96-37 / 96-34
Fax: +56-2-777-8234
E-mail: secretaria@lamorada.cl / vmatus@lamorada.cl / Veroeche@rdc.cl
Website: http://www.lamorada.cl/
Salary: Unpaid
Language: English, Spanish
Corporacion de Desarrollo La Morada is suggested as a prospective internship site by Marsha Freeman, senior fellow at the Humphrey School. She directs the International Women's Rights Action Watch (IWRAW), a women's human rights resource and communication center. She can be reached at mfreeman@hhh.umn.edu. Please note that students must contact Marsha prior to contacting Ms. Matus.
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Federacion de Desarrollo Comunitario de Honduras (FEDECOH)
No.5333, Tegucigalpa, M.D.C.
Honduras
Phone: +504-232-0470 / 231-1613
Fax: +504-232-5579
E-mail: fedecoh@david.intertel.hn
The Federacion de Desarrollo Comunitario de Honduras (FEDECOH) is committed to teaching farmers and families sustainable and environmentally safe farming techniques.
Past Intern: Paul Stern
Dates of Internship: Summer 1994
Salary: Unpaid
Funding: MacArthur International Internship Grant
Paul assisted FEDECOH by installing software and analyzing a date set measuring socio-economic needs of poor urban and rural communities. He also provided statistics for the organization's projects in water and sanitation and women's participation in economic development.
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Fundacion Duchicela
Casilla 17-21-1242
Quito, Ecuador
Fundacion Duchicela is the Global Development Initiative's first partner organization. Established by the Duchicela family, Fundacion Duchicela is an Ecuadorian NGO based in and dedicated to the economic and cultural development of the Cacha Indigenous Federation, a collection of twenty-three Indian communities in the central Andean Highlights.
Past Intern: Kerri Kleven
Dates of Internship: Summer 1999
Program of Study: Public Affairs
Language: Spanish
Funding: MacArthur International Internship Grant
Kerri worked with the Cacha Microenterprise project, which promoted economic development in the Cacha village focusing on women's development in particular. Due to the lack of economic opportunity, many Cacha men emigrated to cities, leaving women behind to support themselves and their families. The goal of the project is to help these women achieve prosperity and security.
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Grupo Guatemalteco de Mujeres and Asociacion Hogar Nuevos Horizontes
2a. Calle 9-81 Zona 1
Guatemala City, Guatemala
Phone: +502-238-0088
E-mail: ggm@gua.gbm.net
Grupo Guatemalteco de Mujeres and Asociacion Hogar Nuevos Horizontes are Feminist Human Rights Organizations working on violence against women.
Past Intern: Helen Kinsella
Dates of Internship: Summer 1995
Program of Study: Public Affairs
Salary: Unpaid
Funding: MacArthur International Internship Grant
Helen's internship with Nuevos Horizontes involved consultation on developing a family support center and community education/outreach programs focusing on girls' self-esteem and sexuality.
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Grupo Venancia
PO Box 229, de la Iglesia Guadalupe 1 1/2
Matagalpa
Nicaragua
Phone: +505-612-3562
Fax: +505-612-4971
E-mail: venancia@ibw.com.ni
Grupo Venancia is a women's collective providing popular education for rural women and agricultural cooperatives.
Past Intern: Thalia Kidder
Dates of Internship: Summer 1995
Program of Study: Public Affairs
Salary: Unpaid
Funding: MacArthur International Internship Grant
Thalia helped the staff with institutional development planning.
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Profamilia
Calle 34, No. 14-52
Santafé de Bogatá
Colombia
Phone: +57-1-339-0932
Fax: +57-1-338-3159
E-mail: info@profamilia.org.co
Website: http://www.profamilia.org.co/
Profamilia is a nonprofit family planning and reproductive health care organization, which began offering infertility services in Colombia in 1985. Its leaders believed that helping infertile couples conceive was an important component of family planning - as important as helping fertile couples avoid conception.
Past Intern: Gina Erickson
Dates of Internship: Summer 1994
Program of Study: Public Affairs
Salary: Unpaid
Funding: Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellowship
Gina assisted local and national organizations in Latin America promote the Convention on Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women. Her work consisted of promoting women's human rights, legal literacy, and the cooperation of women's organizations throughout Colombia and Latin America.
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Programa Venezolano de Educación-Acción en Derechos Humanos (Provea)
Antonio Gonzales Plessmann
(Mailing Address)
Apartado Postal 5156
Carmelitas 1010-A
Caracas, Venezuela
(Visitor's Address)
Bulevar Panteon, Puente Trinidad a Tienda Honda
Edifio Centro Plaza Las Mercedes, Planta Baja, Local 6
Caracas, Venezuela
Phone: +58-(0)212-862-10-11/ 862-10-11 / 862-53-33
Fax: +58-0212-860-66-69
E-mail: provea@derechos.org.ve
Website: http://www.derechos.org.ve/
Programa Venezolano de Educación-Acción en Derechos Humanos (Provea) is a non-governmental human rights organization in Venezuela.
Past Intern: Beatriz Menateau
Dates of Internship: Summer 2001
Program of Study: Law
Language: Spanish
Funding: MacArthur International Internship Grant
Beatriz researched the relationship between the text of international human rights instruments such as treaties, declarations, and conventions and the existing laws and practices in Venezuela.
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Servicios Ecoforestales Para Agricultores (SEPA)
Aca Caraya 381
c/o Dr. Prieto
Asunción, Paraguay
Phone: +595-21-200-324
E-mail: sepa@sepa.org.py
Website: http://www.sepa.org.py/ (not accessible as of May 2005)
SEPA's main goal is to improve the quality of life of rural Paraguayans through improving the two resources critical to each farm family, themselves, and their surrounding environment. SEPA provides training opportunities for families to improve their skills.
Past Intern: Amy Bacigalupo
Dates of Internship: Summer 2000
Program of Study: Forest Resources
Salary: Unpaid
Language: Guarani & Spanish
Funding: MacArthur International Internship Grant
Amy evaluated the impacts of SEPA's extension ad training program on rural women. Her analysis played a key role in identifying ways for SEPA to provide more effective extension to rural women.
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Network of NGOs of Trinidad and Tobago for the Advancement of Women
Hazel Brown, Coordinator
PO Box 410,
Port-of-Spain
Trinidad and Tobago
Phone: +1-868-628-9655
E-mail: network@wow.net
Network of NGOs of Trinidad and Tobago for the Advancement of Women is a national umbrella organization of women's organizations. They have conducted a project called "Engendering Local Government" to increase the number of women in politics and leadership positions.
Past Intern: Kevin Keeley
Dates of Internship: Summer 2004
Program of Study: Public Policy (Economic & Community Development)
Salary: Unpaid
Funding: Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellowship
Kevin designed and implemented a technology skills workshop for member organizations. He developed a budget and timeline for the project; wrote a grant proposals and designed brochures for the workshop; and solicited funding from government ministries, private firms, and development organizations. He also wrote briefs and assisted in evaluating the implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) in Trinidad and Tobago.
United Nations, Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)
[Naciones Unidas Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL)]
Martín Hopenhayn, Officer in Charge, Social Development Division
(Mailing Address)
Casilla de Correo 179-D
Santiago de Chile
(Visitor's Address)
Avenida Dag Hammarskjöld 3477
Vitacura
Santiago de Chile
Phone: +56-2-210-2000 / 471-2000 / 208-5051
Fax: +56-2-208-0252
E-mail: rfranco@eclac.cl
Website: http://www.eclac.cl/
Internship Webpage: http://www.eclac.cl/acerca/praprof-i.htm
The main focus of Social Development Division is to work towards alleviating poverty in Latin American countries by helping governments to implement and evaluate social service programs.
Past Intern: Misty Heggeness
Dates of Internship: Summer 2001
Program of Study: Social Work and Public Affairs
Salary: Unpaid
Language: Spanish
Funding: MacArthur International Internship Grant
Misty conducted research in the field of social development.
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