About Us
Claire University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill [project leader]
I'm stoked to be returning to Honduras to work with our friends at FIPAH. I'll be producing the documentary project with Scott - we'll try to plant video clips on the blog over the course of the summer so you can get a taste of the food sovereignty blockbuster we're working on.
Hometown: Ottawa, Canada.
Major: Chinese, Communication Studies
Diana University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill [project leader]
Born in Puerto Rico and raised in Miami, I am extremely excited to be leading this group of amazing people back to the lovely Caribbean to work with an amazing NGO. I am a rising junior at UNC-CH, double majoring in Dramatic Art and Journalism & Mass Communication. My passions lie in the arts, and I am very involved in theatre (both performance and tech work). In the past, I have volunteered with Artists Striving to End Poverty and their Arts-In-Action / Out-of-School programs as a youth leader, teaching assistant, and arts instructor. On campus, I am involved with the Scholars Latino Initiative (shout-out to Paty, my magnificent mentee) and Nourish International. How I pass the time, however, is by taking photos, starting (sometimes finishing) sewing projects, and biking to Carrboro. I am also working on cooking, though I have not reached my ultimate goal of learning how to make paella (ask about the mean flan, though).
Carolyn Brown University
Rebecca University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
My name is Rebecca and I am a sophomore at UNC. I got involved in this Nourish International summer project because I simply couldn't stand the idea of a summer without traveling somewhere completely new and different. If I spend the whole year studying a language, a culture, and the politics of development, shouldn't I do something where I can put all of that to good use? I thought so.
Although I've never been much involved in development work, especially that of an ecological nature, I have spent enough time in newsrooms writing about it. That's where this summer is going to be different. After spending two months in Ghana last summer writing about the UN's millennium development goals, corrupt politics, and child labor for a national newspaper there, I realized I wanted to act rather than simply observe. I'd like to take a break from observing and synthesizing, and this is the perfect opportunity. I am really, truly excited to learn about FIPAH's NGO model and to work with los campesinos in Honduras.
I am, however, a staunch believer in spreading truth and understanding by written word, and I am hoping to do some writing about the importance of FIPAH's work and the problems Honduran farmers are facing. At the same time, I am really looking forward to getting involved with the children there. I've spent much of this year tutoring in an ESL classroom in a middle school here in Chapel Hill, and the opportunity to work with children of different cultures and to see their progress through learning is truly meaningful.
And of course, I am SO looking forward to escaping from a hot Raleigh summer into the desperately sweltering heat of the Honduran hills!
Anna University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Alex University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Clay University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Jaki University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Rachel Brown University
Sarah McGill University
