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Completed Field Practicums
The following is a listing of field practicums undertaken by University of Florida students enrolled in the MDP program to date. Poster presentations for each practicum can be accessed by clicking on the corresponding student's name in the table below.
Summer 2012
Student(s) |
Institution/NGO |
Location(s) |
Project |
Southern Africa Regional Environmental Project (SAREP) |
Botswana
Namibia |
Governance Dashboard Approach (group project) Development of sustainable indicators for integrated water quality management in the Mayan Community (individual) |
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SAREP |
Botswana |
Governance Dashboard Approach (group project) Local adaptive capacity and resilience (individual) |
|
SAREP |
Botswana |
Governance Dashboard Approach (group project) Hunting ban and the local community of Sankoyo (individual) |
|
SAREP |
Botswana |
Governance Dashboard Approach (group project) Livelihoods improvement and market opportunities for cattle farmers (individual) |
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Tropical Agriculture Research and Higher Education Center (CATIE) |
Costa Rica |
Community-based conservation and development assessment to identify opportunities to enhance livelihoods in indigenous communities based on their priorities and interests |
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Universidad Amazonica de Pando, and Natural and Biological Science Area (ACBN) |
Bolivia |
Develop and test a process for creating a regionally appropriate environmental curriculum in the lowlands of Bolivia |
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Water is Life International (WiLi) |
Ethiopia |
Evaluation of WASH behavior change in sustainable livelihood groups, with the aim of developing a monitoring and evaluation system for the program |
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New Life Orphanage
|
Ghana |
Needs assessment and building project |
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Sethu Bhaskara Matriculation Higher Secondary School (SBMHSS) |
Chennai, India |
Developed and gave leadership training to nearly 100 secondary school children, along with a community project in an orphanage with children infected with HIV |
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Development partners and the Jonglei State Government |
South Sudan |
Carried out a semi-comprehensive needs assessment in the district in which Maar is located. Assisted the organization of a new health post and other useful tasks. |
Summer 2011
Student(s) |
Institution/NGO |
Location(s) |
Project |
David Morrissey |
FISH Ministries |
Haiti |
Assessing water, sanitation, and hygiene needs at schools and orphanages in rural Haiti |
Kristen Augustine |
Impulse NGO |
Northeastern State of Meghalaya, India |
Contributed to efforts to combat human trafficking in Northeast India, including training sessions with law enforcement officials and engagement with tourism agencies |
Elihu Isele |
Maisha Shamba |
Western Kenya |
Creating economic measures for a livelihood intervention among farmers in Western Kenya |
Camila Pazos |
Southern African Regional Environmental Program |
Botswana |
Past and future development trends in rural Botswana and their potential impact on community health drawing on livelihood and dashboard surveys |
Tshibangu Kalala |
SAREP |
Botswana
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Analysis of social networks using GIS to better understand the adaptability of rural communities |
Erica Odera |
SAREP |
Botswana |
Creating sustainable development indicators: Construction of an adaptive capacity index for rural Botswana with community involvement |
Greyson Nyamoga |
SAREP |
Botswana |
Examined land uses and livelihood options for Shorobe and Sankuyo Communities, Botswana |
Jennifer Carr |
Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) |
Guatemala |
Carried out a participatory analysis of opportunities to increase economic benefits from the Community Concession of Uaxactun in Peten, Guatemala, leading to a proposal to pursue ecotourism opportunities. |
Daniel McQuillan |
Yachana Foundation |
Ecuador |
Project Design of an Agricultural Education Module in the Ecuadorian Amazon |
