Half of discovering your purpose is realizing what you don't want.
Direct Relief
Direct Relief is an international nonprofit organization that provides medical aid to domestic and international communities in need. As a research and analysis intern I have completed the following tasks:
Research and contact facilities that perform obstetric fistula repairs
Compile data on US demographic information by state and global demographic information
Build ArcGIS map layers to provide visual aid in the Global Aid Map for aforementioned data
Create bibliography containing published research on global fistula repairs
Gather ArcGIS Map layers to be implemented in a Nepal Aid Map after the Nepal earthquake
Collect financial information for US Federally Qualified Health Centers
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Nuclear Age Peace Foundation
The Nuclear Age Peace Foundation is dedicated to promoting peaceful leadership and working towards a world where nuclear weapons are eliminated. While working with NAPF I written an op-ed, contributed to grant writing, and familiarizing myself with the Nuclear Zero Lawsuits and the legal forms associated with the Lawsuit.
InterAction
InterAction is an international non-profit that advocates for international aid. InterAction is unique in that it is an umbrella organization that is comprised of non-profits of all sized that are dedicated to one common goal: the elimination of global poverty. Due to its role as a member-organization, InterAction works to collaborate among its fellow non-profits by hosting working group meetings. One of the largest benefits of working with InterAction was the opportunity to engage in these working group meetings on issues such as post-conflict aid in South Sudan, water, sanitation, and hygiene initiatives, and Typhoon Haiyan response. While working with InterAction I served as a Communications intern, I performed the following duties:
Contributed to writing and editing articles for Monthly Developments magazine
Researched and created YouTube video strategy to promote higher viewership
Compiled daily headlines for organization-wide distribution and selected specific headlines to be Tweeted