Field Notes (Blog)
Noted on November 10, 2008 | By Natanya in
From Kenny Short (previous IE3 Global Internships intern to Long Way Home in Guatemala):
Hello all, I realize this may not be the best time to be asking for donations to build a school in a foreign country. But this vocational school building project was born during my time in Comalapa, Guatemala just over a year ago and I am simply trying to do my part to see this good project through to its successful achievement.
The children in this school who will benefit are children I know personally, I have taught them, played soccer with them. These kids…
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Noted on November 10, 2008 | By Natanya in
From Leah Severino, UO intern at the IIE. The people I interacted with from co-workers (U.S. gov't employees), Mexican gov't employees, house mates to taxi drivers were all excited, engaged and talking about the election. Mexicans are never shy to ask you what you think and who you are voting for...many of them are Obama supporters. When I asked them why they support Obama they all had the same answer, hopes for a stronger economy, immigration legislation that was just and equitable and a foreign policy in Latin America that was less violent.
I though…
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Noted on November 7, 2008 | By Natanya in
We've asked interns currently abroad to share their stories from the recent U.S. election. See what they say.
Julie Pliska, Ecuador: "People in Ecuador seem to be happy with the change. It has been brought up by many of the doctors that we have been working with, and all in all everyone seems positive."
Matt Flax, Shanghai, China: "I was at work while the results were coming in. All morning coworkers asked me for updates. At Noon, a friend of mine from Switzerland who is also here in Shanghai sent me a MSN message saying NBC had declared…
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Noted on October 21, 2008 | By Natanya in
Paul Primak, the director of Oregon University System International Programs, met a few IE3 interns during his recent visit to Quito Ecuador. Peter Kim is interning at Child Family Health International in Quito fall term and is wearing his "Beaver Believer" shirt.
Sarah Smith, also an OSU student, is in Quito for 12 months interning at UNIFEM. She is pictured here with her supervisor Lucia Salamea-Palacios. Sarah has had a fantastic year interning at UNIFEM and specifically working on programs related to education about violence against women and HIV/AIDS in the Andean Region. 
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Marci Lee is one of the first group of IE3 scholarship recipients. She is doing a medical rotation in Dehra Dun and Mumbai india with CFHI.
It has been three and a half weeks since I have been in India but it seems like a lifetime. I thought it would be difficult to adjust but it has been rather easy. The first week in Than Goan was amazing. We shadowed Dr. Paul who is basically the physician for Than Goan and the surrounding areas in the mountains. Patients will literally flock from five or more hours away…
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