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Sponsoring a Fellow

The Advocacy Project is seeking sponsors for fellowships. AP expects that sponsorships will bring the following benefits to the sponsor, to the partner, to AP and to the fellow:

Sponsor: Sponsors will have the satisfaction of supporting AP’s mission of social justice, while underwriting a brave organization of their choosing. At the same time, they will mentor a graduate student who is embarking on a challenging assignment. AP hopes that sponsors will meet with their fellow before deployment, follow the blogs, and help the fellow to organize an event on return. AP will publicize the generosity of sponsors if this is appropriate, and even arrange for on-site visits to the respective partner.

Partner: Sponsors will help to build a constituency for AP’s community-based partners in the US. AP is particularly interested in tapping into the diaspora.

AP: Sponsorships will put the fellowship AP program on a stronger, more sustained footing, by offsetting costs and building a strong foundation for the future. They will also help to extend the useful life of a fellowship beyond the summer months.

Fellow: Past interns have been empowered by the knowledge that their work is followed, and appreciated, back home. This will be furthered by having an individual, or group, that has sponsored their fellowship.

Benefits to the Fellow:

• $1,000 stipend.
• Medical insurance policy, including evacuation insurance.
• An intensive three-day training course in Washington, DC.
• A $200 travel allowance for out of state Fellows to attend the training.
• 24/7 support by DC-based AP staff throughout the deployment.
• A staff member – the AP Fellowship Coordinator – who supports the fellow during the fundraising, training, deployment, and post-deployment periods (March – December).
• Support in developing original research and the opportunity to publish on the AP website.

If you would like to sponsor an AP Peace Fellow or to learn more about the sponsorship program, please contact us.

2008 Sponsors:

• Scott Allen – The Fellowship for Indigenous Rights in Guatemala
• Scott Allen – The Fellowship for the Uterine Prolapse Alliance in Nepal
• Scott Allen – The Fellowship for Street Children in Kenya
• Scott Allen – The Fellowship for Disability Rights in Bangladesh
• Scott Allen – The Fellowship for Dalit Rights in Nepal
• Cristy West and Herbie Parsons – The Fellowship for Pygmy Rights in Uganda
• IANSA – The Fellowships for campaigns against Violence Against Women in Trinidad and El Salvador
• Survivor Corps – The Fellowships for Disability Rights in Colombia, Ethiopia, Vietnam, Bosnia, El Salvador, and Jordan

2007 Sponsors:

• Anonymous – The Fellowship for Disability Rights in Bangladesh
• Anonymous – The Fellowship for supporting disadvantaged children in Peru
• Anonymous – The Fellowship for Survivors of Trafficking from Nigeria
• Anonymous – The Fellowships for Dalit Rights in Nepal
• Churches Alert to Sex Trafficking Across Europe (CHASTE) – The Fellowship on Trafficking in Albania
• Cristy West and Herbie Parsons – The Fellowship for Peacebuilding in the Middle East
• Humanity United – The Fellowship for Democracy in Nepal
• Humanity United – The Fellowship for Dalit rights in Nepal
• Humanity United – The Fellowship For Minority Housing Rights In The UK
• Humanity United – The Fellowship for Human Rights in Sri Lanka
• Humanity United –The Fellowship for Srebrenica survivors in Bosnia
• The Institute for Sustainable Communities (ISC) – The Fellowship for Women's Rights in Macedonia
• The Institute for Sustainable Communities (ISC) – The Fellowship for Youth in Macedonia
• Kevin Bacon SixDegrees initiative – The Kevin Bacon Fellowship for Democracy in Nepal
• Scott Allen – The Fellowship for Street Children in Africa
• Scott Allen – The Fellowship for Women's Rights in Serbia

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