A Voice For the Voiceless

The Advocacy Project helps marginalized communities to tell their story, claim their rights and produce social change. We recruit graduate students to volunteer as Peace Fellows with partners.

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"Speaking with locals and living in a country is the best way to learn about the real lives of citizens, not just the stories in the mainstream media. I will be more critical of what I read as a result of this experience. I also feel even more grateful for my education, and I feel a stronger responsibility to assist others who do not have resources or access to opportunities in their communities."

Maria Skouras (New York University) volunteered in 2011 as a Peace Fellow for eHomemakers in Malaysia.

For more 2011 feedback click here.

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Helah Robinson and Vital Voices of Cameroon

School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University

Helah Robinson will graduate in May 2009 from the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University with a degree in International Politics. Her concentration was international institutions, ethics and law, she is pursuing an International Development certificate and wrote a senior honors thesis that explored the gender implications of the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper development initiative in Sub-Saharan Africa.  

In Spring 2008, Helah studied in Dakar, Senegal for five months, traveled to Guinea and the Gambia and volunteered with the African Assembly for the Defense of Human Rights (La Rencontre Africaine pour la Défénse des Droits de l’Homme-RADDHO) while abroad.  

After coming back to D.C., she began interning with Vital Voices Global Partnership, a D.C. based women’s empowerment and development NGO. Helah is excited to now have to opportunity to working with an Advocacy Project and Vital Voices partner in Cameroon as a 2009 Advocacy Project Peace Fellow. 

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