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Harvard Gazette Feature on Summer Fellows

HAUSER CENTER SUMMER FELLOWS 2010


Hauser Summer Fellows Showcase
Friday, October 1st 2010 from 3:00-4:30pm
Weil Town Hall, Belfer Lobby Level, Harvard Kennedy School (79 JFK St.)
The panel featured the Hauser summer fellows 2010 and the conversation was moderated by Johanna Chao Kreilick, Justice & Human Rights domain manager, and Sherine Jayawickrama, Humanitarian & Development NGOs domain manager.



The Hauser Center was pleased to support the following Harvard students during their summer internships with nonprofit, civil society, and non-governmental organizations around the world:


Dalia Al Kadi is an MPA-ID student at Harvard Kennedy School. She is working in India with the William J. Clinton Foundation’s Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI), an organization which improves access to HIV/AIDS-related drugs and treatments for poor patients in the developing world. For Dalia’s work she will lead the investigation into one of the potential new disease areas, namely that of diarrhea. She will focus both on diagnosing the barriers to access to diarrhea drugs, as well as supporting the design and implementation of potential strategies to remove these barriers by building a forecasting model to estimate latent demand, and engaging with stakeholders including the national government, partner organizations, and pharmaceutical companies to identify potential collaborators to support the development of an integrated supply chain and an affordable market for diarrhea drugs.


Irene Hu and Voop are MPP students at Harvard Kennedy School. They will be working with Save the Children in Nepal and Bangladesh (Voop) and Malawi and Ethiopia (Irene). They will build upon research begun this academic year by conducting in-depth field research at Save the Children’s international country offices in order to guide the organization in strategy implementation. From their summer work they will develop case studies, create a summary master report with recommendations, develop and pilot training materials, and explore peer learning systems and relationship-building between country offices.


Lakshmi Iyer is an MPP student at Harvard Kennedy School. She will be working with the United Nations Office for Partnerships in New York City which promotes new collaborations and alliances in furtherance of the Millennium Development Goals. She will be contributing to the UNOP’s work of providing the outreach and advisory services to foundations. She will also be involved in organizing conferences and collaborative meetings for the UN Fund for International Partnerships, to strengthen fundraising capacity joint initiatives for NGO’s that work on child health, women, environment, human rights and security.


Ilana Kessler is an MPP student at Harvard Kennedy School. She will be working in Tanzania with Twaweza, an NGO empowering citizens to influence governance in East Africa. For her work Ilana will disseminate complicated information about government performance in ways that are approachable for ordinary citizens, such as newspaper articles. She will also write blurbs about key development statistics, which several newspapers publish on a daily basis. Additionally she will work directly with Twaweza’s data on government performance, helping to analyze information from household surveys and working to create a program monitoring and information management system.


Michelle Kissenkoetter is an MPP student at Harvard Kennedy School. She will be working in Guatemala with the Fundación Grupo de Apoyo Mútuo (GAM), an established human rights organization. For GAM Michelle will contribute to capacity development and organizational design by training staff, evaluating GAM structures and approaches, and exploring cooperation with other NGOs and civil society. She will also develop plans and research for a policy analysis relevant to GAM’s work. Additionally, during the summer Michelle will provide support to the Hauser Center’s Justice and Human Rights domain in preparation for the NGO Domestic Justice Strategy Session in October 2010.


Jesse Lava is an MPP student at Harvard Kennedy School. He will be working in Vieques, Puerto Rico with the American Values Network, a faith-based organization that uses grassroots organizing and media relations to advocate for progressive public policies. For his work Jesse will organize local churches to speak with a more unified voice on behalf of Vieques residents. After conducting a capacity assessment and identifying potential leaders, he will help develop an action plan for congregations to raise American awareness of the island’s problems. He will also create a plan for bringing medical mission teams from the continental U.S. to the island for three- or four-day stints and will empower these doctors to raise awareness of the island’s issues upon returning home.