The Alice Rowan Swanson Fellows
Chelsea Bhajan
Alice Rowan Swanson Fellow 2017
SIT Study Abroad Indonesia 2014
Working with Project Child Indonesia to create a disability awareness program in schools aimed at removing the stigma around people with disabilities.
Eli Laban
Alice Rowan Swanson Fellow 2017
SIT Study Abroad Nicaragua 2016
Produced videos to document the fading language of the indigenous Nicaraguan Rama community, and provided teaching tools to draw more attention to the indigenous culture.
Abigail Outterson
Alice Rowan Swanson Fellow 2016
SIT Study Abroad Panama 2014
Worked with NGO Few for Change to create film documentation depicting the daily struggles experienced on the Ngäbe-Buglé comarca (reservation) – serving as an intermediary between the organization, the community it serves, and potential donors.
Andrea Savage
Alice Rowan Swanson Fellow 2016
SIT Study Abroad Nepal 2011
Led water-harvesting workshop for community in Bhutan to help community members design, construct, and manage their own watershed.
Divya Bhatia
Alice Rowan Swanson Fellow 2015
IHP Health and Community 2013
Worked with NGO Seva Mandir to facilitate creating a self-help-group to produce affordable sanitary napkins and increase sanitary practice awareness for girls, influencing behaviors including school attendance.
Anne Weber
Alice Rowan Swanson Fellow 2015
SIT Study Abroad Uganda 2013
Hosted a training workshop for Gulu University students followed by sexual health and well-being information camps, providing critical information on female health, hygiene, and sexual education.
Charlotte Munson
Alice Rowan Swanson Fellow 2014
SIT Study Abroad Mongolia 2010
Built a biodigester, which creates biogas, an alternative, clean energy source, to help alleviate air pollution and waste removal issues in the Ger District of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
Corey Tondreau
Alice Rowan Swanson Fellow 2014
SIT Study Abroad Madagascar 2013
Established a community garden and seed bank for the Ampasy-Nahampoana commune in Mandena, Madagascar.
Alexandra Feldhausen
Alice Rowan Swanson Fellow 2013
SIT Study Abroad Brazil 2012
Created a graphic novel of domestic workers' oral histories in Brazil to help change the way people see domestic workers and improve understanding of the issues related to domestic labor
William Shlah
Alice Rowan Swanson Fellow 2013
SIT Study Abroad Vietnam 2012
Implemented a Garden, Pond, Pigsty and Biodigester (VACB) system to help alleviate problems associated with environmental degradation, public health and poverty in the Mekong Delta region of Vietnam