Student Blogs

The summer Field Placement Program is the cornerstone of the MPA-DP program. Students spend three months contributing to an integrated development project on the ground in sub-Saharan Africa, southeast Asia or Latin America. The below videos highlight four students' stories of their summer field experience.

MPA-DP Summer Story #1
Gaelle in Uganda from Field Studio

MPA-DP Summer Story #2
Jessemin in Mozambique from Field Studio

MPA-DP Summer Story #3
Susmita in Bangladesh from Field Studio

MPA-DP Summer Story #4
Megan in Cambodia from Field Studio

Students share their summer field experiences in the Millennium Villages:

• The Flow of Change: Piper Water Arrives in Ruhiira, Uganda

• Dispatch from the Dry Season, Tabora, Tanzania

• Micro-focus in Development: Adding Results One-by-one
  
  

• Sustainable Financing in the Mbola MVP
  
  

• A Week with the Sauri, Kenya Education Team
  
  

• Monitoring and Evaluation is Hard
  
  

• Thinking of Korea in Sauri, Kenya
  
  

• Education interventions in the Ruhiira Village: Sustainable?
  
  

• Water Access in Mbola MVP: Not Just Another Pipe Dream
  
  

• Gender based training in Ruhiira
  
  

• Engaging Change: The Challenges of Governing MVP Initiatives
  
  

• My Day with a Community Health Worker Sauri, Kenya
  
  

• Resources for health in Ruhiira, Uganda
  
  

• Agriculture and Environment in Mbola MVP
  
  

• Mapping Peace, Protests, and Violence in Kenya
  
  

• Relocation Brings Opportunities to Participate in a Historical Event in Kenya
  
  

• Agriculture in Ruhiira MVP