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Pursue community-engaged learning and action research in collaboration with Nepali students and organizations. Spend fall quarter on campus learning about Nepal, designing your internship project and building your team. Then experience an intensive immersion and internship in Nepal during Winter Break. UC Davis students will work in interdisciplinary groups with Nepali peers on internship projects related to topics such as local and regional development, sustainable agriculture and food systems education, public health, democratic governance, ICT use and social entrepreneurship.
Alongside visiting diverse cultural sites in Kathmandu, Pokhara and nearby rural villages, participants will (1) gain an appreciation of the complex geographic, historical, cultural, religious, political and environmental dimensions of Nepal, (2) develop interdisciplinary and applied field research skills, (3) apply academic training to hands-on projects to benefit local communities and (4) build transferable professional skills, knowledge and relationships. Full program details.
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