Announcing IPD's AidData Summer Fellows for 2016!

IPD is pleased to announce our 2016 AidData Summer Fellows! AidData and IPD have worked closely over the past few years to send graduate and undergraduates all over the world to work with partner organizations on all things data. AidData Summer Fellows improve the capacity of civil society in developing countries to use geocoded data, which localizes development funding and activities down to the district, town or street corner level. Funded by USAID, summer fellows embed with local universities, think tanks and civil society groups for two to three months, equipping local organizations with the skills to use this data in program planning, advocacy and research.
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Here is the current roundup of 2016 AidData Summer Fellows from the University of Texas at Austin:​​

• ​Cleo Stern will be working for the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) in Uganda. Cleo is a first-year master’s student at the LBJ School of Public Affairs, specializing in International Development.
  
  
• Laura Richards will be working for the Women of Uganda Network in Uganda. Laura is also dual-degree student at the LBJ School of Public Affairs and the McCombs School of Business.
  
  
• Raheem Chaudhry and Haley McCoin will both be working for Nepal Monitor in Nepal. Raheem is a second-year Master's student at the LBJ School of Public Affairs. Haley is a is a third year International Relations and Global Studies major, and also a member of the Arabic Flagship Program and Liberal Arts Honors Program at UT.
  
  
• Paul Ryan will be working for the Institute for Social and Environmental Transition in Nepal. Paul is a first-year masters student at the LBJ School of Public Affairs.
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Great students and great organizations! We look forward to following the professional experiences and travel adventures!