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Preparing for Liberia

Posted by Jenny Stefanotti on Monday, June 8, 2009, In : Liberia 

As the start of my internship draws near, I’ve been reading more and more about Liberia.  I’m pretty sure that it will impact me more than any other place I’ve ever been, and probably any other place I’ll ever go.  A few Harvard professors from the Kennedy School visited last winter, and even they said they’d never seen anything like it.  These are people who have spent a career studying development.

Liberia is, literally, one of the poorest countries on the planet - next to Malawi, ...

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Developing Jen in Liberia is Born

Posted by Jenny Stefanotti on Sunday, April 26, 2009, In : Development Careers 

I've been blogging when I travel for years now, but I felt it was important for me to have a separate blog dedicated to my experience in Liberia this summer.  Though I won't take off for Monrovia for over a month, there's already a lot to say about why i chose this internship, how it fits into my overall career goals, and what exactly I'll be doing there.  Not to mention the people I'm already connecting to and the meetings I'll be having in San Francisco in the coming weeks.  So with that, D...
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