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Current Interns

Anita Lee [ Kigali, Rwanda ] May - Aug. 2013 Read blog	Emily Eyles [ Mwanza Tanzania ] Apr. - Sept. 2013 Read blog	Fredua Agyeman [ Kisumu, Kenya ] May - Sept. 2013
Kate Grantham [ Mwanza, Tanzania ] Jan. - May. 2013 Read blog	Sara Ataya [ Kigali, Rwanda ] May - Aug. 2013 Read blog	Shannan Crowder [ Mwanza Tanzania ] Apr. - Aug. 2013 Read blog
Stephanie Lee [ Mwanza Tanzania ] May - Aug. 2013 Read blog

Past Interns

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Sept. 2012 - Apr. 2013

(Emily & Susan)

Emily Trudell
[ Mwanza, Tanzania ]
Sep. - Feb. 2013
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Susan Judd
[ Mwanza Tanzania ]
Jan. - Apr. 2013
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Jun. 2012 - Dec. 2012

(Linda & Megan)

Linda Marroquin
[ Mwanza, Tanzania ]
Sep. - Dec. 2012
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Poster Programs ^-pdf

Megan Enos
[ Mwanza Tanzania ]
June - Dec. 2012
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Poster Programs ^-pdf

Apr. 2012 - Aug. 2012

(Olivia, Gillian, Blake, Allyson, Patrick, Natasha & Ellissa)

Olivia Vihant [ Kigali, Rwanda ] May - Aug. 2012 Read blog Poster Programs ^-pdf	Gillian Haig [ North Maragoli, Kenya ] May - Aug. 2012 Read blog Poster Programs ^-pdf	Blake Barkley [ North Maragoli, Kenya ] May - Aug. 2012 Read blog Poster Programs ^-pdf
photo to come Allyson Larkin [ Mwanza Tanzania ] May - Aug. 2012 Read blog Poster Programs ^-pdf	Patrick Shulist [ Kigali, Rwanda ] Apr. - Jul. 2012 Read blog Poster Programs ^-pdf	Natasha Callender [ Mwanza Tanzania ] May - Aug. 2012 Read blog Poster Programs ^-pdf
Ellissa Riel [ Nairobi, Kenya ] May - Aug. 2012 Read blog Poster Programs ^-pdf

Aug. 2011 - Dec. 2011

(Karly, Victoria & Ben)

Karly Campbell
[ Mwanza Tanzania ]
Aug. - Oct. 2011
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Victoria A.T. Le
[ Mwanza Tanzania ]
Sept. - Dec. 2011
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Ben Morgan
[ Mwanza Tanzania ]
Sept. - Dec. 2011
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Jan. 2011 - Aug. 2011

(Christopher, Shannon & Darryl)

Christopher Taylor
[ Mwanza/Arusha, Tanzania ]
Jan. - May 2011
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Shannon Smith
[ Mwanza/Arusha, Tanzania ]
Jan. - May 2011
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Darryl Lemon
[ Mwanza, Tanzania ]
May - Aug. 2011
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May 2010 - Oct. 2010

(Marta, Emily, Kathryn, Amanda, Emily, Kinleigh, Jackel, Kathleen, Jesse & Dane)

Marta Kopun [ Arusha, Tanzania ] May - Aug. 2010 Read blog	Emily Rowe [ Arusha, Tanzania ] May - Aug. 2010 Read blog
Kathryn Morgan [ Mwanza, Tanzania ] May - Aug. 2010 Read blog		Dane Labonte [ Mwanza, Tanzania ] May - Oct. 2010 Read blog
Amanda Armstrong [ Oyugis, Kenya ] May - Aug. 2010 Read blog		Emily Royer [ Oyugis, Kenya ] May - Aug. 2010 Read blog
Kinleigh Wiedman [ Oyugis, Kenya ] May - Aug. 2010 Read blog		Jackel Yip [ Oyugis, Kenya ] May - Aug. 2010 Read blog
Kathleen Prendiville [ Mwanza, Tanzania ] May - Aug. 2010 Read blog		Jesse Hume [ Mwanza, Tanzania ] May - Aug. 2010 Read blog

Jan. 2010 - May 2010

(Olivia & Stephanie)

Jan. - May 2010
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Jan. - May 2010
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Sept. 2009 - Dec. 2009

(Helen, Niimi & Silvia)

Rwanda
Sept. - Dec. 2009	Sept. - Dec. 2009	Sept. - Dec. 2009
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May 2009 - Dec 2009

(Rani, Jennifer, Amanda, Jon, Ashley & Melissa)

Oyugis/Kenya Interns
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Mwanza/Tanzania Interns
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Jun. 2008 - Dec. 2008

(Sabrina & Melissa)

Jun. - Nov. 2008

Sabrina Mullan is a Health Geography student who will be assisting the Tukwamuane women's group in examining the food safety practices and improving the processes which will result in a higher quality probiotic yoghurt product.
Read Sabrina's blog

Aug. - Dec. 2008

Melissa Raffoul will be completing her 4th year Biology thesis by examining the environmental, economic and health issues within the Mwanza community.
Read Melissa's blog

May 2008 - Sept. 2008

(Jessica, Osama & Jaimie)

May - Aug. 2008

Jun. - Sep. 2008

Jessica Kelly and Osama Siddiqui are both IVEY students who will be assisting the Tukwamuane women's group in developing a sustainable business plan.
Read Jessica's blog
Read Osama's blog

Jun. - Aug. 2008

Jaimie Hemsworth is a former intern who is returning to Mwanza to continue examining the benefits of probiotic yoghurt consumption for her MSc of Food and Nutritional Sciences.
Read Jaimie's blog

Jan. 2008 - Apr. 2008

(Stephanie & Tara)

Read Stephanie Irvine's Blog
Read Tara Koyama's Blog

Aug. 2007 - Dec. 2007

(Meaghan, Ruben & Alison)

Meaghan Horgan, Ruben Hummelen and Alison Chen (left to right)
Read Meaghan's Blog | Read Ruben's Blog | Read Alison's Blog

Jun. 2007 - Aug. 2007

(Jackie, Melissa, Corinne & Kim)

Jackie Strecker, Melissa Whaling, Corinne Coulter, Kim Hodgson (left to right)

WHE is currently undertaking its largest group of internships to date. Four strong women from various backgrounds at Western are taking part in this program for the summer 2007 placement.

General foci include: continuing to look into the health benefits of probiotics, engaging the community in up-scaling of the project and creating dynamic multimedia segments highlighting the hard work of the primary participants of the program.

See Jackie's Photos

Oct. 2006 - Jan. 2007

(Sam & Rob)

Sam Burton

Rob Stewart

In October 2006, Rob Stewart and Samantha Burton headed to Mwanza for an internship reaching until early 2007. Both third-year FIMS students, the two are currently working on communications within the program, while continuing analyzing sustainability and facilitating further project development. Read Sam and Rob's Journal

May 2006 -

(Jaimie, Ellena & Grace)

Jaimie Hemsworth

Ellena Andoniou

Grace Flesher

In May 2006, two more interns headed to Mwanza, Tanzania for the third installment of WHE internship program. Ellena Andoniou, a masters geography student, and Jaimie Hemsworth, a third-year health and nutrition student from Brescia University College both remained in Mwanza over the summer. They primarily worked on nutritional studies and, along with Grace Flesher (a King's University College student), a sustainability report.

WHE former intern honoured as a Brescia University College Alumnae Trailblazer
Jaimie Hemsworth '09, who was the first Brescia student to win a Morgan Medal from the Dietitians of Canada. - Read the complete story in the Western News...

Jun. 2005 - Apr. 2006

(Dallas & Jonathan)

In June, Brian Healy and Cynthia Medeiros returned from their stay in Mwanza, Tanzania. Two new student interns, Dallas Curow, a fourth- year FIMS student, and Jonathan Birinyi, a third-year medical science student, both from Western, arrived in Mwanza in June to take over the Western Heads East project.
Read Dallas & Jonathan's Journal

Dallas Curow
June - August 2005

Jonathan Birinyi
June - November 2005
January - April 2006

Jan. 2005 - Jun. 2005

(Cynthia & Brian)

Western Health Sciences student Cynthia Medeiros and Brian Healy (Science '03) were the pioneer interns introduced a probiotic-based yoghurt program, founded partly on the work of Brescia University College nutrition professor Sharateh Hekmat, with hopes of improving the health and economic status of the women of Mwanza, Tanzania.
Read Cynthia & Brian's Journal

Cynthia Medeiros

Brian Healy

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