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Communications & Public Affairs Internship

University of Maryland Medical CenterBaltimore, MD
The University of Maryland Medical Center (UMMC) is a 757-bed teaching hospital in Baltimore, Md., that provides a full range of health services to people throughout Maryland and the Mid-Atlantic region. It is a national and regional referral center for trauma, cancer care, cardiac care, neurocare, womens and childrens health, and organ transplants. The medical center is the flagship hospital of the University of Maryland Medical System, a private, not-for-profit network of 12 academic, community and specialty hospitals throughout Maryland. UMMC recognizes that disseminating information about its medical programs and services in innovative ways is key to serving its various audiences from patients and visitors to employees. To that end, UMMC has established the Communications & Public Affairs Internship Program to offer hands-on learning opportunities for college students interested in media relations/PR, editorial (communications and writing), graphic design, web development, and video and multimedia production (including animation). The UMMC Internship Program provides highly qualified college students (preferably juniors) the opportunity to participate in a dynamic communications department. Interns can apply for one of four areas of focus and may be eligible to receive course credit (subject to the requirements of the students academic institution). Each nonpaid internship is for a duration of one semester with 10-20 hours of work required per week at the UMMC offices in Baltimore. Extensions may be available to high-performing interns.

Living in the Garden

Dragon's Eye Learning CenterPahoa, HI
Living in the Garden is a practical, hands-on experience in all that it takes to run a small, diverse sustainable organic farm, including growing, processing, and marketing plant and animal foods. sustainable living systems such as composting toilet, solar power, well/gravity feed water, Korean Natural Farming, aquaponics, permaculture the skills required to live closely with others in intentional community, including honest/direct communication, food preparation, and personal growth work The internship includes regular meeting and regular study/discussion groups, as well as exposure to and participation in all aspects of farm operations. The second half of the internships offers the opportunity to specialize in one or more chosen aspect of the farm. Bi-weekly field trips to other innovative sustainable agriculture sites and recreational activities (beach, lava viewing, live music) are also included. Our basic internship is 3-4 months long and costs $600/month, payable in advance. This fee covers instruction, materials, lodging, all-organic meals, and field trips. DELC is prepared to work closely with university and college departments in order to meet reporting and evaluation requirements. If you think that your school might be interested in sending a cohort, please speak with your advisor and have that person make contact. Lodging is rustic, but comfortable, with futon or mattress beds, mosquito screening, desk and closet, in single-sex duplexes or single rooms. Outdoor solar hot water showers and bathtub, functional communal kitchen, nearby federally-approved composting toilet, wood-floor recreation space, internet hotspot, and bicycles are also included amenities. Dragons Eye Farm is the 37 acre tropical lowland site of Dragons Eye Learning Center, a 501c(3) nonprofit organization providing educational experiences of cooperative and sustainable agricultural and economic systems. The family-run farm consists of mature tropical orchards, pastures & livestock, soil and aquaponic gardens, a naturally-farmed chicken egg operation, and various community and private structures. The farm is being developed using principles from permaculture, Korean natural farming, and the ecological agriculture movement. Nearly all of the farm inhabitants food is produced on site, such as tropical fruits and roots, perennial greens, garden vegetables, eggs, fish, dairy, and meat. The remote location has required establishment of alternative living systems such as rain/well water catchment, photovoltaic power, electric vehicles and composting toilets. Adult workshops organized during the 2010-11 cycle have included bio-grub cultivation, Egoscue method of health through motion, natural farming with Master Cho, and fermentation with Sandor Katz. Periodic natural farming and aquaponics workshops are complemented by monthly free tours.

Health and Community Care project with rural women in India

Young Women's IDEANew Delhi, IL
The community healthcare project is a holistic program that works with marginalised women to provide culturally appropriate health education. This program provides cultural mediation between these women and local health and human services through the provision of health workshops and medical recording for the community. ?The aim of the Health and Community Care Project has been conceived to provide supplementary and complementary healthcare services in rural India, to support the services which are currently insufficient. We plan to develop community and individual health care education, medical care, wellness and fitness support and community care resources for women. ?The research stage of this project currently includes identifying the needs of community members, and delineating medical rights and incentives provided legally to marginalised women by the Indian government. This program seeks to build a working, sustainable and non-dependent relationship between the migrant women and the government hospital through hospital visits and assessing and analysing the system in relation to their needs.Future plans are for the establishment of a MAFAC (Mobile Ambulance and First Aid Clinic). Other Health and Community Care areas and activities include: Hygiene and sanitation clean and safe water Preventive healthcare Public health Promotion of nutritional food and eating habits Facilitation of mobile first aid and clinical facilities Developing equal opportunities and support for challenged and specially-abled Promote recreation/leisure facilities and activities and setting up exercise gyms, games stadiums ?and adventure sports centre Elderly care Yoga & Ayurveda facilities