Youth Engagement

Youth Engagement

Exemplars

Yale Global Health Leadership Institute (YGHLI) Forum for Change in Colombia ECD Initiatives

 
Based on the ongoing work of Dr. Angelica Ponguta, associate research scientist in the Yale Child Study Center, with the Fundacion Saldarriaga Concha in Bogota, Colombia that utilized the Ecology of Peace Framework to mobilize national funding for early childhood, the YGHLI sent Yale student, Charin Marin, to Colombia in the summer of 2015. Charin spent eight weeks in-country and preparatory work prior to her travel. The work focused on children and families living in fragile contexts such as those affected by chronic poverty, internal displacement, natural disasters, violence, food insecurity, and other risk factors for poor child development. This opportunity allowed Charin to engage with multiple actors from the private and public sectors as well as contribute to the formulation of a mid- to long-term policy, program, and/or research agendas in the country.
 
In exchange, Alexandro Dias Oramas, intern representing the Fundacion Saldarriaga Concha, visited Yale's Child Study Center and School of Public Health during the summer of 2015 to learn more about the Ecology of Peace Framework.
 

Yale student, Chanel MariaChanel Marin

Yale MPH candidate talks about her eight weeks in summer 2015 with the Fundacion Saldarriaga Concha in Bogota, Colombia that utilized the Ecology of Peace Framework to mobilize national funding for early childhood.

 

 

Colombian intern, Alejandro Diaz Oramas at Yale School of Medicine

Alexandro Diaz Oramas

Colombian intern talks about the goals and main accomplishments during his eight week, summer 2015 experience at Yale's Child Study Center and School of Public Health, as they relate to enhancing his understanding and practice of peace building through early childhood development.

 

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