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FORIMMEDIAT TERELEASE JAN NUARY18,20 011 CONTACT:MELISSAPRICE 13661596 571 PRE ESS@IRDDC. .ORG NGTON, VA Internationa Relief and Development (IRD),a maj al t ajor ARLIN implem menter of U.S. foreign assis . stance and a l leader in the i international stabiliz zation and dev velopment com mmunity, has announced t 2012 recip s the pients of hbehn the IRD D-Peace Corp Fellowship Program. Mi Jenkins an Mark Stroh ps ica nd will wo for three months at IRD headquarter adding the field exper ork m D rs, eir rience to IRDs work while le w earning new a approaches to sustainable, community-b o based, internat tional develop pment. I am so pleased to inaugurate the IRD-Peace Corps Fellow s i e wship program which m, we beli ieve will help build a comm p munity of exp perienced and informed d develop pment profess sionals prepar to work a lead, said IRD Preside and red and d ent CEO Dr. Arthur B. Keys. We lo forward to reaping the benefits of th new D K ook o his program and are con m nvinced it has the potential to add value to our work, s l e , strength our produ hen uctive partner rship with the Peace Corps and help the Peace e s, e Corps to secure exte employme for its vol t end ent lunteers. g month fellows ships, Jenkins and Strohbeh will apply s hn y During their three-m develop pment theory to practical w work experien gain hand nce, ds-on skills in research n and wri iting, and increase their kn nowledge of t many tech the hnical areas in n develop pment.
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Fellow Mica Jenkins served as a Peace Corps volunteer in t Dominica s the an lic mbique. In M Mozambique, s worked on a women-fo she n ocused Republ and Mozam health and food secu a urity initiative in which IR is a partner The experie e RD r. ence encoura aged Jenkins to want to lea more abou sustainable agriculture a the arn ut e and ways it can contribu to long-ter developme She gradu t ute rm ent. uated with a d degree in anthrop pology from the University of South Ca t y arolina and is originally fro om Knoxvi ille, Tennesse ee. Fellow Mark Strohb behn served in the Peace C n Corps in The G Gambia and Jordan. In Jordan, he worked at the Civil So , a ociety Develo opment Center at the Jordan r n University of Scienc and Techno ce ology. He has a strong inte s erest in the legal sions of intern national aid an developme especially the reintegr nd ent, y ration of dimens -- more --

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refugees into social, economic and political life. He graduated from Luther College in Decorah, Iowa with a background in political science and economics. He is originally from Brooklyn, Iowa. In addition to providing fellows the opportunity to work with IRD practitioners and development experts, the program will create new opportunities for IRD and the Peace Corps to share information on best development practices. Visit www.ird.org for more information on IRD, and visit the IRD Voices blog to read first-hand accounts from IRD staff in the field. You can also stay up-to-date on IRDs latest news by following us on Facebook, Twitter (@ird_voices), Flickr, or YouTube.
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