The PFF Community Leadership Program offers up to $30,000 for 8 to 12 month Fellowships to innovative, leadership-oriented Queen’s students to work with communities in need in international locations.  Visit quic.queensu.ca/communityleadership for more information. This year’s fellows are Erika Bennett and Nicole Leakey, who will conduct international projects in China and respectively, rural villages in Tanzania over the next year as the first-ever Pathy Family Foundation (PFF) Community Leadership Program fellows.

Ms Bennett recently completed her undergraduate degree in global development studies and political studies. She will work to address the reproductive health needs of female migrant workers in Shanghai.

“This opportunity will be invaluable. It will give me hands-on public health experience and help me better understand the challenges of working in an international setting,” says Ms Bennett.

Ms Leakey graduated from the occupational therapy (OT) program this spring. She will work in five rural villages surrounding Moshi, Tanzania, to determine the needs of young people with disabilities. She will be based at the women’s centre in Moshi that was founded by Karen Yeates and Jenn Carpenter, Queen’s professors and Kingston General Hospital physicians.

“I’ve always wanted to work in an international community and this opportunity really spoke to me,” says Ms Leakey. “QUIC and PFF have shown amazing trust in my abilities.”

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