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| Paonessa (left in blue) and Moore (back) with Harpswell students at a town hall meeting hosted by Hillary Clinton. Courtesy photo |
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Danielle Moore and Kristen Paonessa knew they wanted to do a cubicle-free international co-op that enabled them to apply their skills, and fulfill their passion for empowering women. But they didn’t know that their experience working for the Harpswell Foundation in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, would, in turn, empower them.
Since July, they have been providing supplementary education — English language classes, leadership training and current-event discussions — to young women from rural Cambodia who are attending universities in the capital city.
One of their ongoing projects has been to help organize Harpswell’s first conference, "Women Innovators in Cambodia," taking place on January 22, 2011. Six Cambodian women from the medical field, the arts and social entrepreneurship will discuss the challenges and successes of being an ambitious woman in Cambodia.
Moore and Paonessa, who won Presidential Global Scholar awards from Northeastern to support their co-op, are serving as leadership residents in one of the two women’s dormitories built by the foundation in Phnom Penh.
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Since July, they have been providing supplementary education — English language classes, leadership training and current-event discussions — to young women from rural Cambodia who are attending universities in the capital city.
One of their ongoing projects has been to help organize Harpswell’s first conference, "Women Innovators in Cambodia," taking place on January 22, 2011. Six Cambodian women from the medical field, the arts and social entrepreneurship will discuss the challenges and successes of being an ambitious woman in Cambodia.
Moore and Paonessa, who won Presidential Global Scholar awards from Northeastern to support their co-op, are serving as leadership residents in one of the two women’s dormitories built by the foundation in Phnom Penh.
Plesae click here to read more...
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