SEE STUDENTS IN ACTION
While learning valuable lessons in the classroom, Clinton School
students spend much of their time participating
in for-credit public service projects ranging from local work in Arkansas communities to
international projects in locations throughout the world. Locally, student groups partner
with government and nonprofit organizations to work on
Practicum projects to aid Arkansas communities.
Globally, students partner with foundations, NGOs or government agencies and spend a summer
abroad completing an International Public
Service Project (SEE MAP) of their choice. To complete the MPS degree, students
perform an individual Capstone in their particular
field of interest.
This year, Clinton School students are completing 36 public service projects in 24 different
countries on all six continents. Our work includes:
Melbourne, Australia – We are researching evaluation processes to find a program evaluation approach for HIPPY Australia, which works with families to prepare children for school and increase literacy rates.
Jilin City, China – We are helping develop strategies for public health education at a small, private hospital in northeast China that specializes in surgical procedures and seeks to ensure access for disadvantaged and minority populations.
Shanghai, China – We are helping an organization that works to defend labor rights of the 4 million rural migrant workers in Shanghai create the capacity to become an independent, self-sustaining NGO.
Shanghai, China – We are collaborating with local art galleries, businesses, charities and community members to build a plan for a community art event with the goal of fostering partnerships between local galleries and business.
Shanghai, China – We are developing a corporate social responsibility (CSR) factsheet for Bayer China, a multinational health care, crop science and material science corporation.
Roseau, Dominica – We are working to promote a new gender equality policy in Dominica through planning and hosting a series of town hall forums.
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – We are working with TOMS Shoes, a company that gives a pair of shoes away to those in need for every pair purchased, to create a distribution plan to provide shoes to children at risk of contracting a skin infection caused by exposure to irritant soil.
Addis Ababa and Sodo, Ethiopia – We are collecting information to create a guide to raise awareness about the prevention, treatment and rehabilitation for patients with a foot disease that is plaguing southern Ethiopia.
Accra, Ghana – We are helping fight the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Ghana, by helping a nonprofit health organizations improve record keeping in its Preventing Mother-to-Child Transmission (PMTCT) program.
Port-au-Prince, Haiti – We are developing a Haitian agricultural capacities assessment aimed at realigning the country's struggling agriculture sector to help stimulate a prosperous agriculture economy.
Ahmedabad, India – We are working with an Indian service organization modeled after AmeriCorps and the Peace Corps to create written guides for the program and its fellows to assist in conducting successful service projects and initiatives.
Jamkhed, Maharashtra, India – We are working to grow organizational capacity and community impact for and organization that mobilizes communities to build capacity through grassroots movements to improve access to healthcare and freedom from poverty, hunger and violence.
Jakarta, Indonesia – We are working with the Nature Conservancy to redesign an orientation program for new employees who work in the Asia Pacific and North Asia regions.
Be'er Sheva, Israel – We are providing English-language services and teaching expertise to an organization that promotes social change and a healthy democracy in Israel by enhancing the efforts of existing non-profit agencies.
Italy, England and France – We are working with the Arkansas Department of Economic Development Film Commission to recruit international film productions to the state.
Bunyore, Kenya – We're working with an educational nonprofit to develop a comprehensive plan for a new Model UN program to engage Kenyan and American secondary students in cross-cultural dialogue.
Essaba Village, Kenya – We are performing a needs assessment of science resources and skill levels at several Western Kenyan schools to use the information to design a science curriculum that is better-aligned to country and international science standards.
Nairobi, Kenya – We are working with a nonprofit to develop human rights trainings surrounding the Yogyakarta Principles, which apply international human rights law to sexual orientation.
Kenya, Sierra Leone, Uganda – We are conducting a resource analysis and needs assessment to help efforts to expand the African Prisons Project, which works to address both the lack of infrastructure and resources in prisons by building educational, health and recreational centers.
Kathmandu, Nepal – We are helping determine appropriate curriculum and content for literacy development training programs and organize training courses and evaluation processes for READ Nepal, an organization that empowers rural communities through education programs.
Las Minas, Panama – We are partnering with a nonprofit dedicated to promoting community health and empowering women to educate Panamanians about the about the signs and preventions for sexually transmitted diseases.
Lahore, Pakistan – We are conducting a study to gauge the impact of a microfinance program on the social and economic empowerment of women entrepreneurs.
Ramallah, Palestine – We are assessing the Palestinian News Network's current standing in the field of independent media in the Arab world and working to develop a program to facilitate volunteers and unpaid interns to work for the network.
Lima, Peru – We are developing a fundraising strategy and donor database for a nonprofit that works to promote gender equality, empower women and eliminate gender-based discrimination and violence.
Kigali, Rwanda – We are working to lessen government corruption in Rwanda by researching and determining ways to reduce the impact of misconduct or negligence of official duties among public servants.
Kigali, Rwanda – We are working with the Rwandan Ministry of Education and the Rwandan embassy to study the sustainability of a scholars program and providing recommendations for the long-term success of the Rwandan higher-education model.
Kigali, Rwanda – We are completing an in-depth study including research and recommendations addressing how Rwanda can better prepare its best and brightest scholars to become competitive on exam scores and earn educational scholarships to American universities.
Johannesburg, South Africa – We are examining the impact that international voluntary service learning programs have on the volunteers involved as well as on the communities and organizations that host those volunteers.
Johannesburg, South Africa – We're working with a nonprofit to assist in designing a questionnaire and conducting interviews with civil society and government around the role of constitutional socio-economic rights in policy making.
Johannesburg, South Africa – We are evaluating the process and impact of community dialogues surrounding the OneLove campaign, which aims to get men and women in Southern Africa thinking and talking about their sexual behavior in a time of HIV and AIDS.
Western Cape, South Africa – We are working to research and identify ways for two Western Cape community foundations to collaborate using shared funds.
Castries, St. Lucia – We are working with a nonprofit to develop and distribute a radio program to help raise awareness about climate change people in St. Lucia and those on the other nine Eastern Caribbean islands.
Castries, St. Lucia – We're creating a manual for outreach activities and designing a measurement and evaluation strategy for an organization that works to promote human rights through creative media.
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania – We are helping locate urban refugees and identify their legal protection needs for the Tanzania office of Asylum Access, which works across the world to provide legal information, representation, advice and advocacy to refugees.
Nyakishenyi, Uganda – We are developing a construction program to improve the living conditions of children at the Nyaka School, which provides free education and extracurricular activities to children who have been orphaned by the HIV/AIDS epidemic.
Nyakishenyi, Uganda – We are developing a fair-trade system to enable women in rural Uganda to sell their handmade goods in the United States for a foundation that empowers communities impacted by HIV/AIDS through development programs.
INTERNATIONAL: Argentina • Australia • Belize • Bolivia •
Cameroon • China • Czech Republic • Ghana • Greece • Hungary
• India • Italy • Kenya • Kosovo • Kyrgystan • Malawi
• Mexico • Nepal • Netherlands • New Zealand • Nicaragua •
Rwanda • Serbia • Singapore • South Africa • Sri Lanka • St. Lucia
• Sudan • Sweden • Tanzania • Vietnam • Little Rock, Ark. •
New Orleans • New York • Rogers, Ark. • San Antonio, Texas • Washington, DC
LOCAL COUNTIES: Benton • Crittenden • Jackson • Jefferson • Phillips
2009-10 Clinton School International Projects
Placement History
SAN MIGUEL, ARGENTINA – We are developing a sustainability plan for an after-school program and soup kitchen in the small village of San Miguel.
BELLA VISTA, BELIZE – We are working to develop strategies for clean water projects in Belizean Communities.
COCHABAMBA, BOLIVIA – We are evaluating the educational component of a solar stove delivery and installation program and providing stoves for impoverished villages.
SHANGHAI, CHINA – We are developing a set of guidelines for corporate service initiatives for members of the American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai, the leading international business association in China.
PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC – We are assisting the Czech Development Agency with strategic planning for its international aid to the Balkan nation of Serbia, one of eight priority countries listed under the agency’s current mandate.
ACCRA, GHANA – We are helping assess patients and develop a database to track individuals who receive eye glasses from a nonprofit eye clinic.
AHMEDADAD, GUJARAT, INDIA – We are developing a best practices model of aide delivery for an NGO that provides basic access to sanitation, clean water, sustainable lighting and village safety for impoverished areas in India.
NAIROBI, KENYA – We are producing needs and best-practices assessments for an organization that seeks to eradicate youth poverty in Kenya by closing the unemployment gap through youth entrepreneurship, leadership and philanthropy.
CHETUMAL, MEXICO – We are assisting the National Institute of Migration in its efforts to contribute to Mexico’s national development through proper management of immigration.
KATHMANDU, NEPAL – We are conducting marketing and communication training for staff of an initiative that empowers rural communities through sustainable educational, economic and community development.
MAYANGE, RWANDA – We are helping with curriculum development and teacher/student recruitment at a boarding school that will provide young women with skills and training necessary to find meaningful employment.
SINGAPORE CITY, SINGAPORE – We are conducting a needs assessment for a youth development program dedicated to empowering young people to become responsible adults in Singapore.
CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA – We are working with a rural education initiative to develop an oral history project to chronicle the stories of pre-school principals and students from historically disadvantaged townships surrounding Cape Town.
TALLBERG, SWEDEN – We are helping plan and implement workshops, presentations and group discussions for an annual gathering of 450 public- and private-sector leaders to address issues of global urgency.
MOSHI, TANZANIA – We are developing a marketing and sustainable fundraising campaign for an orphanage that rescues children from the life on the streets.
DAR ES SALAAM, TANZANIA – We are helping enhance the capacity of communities and local government councils to respond effectively to the HIV/AIDS epidemic.
NYAKAGYEZI UGANDA – We are developing an organizational model and project expansion initiatives for educational services for children who have lost one or both parents to HIV/AIDS.