{"id":2081,"date":"2016-04-28T22:27:15","date_gmt":"2016-04-28T22:27:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ciresblogs.colorado.edu\/prometheus\/?p=2081"},"modified":"2016-04-28T22:27:15","modified_gmt":"2016-04-28T22:27:15","slug":"red-cross-red-crescent-climate-centre-internship-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ciresblogs.colorado.edu\/prometheus\/2016\/04\/28\/red-cross-red-crescent-climate-centre-internship-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre Internship Program"},"content":{"rendered":"

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CSTPR and CU-Boulder partner with the Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre (RCRCCC) to place graduate students in locations in eastern and southern Africa each summer. This summer, the grad student intern is Sierra Gladfelter, a Masters student in geography. She\u2019ll be in Zambia from June through August and will be writing several posts during her time there.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s what Max Boykoff, CSTPR Director, said in an email about what she\u2019ll be doing this summer:<\/p>\n

In Zambia, Sierra will be supporting the monitoring and evaluation<\/em>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 component of the \u2018City Learning Lab processes\u2019 Zambia Red Cross<\/em>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Society program. This includes supporting the facilitation and<\/em>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 documentation of the First Lusaka Learning Lab for the Future<\/em>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Resilience for African Cities and Lands (FRACTAL) project, including<\/em>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 contribution to the development of a learning framework and<\/em>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 establishing a learning baseline, researching background materials and<\/em>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 preparing reading materials in collaboration with the FRACTAL team and<\/em>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 documenting learning during the Learning Lab interactions and<\/em>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 compiling a learning report. In addition, Sierra will support ongoing<\/em>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 field work activities of the Zambia Red Cross Society as well as<\/em>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 contribute to the sharing of concepts for the \u2018Forecast Based Finance\u2019<\/em>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 project, compiling existing materials on forecast based finance,<\/em>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 developing a participatory training course to illustrate the<\/em>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 principles of Forecast Based Finance.<\/em><\/p>\n

To learn more about the program, go to the Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre Program website<\/a>. And keep checking back for more posts from Sierra!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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