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Alixa Sharkey and the Undugu Society of Kenya
School of International Relations and Pacific Studies at the University of California, San Diego
Alixa Roibas Sharkey will be working as a Peace Fellow for the Undugu Society of Kenya (USK). USK has many programs dedicated to empowering marginalized youth in urban and rural Kenya. They help children living on the streets and work to prevent additional children from ending up there. Alixa will be contributing to USK’s advocacy campaign, continuing the work started by previous peace fellows Kristina Rosinsky and Jonathan Homer.
Because many young girls living on the streets of Nairobi turn to prostitution as a means of supporting themselves, they are not as accessible as other groups. These sexually exploited children have not been represented equally in previous advocacy campaigns due to the difficulty in reaching them. Alixa would very much like to contact this marginalized group so that their story may also be heard and so more can be done to advocate on their behalf.
Upon returning to the US, Alixa will be working with students in high schools in San Diego, CA and Lexington, KY to establish connections between the youth in the US and Kenya.
Alixa is a current graduate student at the School of International Relations and Pacific Studies at the University of California, San Diego with a focus in International Politics. She graduated from the University of Kentucky in 2007 with degrees in Political Science and French. Upon finishing her undergraduate studies, she spent a year in Yantai, Shandong Province, China teaching Global Issues and English language courses. Previously she has undertaken projects working with recent immigrant youths in Lexington, Kentucky and has interned for the Conseil General du Calvados in France.
Alixa is very excited to continue the work started by previous Peace Fellows in advocating for the rights of vulnerable youth in Nairobi.
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