A Voice For the Voiceless

The Advocacy Project helps marginalized communities to tell their story, claim their rights and produce social change. We recruit graduate students to volunteer as Peace Fellows with partners.

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"Speaking with locals and living in a country is the best way to learn about the real lives of citizens, not just the stories in the mainstream media. I will be more critical of what I read as a result of this experience. I also feel even more grateful for my education, and I feel a stronger responsibility to assist others who do not have resources or access to opportunities in their communities."

Maria Skouras (New York University) volunteered in 2011 as a Peace Fellow for eHomemakers in Malaysia.

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Ned Meerdink and SOS Femmes en Dangers


University of Wisconsin-Madison

Ned Meerdink is returning to Eastern Congo this summer to will be working for AP and SOS Femmes en Dangers on project aimed at reducing rape in the region.

Ned had been deployed to Eastern Congo as a Peace Fellow between September 2008 and March 2009.  Where he worked with AP partner Arche d’Alliance, a human rights organization working to defend human rights in Eastern Congo (UviraSud Kivu Province)and promote peaceful conflict resolution. 

Ned is a graduate of the History and African Studies Departments at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he focused on Central and Eastern Africa and humanitarian efforts throughout those regions.  In the past, he has worked for other NGOs working in defense of human rights  both in the United States and in Congo.  Ned’s last work was with Mutuelle Jeunesse Active (MJA), another Congolese organization advocating for human rights and greater educational opportuties in Sud Kivu, and he recently returned from six months of field work in Sud Kivu assisting MJA with educational, IT,  and peace-building program development

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