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Student Interns
 Ms. Angie Mendez recently completed her student internship with the NCA and has successfully gained her Associates Degree in Social Work.
For her placement, Angie completed a life histories project and interviewed eight older people in the community of Benque Viejo del Carmen about their recollections from years gone by.
All the information has been compiled into a booklet with the interviewees’ pictures and they will receive a bound copy at a special presentation ceremony.
A copy of this booklet entitled “The Golden Era in Benque Viejo with Unforgettable People” and produced in English and Spanish will be available for viewing on the website very soon.
Ms. Amanda Hansell arrived in Belize on May 27th with her tutor Mrs. Kerryellen Vroman from the University of New Hampshire. Amanda is an Occupational Therapy student on an International Research Opportunities Programme (IROP) conducting a quality of life survey with the residents from the 3 residential homes in Belize; Octavia Waight, Sister Cecilia and Golden Haven and will be working with the NCA for 9 weeks.
Ms. Catherine Poirier and Ms. Andrea Town will arrive in Belize on June 7th for 4 weeks and will be completing their final community development placement to gain a Masters Degree in Occupational Therapy from Queens University in Canada. They will be working alongside the NCA and Dr. Claudina Cayetano from the Psychiatric Department of the Ministry of Health, to develop an Assertiveness Outreach Programme that could assist the rehabilitation of homeless people with mental heath disorders.
Article Created on 6/6/2008
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