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Katie Spencer '06 was featured in an article in East African Business Week - Kampala (2/26/07) about her volunteer work with the Global Youth Partnership for Africa (GYPA) and travel to Uganda, where she worked for 2 months.

Spencer started fulltime volunteer work for GYPA in August 2006. In January she co-led a GYPA trip of approximately 20 students to Uganda (including Meredith Falzone  and Lynn Wetzel, both '07.)  The purpose of the trip was to raise awareness about the conflict in Uganda and foster relationships between Ugandan and American Youth.  Spencer remained in Uganda after the trip to pursue various other projects.

The Global Youth Partnership for Africa is a program that links American and African youth. According to its Web site, "In January 2007, 13 Americans and 23 Ugandans came together in Kampala and Gulu, Uganda for the second Global Kimeeza. The goal of the Kimeeza was to provide a platform for these young people to explore the important role that youth play in post-conflict reconstruction by sharing ideas, approaches, and strategies."

The East African Business Week article quotes Spencer: "The partnership provides an opportunity for mutual benefit. Ugandan youth meet with American youth and share experiences and the Americans help to link them up to people who can fund their activities," she says.

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