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Catherine Wiesner was a Hart Fellow with UNHCR in Geneva, Switzerland from
1996-97 and then with Save the Children in Zimbabwe and Ethiopia from 1998-99. In
Zimbabwe, Catherine worked with Farm Community Trust Zimbabwe on the design of a
health program targeting farm worker communities and with Inter-Country Peoples'
Aid in the development and coordination of new programs for peri-urban informal
settlements around Harare. In Geneva and Ethiopia, Catherine worked on the ARC
project (Action for the Rights of Children) to increase the capacity of UNHCR,
government, and NGO field staff to protect and care for children and adolescents
in emergency situations.
Catherine graduated from Duke in 1996 with a major in comparative area studies. After
her Hart Fellowships, Catherine earned a Master in Public Policy and International
Security at Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government. She currently works in
the Sierra Leone field office of the International Rescue Committee. |
