Word: bhumi
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Additionally, at least one student organization, Bhumi, has come to serve as an unofficial conduit for finding internships in Asia. The group works with non-governmental organizations to match Harvard students with internships abroad. According to Waters, no fewer than six of last year's Weissman interns, herself included, found their internships through Bhumi...
...know very few people who did get any money from them," says S. Madiha Murshed '99, the director of BHUMI, an organization which sets up internships in developing countries for students. BHUMI was turned down for funding...
...Because Bhumi does not pay for any of the interns' expenses, the interns are currently applying for grants to support their efforts...
...Bhumi began in 1996 as the international development arm of the Woodbridge Society of International Students, but has since established itself as an independent student group. Its projects last year included an international 'food-fest' to raise money for operating costs and a child sponsorship program, through which Harvard students could sponsor children abroad...
According to last year's annual report, Bhumi originally intended the child sponsorship program to be an ongoing, annual project. However, Gray says "We did not expect the internship effort to be as big and thorough as it is." Due to the time required for planning the internships, the child sponsorship program was abandoned for this year...