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Lauren A. Hammer '98 and Aditi Bagchi '99 will both be working with the South Asia Human Rights Documentation Centre (SAHRDC), centered in New Delhi, India...
...Hammer will be researching human rights abuses against women during armed conflicts in South Asia, while Bagchi hopes to work in Calcutta with "street children" or refugees...
According to Hammer, the sessions have been helpful because "there are health tips you can read in a book, but it really helps to have them explained to you and be able to ask questions...
...Hammer says she also appreciates the background information about NGOs which Bhumi has provided...
Bhumi also tries to prepare interns for language and cultural barriers. "[SAHRDC] has taken students from English-speaking countries for a few years now, so I'm sure they know how to handle students who don't speak the language and are doing field research," Hammer says...