I have no reservations in saying that my experience with Nexos has been a major milestone for my academic and professional career. I worked for one of the organization’s health and nutrition project in Urubamba. Very much imprint of Nexos’ vision, the KW project forwarded an interdisciplinary approach to a multifaceted challenge, i.e. improving the lives and future of Upper-Andean elementary school children suffering from under nutrition. I gained through this internship at Nexos first hand insights about health issues such as water-born diseases, lunch-box programs, school gardens as well as indigenous farming practices. Managing parts of a school feeding program, proceeding to database entries alongside writing and presenting policy reports and evaluations were part of my daily tasks during this placement. The practical expertise resulting from performing those duties have tremendously enhanced my skills set. I consider that this internship was thus a powerful springboard to my later professional involvements which include for instance positions for Oxfam-Quebec, the McGill Institute for Health and Social Policy and the Global Water Partnership. I recently completed a M.A. in China Development Studies at the University of Hong Kong and am currently candidate for a M.Sc. in Water Science, Policy and Management at Oxford.
Laurent-Charles Tremblay Levesque.
M.Sc. in Water Science, Policy and Management Candidate, Oxford University.
M.A. in China Development Studies, University of Hong Kong.
B.A. in International Development with a minor in East Asian Cultural Studies, McGill University.
PROGRAM: INTERNSHIP
