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The 2011 Oak Fellowship: Poverty and Human Rights

Scholarship / Financial aid: $32,000 stipend, plus medical insurance, transportation, housing and utilities offered

Date: a semester

Deadline: 15 December 2010

Open to: human rights activist working outside of the U.S. and who works on problems created by or associated with poverty

Announcement follows

The Oak Institute for the Study of International Human Rights at Colby College is pleased to announce a call for applications for the 2011 Oak Fellowship. We seek one front-line human rights activist working outside of the U.S. and who works on problems created by or associated with poverty.

In this call for applications, we highlight our concern about the physical and emotional violence, the potential loss of security and dignity, often associated with deprivation. Our 2011 Oak Fellow will work to promote human rights threatened by poverty. Such rights include but are not limited to: the right to work in safe conditions and earn an adequate and stable income; access to basic food and shelter; freedom from forced evictions; access to adequate health care and medical attention; access to basic services and infrastructure; the right to a healthy and safe living environment, including access to clean drinking water; access to education; freedom from discrimination based on class or income.

The 2011 fellowship will offer a semester in residence at Colby, giving respite from front-line human rights work, a $32,000 stipend, plus medical insurance, transportation, housing and utilities.

Eligibility - for whom is the Oak Human Rights Fellowship targeted?
The Oak Human Rights Fellowship is designed for one human rights professional who is doing on-the ground work at some level of personal risk.

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Oak Scholarships - Information on Oak Scholarships for Prospective Students

In addition to the annual Oak Human Rights Fellowship, the College also has a Colby-Oak international Scholarship program for students who have suffered or whose families have suffered political oppression, including political torture. Additional Oak scholarships are awarded to other international students, with two reserved for students from Zimbabwe and with a preference for one or two students from Denmark.

For more information, contact:

Parker Beverage
Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid
Colby College
Waterville, Maine 04901, U.S.A.
e-mail: admissions@colby.edu
phone: 800-723-3032
fax: 207-859-4828