Training and Trip Opportunities

In Summer 2024, GRIT welcomed three cohorts of interns to Kenya and Uganda. The first cohort spent a week with Project Elimu in Kibera working on the 'It Begins with Her' research project. The second cohort volunteered for the Energy In Action Splash Camp and then partnered with Children's Chance International on community outreach related to menstrual health and  road safety research in Lira. The third cohort partnered with the Trauma and Disability Unit (TRIAD) of the Makerere School of Public Health on a study of burn risk and treatment within informal settlements in Kampala. 

In Summer 2023, GRIT interns traveled to Uganda to undertake research on drowning risks and response around Lake Victoria. 

During USC Spring Break, a group of GRIT interns traveled to Kibera, Nairobi to launch the 'It Begins With Her' research project in partnership with Project Elimu. 

In Summer 2022, GRIT Interns volunteered for the Energy In Action Splash Camp and coordinated Uganda's first large in-person Drowning Prevention Day in partnership with the Ugandan Ministry of Health and other stakeholders. They also engaged in community outrearch activites in Lira with Children's Chance International.