Partnerships

Peace Corps - The Peace Corps in Cambodia has volunteers who teach at rural high schools. The Peace Corps provides leadership residents, who live in the Harpswell dormitories and teach English, it also helps us recruit new students for our dorms, and it gives workshops on leadership to our students. Some of our students do summer internships with the Peace Corps.

Coalition for Adolescent Girls - We are a member partner of the Coaltion for Adolescent Girls, which is a joint venture of the United Nations and the Nike Foundation dedicated to improve the lives of adolescent girls around the world, particularly in third world countries.

A New Day Cambodia - This NGO provides shelter and educational opportunities to street children in Phnom Penh. Our Harpswell students go to the New Day Cambodia facility twice a month and serve as mentors and role models to the children there.

AIESEC - This is an international exchange program for college students. Our Harpswell students have taken their leadership training, and AIESEC students from various countries will have residencies in our dormitories.

D-Lab at MIT - D-Lab is an interdisciplinary program at MIT, combining architecture, engineering, and other fields to improve the quality of life in developing countries through the creation and implementation of low cost technologies. Harpswell staff and students consult with D-lab on their projects in Cambodia to redesign schools and promote education in rural communities.

Northeastern University - Through its international Co-op program, Northeastern has sent its students to be leadership residents at our Harpswell dormitories. Harpswell, in turn, sent one of our graduated students for a year of post-graduate study at Northeastern.

Agnes Scott College - Agnes Scott College has sent some of its students to be leadership residents at our Harpswell dormitories. Harpswell, in turn, has sent two of our graduated students for a year of post-graduate study at Agnes Scott. We also plan to have further collaboration with Agnes Scott through their new initiative in Women's Global Leadership.

Bowdoin College - Harpswell has sent two of our graduated students for a year of post-graduate study at Bowdoin. We also hope to begin receiving a Bowdoin student each summer to serve as a leadership resident at our Harpswell dormitories in Phnom Penh.

Graduated Harpswell students Dany So (third from left) and Sophea But (sixth from left) at the International Fashion Show at Agnes Scott College, Fall 2010. Dany and Sophea are doing a year of post-graduate study at Agnes Scott, 2010 - 2011.