VILLAGE JOURNALING WITH JESSICA
Jessica Shewan, the Jubilee Village Project’s first ever intern, is sharing her story of “life in the village” at The World Next Door website. Jessica Shewan is a journalist and graduated in 2009 from The University of Evansville with a bachelor’s degree in History. She loves making new international friends and is passionate about seeing the global church pursue justice.
Irine (Jubilee Scholar) and Jessica (Jubilee Intern)
Jessica travelled with and was introduced to the people of Kager village by Linn Asbury, JVP Education Global Partner, and will be living in Kager for six weeks. During this time, she will be conducting over 50 Household Surveys to help JVP establish “baseline measures” to monitor the village’s progress to achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by 2015. Jessica will also be interviewing and sharing the stories of villagers whose lives are beingn transformed through their participation in a variety of Jubilee Village Project programs.
Click here to link to Jessica’s stories on the World Next Door website.