Baker Fellows work on community service projects that build capacity for underserved communities locally, nationally, or internationally. Each Baker Fellow must collaborate on his or her project with an MIT faculty member. The faculty member need not necessarily undertake fieldwork with the Fellow (although we welcome this level of collaboration), but must take an active role in helping the Fellow plan the project and must maintain an advisory role as the project is implemented. The Baker Fellowships are funded by the Baker Foundation and administered by the MIT Public Service Center.
Alia Whitney-Johnson, 2006 & 2007 Baker Fellow
Sophomore Alia Whitney-Johnson displays some of the beaded jewelry she is selling to help young rape and incest victims in Sri Lanka. She set this table up at the March 3 MacVicar Day celebration at the Stata Center. Whitney-Johnson, a civil and environmental engineering major, taught the girls to make the jewelry.
Froylan Sifuentes and Kendra Johnson, 2007 Baker Fellows
Froylan and Kendra worked on a water treatment facility in Ecuador. Here, Froylan is directing the construction.
Sadik Antwi-Boampong, 2007 Baker Fellow
Sadik educates the people of Nsuta, Ghana on the value of reading and the importance of the new library.
Baker Foundation members with Baker Fellows (Left to Right, Top: Antone, Froylan, Sadik, Kendra, Alia, Sherry. Bottom: Lizzie, Tina, Jessica), December 2006
Baker Foundation member with Baker Fellows (Left to Right, Tina, Kendra, Froylan, Sadik), February 2007