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Martyna Purchla

Health Sciences
SFU Student

/ 25 April 2012 /
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In the summer of 2011, four SFU Health Sciences Co-op students, Martyna, Silvia, Lindsay and Christine went on an INCREDIBLE 4-month work term to India.  Working with Destiny Reflection, an organization whose goal is to empower female victims of human trafficking to become self-sufficient through dignified employment.  Their blog series, SFU Health Sciences Takes India!, captures some of the experiences on their life changing journey.

Martyna provides a tour of the neighbourhood where the SFU Health Sciences Co-op Team working at Destiny Reflection in India live.

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Intercultural Communication
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Workplace Culture
Co-op Reflections
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Health Sciences
Destiny Reflection
Kolkata
India
Martyna Purchla
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