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Jun 16
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Adelante Shoe Co. by Peter Sacco

by tuftsigl

I’ve been here in Guatemala for just over two weeks now, working each day to develop the first Adelante Shoe Co. product line with a select group of craftsmen in Pastores. Each morning I catch a “chicken bus” into town — a tense 20 minutes of abrupt stops and high-speed swerves that leaves me dusty on Pastores’ main road.

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Jun 16
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African Entrepreneur Collective (AEC) in Kigali, Rwanda by Maggie Kellogg

by tuftsigl

As an intern this summer with the African Entrepreneur Collective (AEC) in Kigali, Rwanda, I’ve had the opportunity to see firsthand the challenges faced by businesses in the so-called ‘missing middle’.

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Feb 05
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My Parting Reflections of The Gambia by Whitney Ceesay

by tuftsigl

This visit to The Gambia taught me a lot about opening up to, and even expecting, constant adaptation of plans. I was unable to build the proof of concept food dehydrator that I was trying to build due to the complexity of logistics and the lack of internet to research materials for food safety.

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Jan 13
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Building Solar Food Dehydrators in The Gambia by Whitney Ceeesay

by tuftsigl

Whitney Ceesay, a student in Tufts REAL (Resumed Education for Adult Learning) program, recently traveled to The Gambia to continue work on her solar dehydrating project, empowering women to increase food security in Tanjay, The Gambia.  Whitney’s project was supported with an EMPOWER Scholarship from the IGL.

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Oct 14
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Empower Presentations 2015

by tuftsigl

Empower program fellows presented their projects on October 13, 2015. 

See photos from the student presentations on our Flickr page! 

Empower 2015 fellows: 

 

Abuzar Royesh, One, Two, Three Project, Afghanistan

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Sep 28
Global Research
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Disability Inclusion by Mandana Nakhai

by tuftsigl

I want to turn back to disability inclusion to conclude my time in India, and think beyond financial inclusion a bit. I’m lucky to have had the opportunity to get a glimpse into a program that’s supporting not just the base of the pyramid in India, but a particularly vulnerable segment of it.

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Sep 22
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Entrepreneurial Discoveries by Lauren Smith

by tuftsigl

If an entrepreneur is not pragmatic, then she is likely to fail. My experience this summer conducting market research for my nascent company, ONDA, exemplified this adage. When I arrived in Mexico City at the end of May, I was armed with an idea and a plan to turn it into reality.

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Sep 14
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From PlayPumps to Social Impact Bonds by Bahar Ostadan

by tuftsigl

There are over 1 billion people living in poverty, according to 2011 World Bank estimates. Western intentions to address this figure range from post-colonial shame to altruism, and manifest in direct contributions or through multilateral organizations.

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Sep 08
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Visiting the KLL Regional Clinics by Eliza Davis

by tuftsigl

I’m nearing the end of my internship with Kashmir LifeLine, and have now visited four of the five regional clinics.

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Sep 04
Global Research
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Implementing a cloud-based tool to track drug rehabilitation services and patients in Chile by Gaspar Rodriguez

by tuftsigl

Corporación La Esperanza (CLE) has been offering free outpatient and residential drug rehabilitation services to underserved communities across Chile since 1995. They’ve gone from one clinic to seven throughout this time, allowing them to provide a much needed resource for over 500 men and women every year.

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