Tagged: global perspective

Tyrona – Experiencing Nicaragua Day 2

Here’s the Nicaragua crew (L to R) Peter, Ellen, Karen, Kore, Kelly, Ty (me), Ben and Peden! We went into Los Robles to field a focus group with the community to learn what health services are available and what services are needed. The overall goal is to assess the opportunity...

Marissa – Experiencing South Africa Day 7

A lot of people know that I love cars. I really enjoyed talking with the guys at Optimal Energy about their electric car, the Joule, and their marketing strategy. The lead consultant actually lived in my hometown of Detroit for some years! After the hottest day of the trip so...

Ben – Experiencing Nicaragua Day 2

Ben – Experiencing Nicaragua Day 2

Los Robles – We’re waiting for the health clinic to start and getting handshakes and hugs from everybody that comes in. See the baseball field in the background? It’ll be getting much more use in a little bit. Keep in mind that this is a Sunday morning. Look how many...

Tyrona – Experiencing Nicaragua Day 1

Finca El Peten – The view is really breathtaking. John who oversees Communidad Connect (our host) runs the farm Finca el Peten sustainably. For example, only organic pesticides are used and coffee by products are processed into fertilizer.