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Marissa – Experiencing South Africa Day 8

We start the day off at the beautiful vineyards of Boschendale, where we had our first tasting and wine lesson of the day. Its hot, but a hundred year old oak tree makes the weather in the shade, perfect! Driving through wine country after lunch in Franschoek, we passed the...

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...

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.