tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7844206380505959862024-03-19T04:48:30.352-04:00Market based approaches that work, PERIOD.Founder; Chief Instigating Officer, Elizabeth Scharpfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16686772789001109507noreply@blogger.comBlogger178125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-784420638050595986.post-59327547179618356322014-04-14T12:13:00.001-04:002014-04-14T12:13:11.894-04:00Visit our New Website!Hi SHE Trailblazers,<br /><br />We have launched our new website that also features our new brand identity for SHE and our SHE28 campaign! <br /><br />Check it out:<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWB549dwzh78WJwpLlqzkgCoEtUyZPNBvbh_nC5FsxApEDW1kCYcczgaFKua8P8dWuCqL1wjsfiLKqo4OPBVtQ4V8XcfVeDXdIc6tGLydq9_n6Ag9fXoRg44mNknBcKM52zkq0r_Nd5SU/s1600/logoshe_Red.png"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWB549dwzh78WJwpLlqzkgCoEtUyZPNBvbh_nC5FsxApEDW1kCYcczgaFKua8P8dWuCqL1wjsfiLKqo4OPBVtQ4V8XcfVeDXdIc6tGLydq9_n6Ag9fXoRg44mNknBcKM52zkq0r_Nd5SU/s1600/logoshe_Red.png" width="158" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2eTNNGsS516_iOAhde9r_-A9PFHaH_PHpLXZdYuj2p8jeFJ-9qGB2q4UQh24JMBwrGzOcH8h1xCRnKxTjPkBlAmheKVHFNDmRncRV2OTncn1r5-9iaFi_L3l4BxH9V87rKNo0mpkcEEM/s1600/She_28_Large.png"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2eTNNGsS516_iOAhde9r_-A9PFHaH_PHpLXZdYuj2p8jeFJ-9qGB2q4UQh24JMBwrGzOcH8h1xCRnKxTjPkBlAmheKVHFNDmRncRV2OTncn1r5-9iaFi_L3l4BxH9V87rKNo0mpkcEEM/s1600/She_28_Large.png" width="141" /></a><br /><br /><br />We also switched from Blogger to Wordpress so follow our new blog<a href="https://www.blogger.com/goog_1560641812"> </a><a href="http://sheinnovates.com/blog/">http://sheinnovates.com/blog/</a><br /><br />Make sure to visit our new website today at http://sheinnovates.com!
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Everybody needs inspiration every once and while and that includes us! </span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The SHE Global Team gets a boost each week with a feisty, kick-butt quote that </span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">keeps us going at full speed ahead. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">CeCe Camacho, SHE COO, Global, is our quote curator and she always seems to know the right quote for each week. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Check out our selection of quotes if you need a feisty boost of inspiration for every hump day (Wednesday) of the week!</span><br />
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<b><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“Being tough doesn’t mean being nasty, difficult, or unreasonable. It means being tenacious and refusing to give in or give up.”</span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>"Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value." </b></span></div>
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SHE http://www.blogger.com/profile/06699558444435276923noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-784420638050595986.post-24388477235443494422014-02-12T15:05:00.000-05:002014-02-12T15:05:03.883-05:00Happy National Inventors' Day!<div>
You don't have to celebrate only Valentine's Day this week, because today is National Inventor's Day!<br /><br />While the most famous of inventors and makers in history is Thomas Edison, there are thousands of unknown inventors and makers that are improving lives, health and incomes. Did you know who invented the toilet? Believe it or not, it's not Thomas Crapper, but Sir John Harington. <div>
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In honor of the day, let's share the love with the maker types among us and spread the word about our patent-pending innovation of transforming banana fiber into fluff! </div>
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SHE http://www.blogger.com/profile/06699558444435276923noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-784420638050595986.post-22080821558284278182013-12-12T15:26:00.002-05:002013-12-12T15:43:21.840-05:00A few more additions to the SHE holiday office party<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Earlier this year, we set up shop for our large-scale production in the Ngoma district. In the past few months, we have built out our factory, added electricity and water, installed our machinery, and have successfully produced fluff! These are huge wins!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now, we are on our way to making pads, and we have built a great team at our Ngoma production site. Without further ado, meet our latest SHE Trailblazers that are part of Team SHE!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />Scroll below to learn more about Nadine, Gaudence, Sandrine, Marie Louise Umulisa, Ernestine, Marie Louise Murereyimana, Christine, and Sam!</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><iframe allowfullscreen="true" height="384" mozallowfullscreen="true" src="http://files.photosnack.com/iframejs/embed.html?hash=p7nf2kkc&t=1386878503" style="border: none;" webkitallowfullscreen="true" width="576"></iframe></span>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /><br /><b><i> Nadine (first photo):</i></b> My name is Nadine and I am passionate about learning new things. Before joining SHE, I was working as an accountant at Anglican church. What I like about SHE's work is that I making products with my hands. I want to pursue my studies in technology because with technology things always change. I also like fashion. In my free time, I like to sing, follow fashion trends and watch movies.<br /><br /><b><i>Gaudence (at left in second photo): </i></b>My name is Gaudence but everyone calls me Mimi. I studied literature and linguistics at secondary school. Prior to joining SHE, I was working as a matron in at a boarding school in Matimba. I am glad that I am learning how to make pads, since it's a very useful product that I can't live without each month. I like that SHE is making pads at an affordable price. In my free time, I like to pray, help my parents with house work, and to sing in a choir. My dream is to have a happy family and be able to provide all things that my children need.<br /><br /><b><i>Sandrine (at right in second photo): </i></b>My name is Sandrine. I am married with 3 children - I have 1 boy and 2 girls. At school, I studied electricity. I am very excited to be a SHE employee because I want to pursue my career in the technical field. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When I heard about SHE and its work, I thought it would be a nice place for me to work for as a woman. Usually no one talks about menstruation in public and I like that SHE is trying to change things. My dream is to continue my studies in a technical field. This is my first time working in a factory and I am proud of that because I was once told that women could never work in a factory. I'm glad that SHE has now made that possible.<br /><br /><b><i>Marie Louise U (third photo with banana fiber):</i></b> I am married and have two children, a daughter and a son. Prior to joining SHE, I had a small shop selling food. I am a local leader in charge of development in my village. Since joining SHE, my life has changed. I have made new friends among my colleagues and decided to return to school to learn English.<br /><br />When I tell my friends that I work at the factory that makes pads, they are impressed and this makes me feel proud. My dream is to pursue my studies in community development and launch an organization that assists people like SHE.<br /><br /><b><i>Ernestine (fourth photo): </i></b>Before working with SHE, I was working with Tigo as a money transfer agent. I like being a part of SHE because it deals with menstruation and help people to have access to pads. I also enjoy that I am learning new things on the job.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In my free time, I like hanging out with friends, and singing in a choir. My dream is to pursue my studies in sociology and become an entrepreneur.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i style="font-weight: bold;">Christine (fifth photo): </i>I studied Information and Technology at secondary school and worked as a salesperson for a fertilizer company. SHE has given me the opportunity to learn new things and also help my community.</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />Many people still lack access to the right information about menstruation so it's important that SHE continue to take the lead and inform people. </span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In the future, I would like to build a nice house for my parents and pursue my studies. </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /><br /> <b><i>Marie Louise M. (sixth photo wearing a mask):</i></b> I am married and have one son. What I liked about SHE is that it employs women to work in a factory. It is unusual for women to be working in a factory since many bosses fear that when a woman become pregnant, she will not work as hard as a man.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I also serve as a community health worker in my village. I have realized that menstruation itself is not a problem; the problem is that girls and women do not know how to manage it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ever since I was young, I dreamt of becoming a doctor. Although I am not one, I am happy to be working in the health sector. Today I dream of working hard to be able to support my family and to have a happy life. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /> <b><i>Samuel (last photo): </i></b>At secondary school, I studied car mechanics. Before joining SHE, I worked in a hair salon that I also own. I like my job at SHE because it fits with my career goals. I am learning new things and also enjoy my colleagues.</span></div>
SHE http://www.blogger.com/profile/06699558444435276923noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-784420638050595986.post-6838696895537685612013-11-20T12:03:00.003-05:002013-12-03T12:24:08.875-05:00#SHEReclaims Holiday Campaign has Launched!<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Today is the launch of our SHE RECLAIMS Holiday Campaign.</span></span></h4>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What does <span style="color: #c2272d;"><strong>SHE RECLAIMS</strong></span> mean? It means much more than transforming leftover banana fiber into SHE LaunchPad.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />It means that for the 3,000 Rwandan school girls who will receive our pads next year, the <span style="color: #c2272d;"><strong>SHE</strong></span> LaunchPad will help them <span style="color: #c2272d;"><strong>RECLAIM</strong></span> their education, productivity, health, and dignity.<br /><br /><strong>Here are a few ways that you can trailblaze with us:</strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /><span style="color: #222222;">1. <a href="https://www.stayclassy.org/checkout/donation?eid=28892" target="_blank">Investing today </a>in our large-scale production pilot to deliver SHE LaunchPads to 3,000 Rwandan schoolgirls for the 2014 school year.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #222222;">2. Introducing us to your friends, family, and your 7th grade teacher by sharing our </span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKmt7PwYPCY" target="_blank"><span style="color: #cc0000;">SHE</span><span style="color: #222222;">28 campaign video </span></a></span></div>
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<li style="color: #222222; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A 3-cent maxi-pad can change the world. I am helping girls reclaim their place in the classroom by joining @SHEnterprises #SHERECLAIMS (<a data-cke-saved-href="http://clicktotweet.com/GDPuA" href="http://clicktotweet.com/GDPuA" target="_self">click to tweet</a>)</span></li>
<li style="color: #222222; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Investing in girls’ hygiene is KEY to reclaiming education, health, productivity & dignity #SHERECLAIMS (<a data-cke-saved-href="http://clicktotweet.com/7jUEe" href="http://clicktotweet.com/7jUEe" target="_self">click to tweet</a>)</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Girls should not miss out because they lack access to maxi-pads & menstrual education! Join me in helping #SHERECLAIM her right to dignity (<a href="http://clicktotweet.com/BP0cp" target="_blank">click to tweet</a>)</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I’m helping girls RECLAIM their full potential at school with access to maxi-pads @SHEnterprises. Together, #SHERECLAIM dignity for all (<a href="http://clicktotweet.com/MTIfG" target="_blank">click to tweet</a>)</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">4. Sharing our SHE RECLAIMS campaign images on Facebook:</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.sheinnovates.com/images/SHE%20Reclaims%20Holiday%20Campaign%20Images%202013/SHE_Reclaims_healtheducation.jpg" target="_blank">Download here</a></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">Photo Credit and Design: </span><a href="http://tashmccarroll.com/" style="font-size: 13px; text-align: center;" target="_blank">Tash McCarroll Photography</a><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Together, we can #SHERECLAIM dignity for all.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'll be sharing more about the SHE Reclaims Holiday Campaign over the coming weeks. In the meantime, please join us this holiday season.<br /><em><br /></em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>Stay tuned!</em><br /><br />Elizabeth and the entire <span style="color: #c2272d;"><strong>SHE</strong></span> team</span></div>
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SHE http://www.blogger.com/profile/06699558444435276923noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-784420638050595986.post-71429859885063795612013-10-28T12:26:00.000-04:002013-10-29T17:14:28.835-04:00Woot woot! Elizabeth Scharpf and Julian Kayibanda are 2013 Grinnell Prize Winners<br />
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The 2013 Grinnell Prize—a $100,000 award presented to young innovators in social justice - has been awarded to Chief Instigating Officer Elizabeth Scharpf and COO, Rwanda, Julian Kayibanda! If any of you are in Iowa next week from November 3 - 9, you will have a chance to meet Elizabeth and Julian during the week-long Grinnell Prize Symposium!<br />
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The Grinnell College Young Innovator for Social Justice Prize (also known as the Grinnell Prize) honors individuals under the age of 40 who have demonstrated leadership in their fields and who show creativity, commitment and extraordinary accomplishment in effecting positive social change. Each prize carries an award of $100,000, half to each winning individual (or individuals) and half to an organization committed to the winner’s area of social justice. For more information, including information go to <a href="http://www.grinnell.edu/grinnellprize">www.grinnell.edu/grinnellprize</a>.<br />
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Read the press release here: <a href="http://t.co/kb03CJuALH">http://prn.to/19N6cQs </a><br />
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Watch our Grinnell Prize Award video here:
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<br />SHE http://www.blogger.com/profile/06699558444435276923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-784420638050595986.post-63018592803483607932013-10-25T11:30:00.000-04:002013-10-25T11:30:00.816-04:00Large-scale fluff production has begun! <i>Editor Note: Have you been dying to know what's been happening at our Ngoma production site? The wait is over! You can learn first-hand from Tyson Huffman, MacGyver-in-Residence, in our mini blog series in three parts. Read today's final post out of our mini series. Don't forget to check out <a href="http://sheinnovates.blogspot.com/2013/10/greetings-from-land-of-thousand-hills.html" target="_blank">Part 1</a> and <a href="http://sheinnovates.blogspot.com/2013/10/from-four-walls-to-up-and-running.html" target="_blank">Part 2</a>!</i><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="text-align: left;">Come meet our production team: Gaudance, Ernestine, Sandrine, Louise, Christine, Nadine, and Daniel, along with Sylvere, our Business Development Officer (in red shirt).</i></td></tr>
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As I write this, we are in full fluff production at our facility! We have hired eight employees and a manager and they are performing above expectations. We ran our machines all day for three days and produced copious amounts of high quality fluff that are ready to become LaunchPads.<br />
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Again, how did we get to the point where we are producing fluff? We have the tools, we have the people, and now we have the fluff. Even though we were still working out the kinks we produced a lot of fluff. As I write this I have been watching our manager, Daniel, work out some bugs the refiner is having. I’ve only had to help him once. He is currently teaching a team member to troubleshoot problems. As a restaurant manager, I found the two hardest things to find in a manager are someone who can quickly troubleshoot and train his colleagues. We have hitched our wagon to a star here with Daniel.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">From banana fiber to fluff: our team and facility in action!</td></tr>
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We will soon have more fluff than we know what to do with. Maybe we could manufacture pillows on the side? I have a few more ideas that I may be able to get done before I leave. They will speed up some of the process.<br />
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For all of our supporters, followers, and team members I have one last message: WE DID IT GUYS, THANKS TO YOU!SHE http://www.blogger.com/profile/06699558444435276923noreply@blogger.com0Ngoma, Rwanda-2.5439657 29.768661399999928-2.5756917 29.728320899999929 -2.5122397000000003 29.809001899999927tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-784420638050595986.post-90432083770605430912013-10-24T11:40:00.000-04:002013-10-24T11:40:01.026-04:00From Four Walls to Up and Running<i>Editor Note: Have you been dying to know what's been happening at our Ngoma production site? You can learn first-hand from Tyson Huffman, MacGyver-in-Residence, in our mini blog series in three parts. Today is Part 2 of 3. Missed Part 1? <a href="http://sheinnovates.blogspot.com/2013/10/greetings-from-land-of-thousand-hills.html">Read it here.</a></i> <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sylvere, Julian, and Tyson at our Ngoma production facility</td></tr>
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How did we get there? Sweat, determination, patience, and a little savvy thrown in for good measure. There were road bumps and unexpected issues but Marines know how to adapt and overcome. This is the mindset I brought to SHE. <br />
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We faced some initial challenges when I arrived to the production site. The first concrete we installed for the floor was unstable, like mud. We had to replace a motor. We then had to replace said motor because our electrician wired it incorrectly. Our initial water plan had to be revamped into a recycled water system. We’ve had to learn and improve the refiner. Our Fitz mill clogged every time we used it.<br />
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Some were easy and others were tough fixes. The water system was my favorite design of the project. We initially planned to let the water flow onto the floor and then outside into a 9 meter sump. (The guy dug this by hand. He must have the strongest back in the world.) It proved to be too much water and was just too messy. We dug a 1 meter deep sump at the base of the refiner, then built a grate over top of it and put a pump with a float inside. It required us to install another smaller tank to hold recycled water. I piped it in such a way that our team members never have to turn a valve or turn on a pump for it to work. Water rarely flows in Ngoma. This system ensures that we will never have to stop the process for lack of water. <br />
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Other problems proved to be easy fixes. We had no washers, so we used bottle tops. Our motor burned so we replaced it. We slightly altered the refiner to adapt it to fibers rather than wood pulp. When the Fitz Mill became clogged, we cut out two bars and it worked perfectly. Much of the equipment we use here does not exist so we manufactured it. We made steps and a platform for workers to stand on. A box was manufactured to catch pulp. The crates that the machine came in were used to make a large table for fiber cutting and a desk for our manager. We even used the nails.<br />
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We started this project with four walls and a plan. We have installed electricity, wired our machines, and placed them on concrete. In order to place the machines on concrete, we used 15 men and 2” x 4”. That was a feat. We have installed plumbing to the building, plumbed our machines, and installed two large tanks. A mission well accomplished!<br />
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<i>Tune in tomorrow to learn about the successful replication of our fluff-making technology on an industrial-scale and meet our new SHE team members that work at our production facility!</i>SHE http://www.blogger.com/profile/06699558444435276923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-784420638050595986.post-6833640044240295812013-10-23T11:22:00.000-04:002013-10-23T18:16:18.228-04:00Greetings from the Land of Thousand Hills!<div>
<i>Editor Note: Have you been dying to know what's been happening at our Ngoma production site? You can learn first-hand from Tyson Huffman, MacGyver-in-Residence, in our mini blog series in three parts. Read Part 1 of 3 today and stay tuned for the rest of the series!</i></div>
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Greetings from the Land of a Thousand Hills or as Rwandans say, the Land of a Thousand Beautiful People! <br />
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So how did I get here? It’s because <a href="http://www.sheinnovates.com/" target="_blank">Sustainable Health Enterprises</a> realized that lack of access to affordable pads while menstruating is a big problem for girls and women in developing
countries. Women miss school and work
for nearly 50 days a year. This causes
them to fall behind. SHE decided that
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SHE came up with a plan to produce pads from banana
fiber. Banana fiber is a waste product
of agriculture and therefore affordable to buy.
SHE enlisted the help of MIT and NC State who came up with a process to
turn the banana fiber into a highly absorbent fluff using paper-making
equipment. The most amazing thing is
that this patent-pending process uses no chemicals. SHE proved they could make pads on a
small-scale at both NCSU and Kigali Institute of Technology, but wanted to
bring large-scale production so millions of girls and women in Rwanda can have
access to its pads. So, it sent over equipment to Rwanda and were ready to set
up shop. This was no small task. Now where could they find a guy that is bold
enough to join and help SHE pull it off?
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That would be me, Tyson.
I seem to attract unique situations and people. I’ve had a wild ride so far. I am a former Marine, restaurant manager, and
apple farmer. I’ve done a little construction, was a security guard, and worked
as process engineer at a large paper mill.
I am currently a student at NC State in their Paper Science &
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I would be remiss if I did not also give a shout out to my
right hand man, Sylvere, SHE’s Business Development Officer. He has been my interpreter, guide, and friend
since I first arrived in Kigali. For the
most part, we have been together every waking hour. He taught me how to navigate the landscape of
Rwanda, and I couldn’t have done it without him. He is one of the most interesting and capable
people I have ever met. I have no doubt
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SHE http://www.blogger.com/profile/06699558444435276923noreply@blogger.com0Ngoma, Rwanda-2.5439657 29.768661399999928-2.5756917 29.728320899999929 -2.5122397000000003 29.809001899999927tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-784420638050595986.post-25188284107999077492013-10-21T11:18:00.001-04:002013-10-21T11:18:04.194-04:00Girls Just Wanna Have...SHE celebrated the second annual International Day of the Girl (October 11th) in Rwanda and in the U.S. by doing what we do best: making menstruation matter by instigating awareness.<br />
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We kicked off celebrations with a call-in show on Radio Rwanda. SHE Rwanda COO Julian was featured on Radio Rwanda to discuss how SHE LaunchPads and our education and advocacy initiatives are help to advance girls' improvement in education. The most popular segment of the program was when listeners called in with their own questions. Guess who called in with the most questions: men! Yes, men called in not only to ask questions, but to declare their support for SHE!<br />
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The celebrations continued in Rwanda when SHE's Marketing Officer Gerardine attended at FAWE and UNFPA's Day of the Girl event in Rubavu. Students performed poems, songs, artwork, and skits that focused on this year's Day of the Girl theme, "Innovations in Girls' Education". The Executive Secretary of the Kanama sector also spoke and congratulated ongoing efforts by parents, teachers, and other stakeholders for investing in the girls' and supporting efforts to end gender-based violence.<br />
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The SHE Global team celebrated Day of the Girl too. UNICEF gave us the opportunity to <a href="http://sheinnovates.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c7e44ba372a42aeb0ea900db7&id=03748e69f0&e=fda7d7d2ac">show the world </a>our SHE LaunchPad as an example of great innovation to improve girls' education at their global event along with innovations from the Girl Scouts, Girls Who Code, and Intel/Stanford.<br />
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SHE's Connie Lewin and Ali Sugarman, a SHE intern and all-round SHE advocate, showcased our LaunchPad to an audience of 200+ that included Day of the Girl youth advocates, UN, UNICEF, and Plan International leaders, ABC News's David Muir and actress Freida Pinto!<br />
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International Day of the Girl may be over, but you can still keep celebrating! Sign the <a href="http://www.girleffect.org/2015-beyond/the-declaration/" target="_blank">The Girl Declaration</a>, a call to action to put girls at the heart of the post-2015 development agenda. You can also celebrate by shaking along to Beyonce's "Who runs the world? Girls" too!SHE http://www.blogger.com/profile/06699558444435276923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-784420638050595986.post-43161487141593767472013-10-14T15:10:00.001-04:002013-10-14T15:10:09.755-04:00Viva SHE,Viva Girls We Serve and Viva One Young World! <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<i><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ed Note: Business Development Officer Sylvere was selected by MTN Rwanda to represent the country of Rwanda at the global conference, One Young World Summit, a global gathering of young people from around the world, helping them make lasting connections to create positive change. Check out what happened!</span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">First and foremost, I want to give a word of thanks to the whole <span style="color: #cc0000;">SHE </span>team, all of whom give me strength and help me to realize my full potential. Your love and your professionalism gives me the energy to keep moving forward. I also thank MTN Group for sponsoring me so I can attend the 2013 OYW Summit 2013.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">All I can say is wow, wowwww! This is our time as young people to shake down the barriers to change within our countries and change what remains difficult. I learned that the word "impossible" doesn't exist. I was excited to come back to Rwanda and get involved in every single aspect of development in Rwanda. Of course as a young person, I wanted to immediately come back and start!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The One Young World summit has become my #1 source of inspiration. Kofi Annan, the former secretary general of the UN inspired me when he said that "when the leaders fail to lead, take a lead and make them follow." </span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For me, this was great to hear and I learned that I do have the ability to create positive change here in Rwanda. For example, it's a girl's right to not miss school due to the lack of access to affordable sanitary pads; it is a girl's right to have a proper education around menstrual health; and SHE must continue to make these rights a reality. We are the solution!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We must spread the word until leaders of this country understand that girls are missing school between 4 to 6 days every month due to lack of menstrual health education and lack of access to the sanitation facilities/products and we should break the silence around menstruation. SHE's business development and market-based solution are what developing countries need to welcome and integrate them into their annual programs.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">People should not only think about making money from communities. Instead, they should think of how we can improve our overall community, and that is what we at SHE are doing! That's what SHE's mission of investing into people and ideas that are typically overlooked (and often taboo) as vehicles of social and economic change is all about.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When I arrived at One Young World, I had a mission to talk about SHE28 and our initiative of addressing lack of access to affordable sanitary pads in Rwanda. I didn't give up and One Young World's organizers Kat Robertson and David Jones provided me the chance to take the mic and present SHE in one minute.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Everyone that I met wanted to get involved in helping SHE! Speaking about SHE on stage was an amazing opportunity.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I learned a lot at One Young World too. I did not know that in Swaziland over than 25% of the whole population lives with HIV/AIDS and it is our responsibility to help reduce that percentage. I learned a lot about international perception about the United States government decisions toward countries. I learned about the political climate in the U.S. when it comes to Obamacare. I didn't really know at what extent that malaria is killing people in sub-Saharan Africa. But now I know and I am ready to provide any help I can.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In summary, I got to know that education is a powerful weapon that you can use to fight against poverty and entrepreneurship is a long-term solution than aid alone. I also learned that social enterprise are a solution to end extreme poverty and it is up to us young people to make it happen. It is my role to push Rwandan officials to support the social enterprises in my country!</span></div>
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SHE is celebrating International Day of the Girl in Rwanda and globally! You can join us too!<br />
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SHE Rwanda kicked off celebrations by hosting a radio show in which callers asked questions about menstruation and the challenges girls and women face in accessing pads and health education. The celebrations will continue with SHE Rwanda next week too. Stay tuned!<br />
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We are so excited to be invited to showcase our LaunchPad in celebration of International Day of the Girl!<br />
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To mark the International Day of the Girl Child and bring attention to this year’s theme, Innovating for Girls’ Education, UNICEF will present examples of innovation in the area of girls’ education and has invited SHE to showcase our SHE LaunchPad, as an example of the importance and power of harnessing innovation to improve girls’ education.<br />
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<li>Share our SHE28 campaign video with your family and friends on Facebook. Click this link to share the word on Facebook: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?s=100&p[url]=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKmt7PwYPCY&p[images][0]=&p[title]=Learn%20how%20a%20maxi-pad%20can%20change%20the%20world%20-%20watch%20the%20SHE28%20campaign%20video!&p[summary]=I%20believe%20that%20a%205-cent%20maxi-pad%20can%20change%20the%20world.%20Find%20out%20how%20SHE%20is%20making%20that%20happen" target="_blank">Join us to launch girls and women one pad at a time.</a></li>
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How a 5-cent maxi-pad is a gamechanger: SHE LaunchPad helps girls RECLAIM their place in the classroom: <a href="http://bit.ly/15X2r7m">http://bit.ly/15X2r7m </a>#dayofthegirl</ul>
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SHE http://www.blogger.com/profile/06699558444435276923noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-784420638050595986.post-21893573262335251262013-10-09T12:07:00.001-04:002013-10-09T12:13:02.448-04:00Don't miss! Chief Instigating Officer Elizabeth Scharpf's Op-Ed<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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SHE http://www.blogger.com/profile/06699558444435276923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-784420638050595986.post-19167257291149119972013-10-01T12:39:00.000-04:002013-10-28T10:47:14.589-04:00The HAHA Beat: Bringing Menstruation to the Table<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>While our industrial-scale manufacturing pilot is in motion, our HAHA team (Health and Hygiene Advocacy) team is also laying the groundwork to ensure long-term access to menstrual hygiene education and products (including our SHE LaunchPad) .<br /><br />Here's our latest update on all things health and hygiene-related!</i><br />--------------</span><br />
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<li>SHE presented its case study at UNESCO’s inaugural Menstrual Hygiene conference in Kenya.</li>
<li><a href="http://sheinnovates.blogspot.com/2013/08/the-haha-beat-shes-instigating-at-work.html" target="_blank">SHE instigated the passing of the East African Legislative Assembly</a> (EALA) resolution urging partner states to waive taxes on sanitary pads in the region to increase their availability and affordability, thanks to ongoing support by Rwandan parliamentarian Dr. Odette Nyiramilimo. </li>
<li>SHE presented on menstrual hygiene management (MHM) at the Girl Learning summit that was hosted by Girl Hub Rwanda and Nike Foundation. SHE’s presentation has garnered interest among several schools.</li>
<li>SHE continues to add new partners with its “Breaking the Silence” campaign. Local schools and organizations have invited us to lead MHM awareness.</li>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We’re looking for a highly motivated individual who wants to spur social and economic change and work with an innovative, international award winning social venture, Sustainable Health Enterprises (SHE), and its first initiative, SHE28, a campaign that is addressing femalesʼ lack of access to affordable menstrual pads. SHE has been featured by Nick Kristof in The New York Times, NPR, and PBS Newshour. President Bill Clinton is even a fan of</span><a href="http://sheinnovates.blogspot.com/2009/09/cgi-2009-enough-said_25.html" style="line-height: 1.15; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="color: #1155cc; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">SHE and our LaunchPad</span></a><span style="font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - he got to see it firsthand at the Clinton Global Initiative!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Meet Sereena, Del, Natalie and Natalie! Their perspectives are unique and their passion for global health is evident. You will get to learn more about each of our interns in the near future! </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sereena Singh is currently an MPH student at New York University concentrating in Community and International Health. For her undergrad, she attended Rutgers University graduating with Bachelor’s in Public Health. Initially, her interest in Public Health began at Rutgers and her passion for women’s health peaked ever further throughout her studies.</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /><br />Sereena has been working at the Mt. Sinai School of Medicine as a clinical research coordinator for about 2 years now. She recently worked at UNICEF India on international development issues for local villages in Bhopal. In her free time, she enjoys arts and crafts, especially DIY projects. She also has a guilty pleasure for reality shows, and will watch almost anything!<br /><br /> </span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />Delaram Farshad recently completed her MPH focusing on Maternal & Child, at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver. Prior to joining the team, Delaram worked with UNICEF NY HQ- Nutrition & Health Unit and was involved in various community nutrition and rural health projects abroad in India, Swaziland and Bolivia. She is passionate about global health advocacy, women's health and community empowerment. Currently, Delaram is living in the Arctic region of Canada, working to promote health, community development and learning traditional Indigenous culture. Delaram's love for diversity and curiosity for travel, has afforded her opportunities to work in diverse rural and cross cultural settings, interacting with people from all walks of life. In her spare time, she loves to exercise her creativity, interact with people from different cultures and practice yoga.</span></div>
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SHE http://www.blogger.com/profile/06699558444435276923noreply@blogger.com0Ngoma, Rwanda-2.5439657 29.768661399999928-2.5756917 29.728320899999929 -2.5122397000000003 29.809001899999927tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-784420638050595986.post-37720023445521847372013-08-29T12:16:00.002-04:002013-08-29T12:16:26.525-04:00We're bringing sexy back, to manufacturing - SHE's Q2 Report<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What happens when you mix President Bill Clinton, Ben and Jerry's, disc refiners, and our LaunchPad? You'll get our latest quarterly update! Check it out and spread the word, bird!</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span>
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SHE http://www.blogger.com/profile/06699558444435276923noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-784420638050595986.post-26482600139835902832013-08-23T09:37:00.000-04:002013-08-26T09:38:11.691-04:00The HAHA Beat: SHE's Instigating at work: EALA pushes for affordable pads<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;">Our instigating efforts are paying forward! Thanks to long-time SHE advocate Dr. Odette Nyiramilimo, whom we met with earlier this year (check out our blog post), the East African Legislative Assembly is pushing for cheaper sanitary pads with a resolution to waive value-added taxes (18% in Rwanda) across East Africa!</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;">Check out the article here: </span><a href="http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.newtimes.co.rw%2Fnews%2Findex.php%3Fi%3D15458%26a%3D69783&h=1AQEm-b4V&s=1" rel="nofollow nofollow" style="background-color: white; color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; line-height: 18px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://www.newtimes.co.rw/<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>news/index.php?i=15458&a=69783</a><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;">Re-visit our blog post about meeting with Dr. Nyiramilimo here: </span><a href="http://sheinnovates.blogspot.com/2013/03/an-end-to-value-added-taxes-is-in-sight.html" rel="nofollow nofollow" style="background-color: white; color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; line-height: 18px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>sheinnovates.blogspot.com/2013/<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>03/<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>an-end-to-value-added-taxes-is-<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>in-sight.html</a></span>SHE http://www.blogger.com/profile/06699558444435276923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-784420638050595986.post-81702929020853195452013-08-22T16:50:00.000-04:002013-08-28T17:43:24.060-04:00Acumen Fellows Regional Trip Update: Rwanda impresses and……<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">I know…I have not been rather forthcoming
with news on my Acumen Fellowship journey. </span><br />
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busy putting together a rather interesting piece for you…. I hope you will love
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">As you might already know, I am 8 months
into the Acumen Regional Fellows program, a journey that I am not only
enjoying, but I am almost sad that it will soon be coming to an end. I am glad, however, that I am paving way
for someone else to live the experience.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The last few months, which featured
workshops and a regional trip (of course the regional trip was made to none
other than my Rwanda), have been rather rewarding with fellows being hosted to
‘social readings’ by Jacqueline Novogratz herself ( and I am assuming you all
know who she is, but if you do not…<a href="http://acumen.org/people/board/jacqueline-novogratz/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">meet her here</span></a>. Applications for the next Fellows are open.
<a href="http://acumen.org/people/board/jacqueline-novogratz/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Apply NOW</span></a>). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">We were hosted to readings from the works of Chinua Achebe (RIP), Dr. Martin Luther
King Jr. and JJ Rousseau among others, which triggered interesting schools of thought.
We still ponder over them.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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learning and in company of the Acumen Global Fellows. </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">We mastered the art of
communication from lovely Abigail and Michael from Virtuozo and also enjoyed
lots of games. I cannot fail to mention the special treat of attending a Masai cultural festival and
returning home with a traditional dress.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The regional trip (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">which serves as a learning platform on social change models in the
region</b>) was another eye opener for all of us in one way or the other. </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">In
Rwanda, all fellows got a feel of what and how things are done. </span><br />
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rural people as well.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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‘MVPs, I was personally moved by the fact that health workers keep calendars of
who needs to have their antenatal care and remind them, every woman, not only
has access to antenatal care, but to a reminder, courtesy of the health
workers. I almost wished I lived in that part of the country where I am
reminded to go see my doctor. Super!<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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the fellows project on coffee processing, we made our first stop to a school. This school that has been set up to cater for educational needs of coffee farmers’
children, since they live so far away from most schools. The young children sung for
us and it brought tears of joy as I observed how their lives are being changed by
coffee growing. Who said that coffee is all about drinking!<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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but also challenged our understanding and perception of leaders and what
leadership means ( I am struggling not to mention the word leader… my Acumen
Fellows know what I mean..).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">To this particular school of thought (and I would
love to hear your mixed feelings/arguments); there is no such a thing as a
leader and it gets better! While every person in authority has been labeled a
leader, it’s interesting to know that <i>"Leadership is not a role, it’s an
activity and ability to mobilize people to address issues in a community." </i></span><br />
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leave you to grapple with that. Challenging in all of this though is the
realization that even to perform such acts of leadership, we need a purpose.
And my question to all readers and ‘leaders’ is this: <i>"What is your purpose?" </i>Think
about what drives you.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">If you know the Acumen Fellowship structure,
you probably know that we are at the drawing table putting together a
collaborative project. In our last seminar we has an opportunity to brainstorm
on the best alternative; we have two projects which you will learn of in the
next episode.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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and no play. In our launch of the ‘Regional Fellows Program’ in Nairobi, we had
a chance to dine, wine and dance with Acumen well-wishers along with some of the
global team members and Fellows. In Kigali, the fellows had an experience of the
local traditional dance, while in Kampala, the group not only
enlisted themselves at Silk Club but also felt the sting of the famous ‘Traffic
jam’ of Kampala.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the next cohort of East Africa Fellows, so <a href="http://acumen.org/leaders/regional-fellows/east-africa/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">make sure to apply</span> </a>if my journey has inspired you!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Well, we at SHE have got one (minus the long hair). Tyson is on his way to join Julian, Sylvere, and the rest of our team rolling out our pilot-industrial pad production in Ngoma, Rwanda. Is he up for the task? Absolutely! His preparation is typical of SHE, that is unique and interesting, with years of pulp and paper science, the Marines, and North Carolina farming under his belt. </span></div>
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SHE http://www.blogger.com/profile/06699558444435276923noreply@blogger.com0Cary, NC, USA35.79154 -78.78111690000002935.3792725 -79.426563900000033 36.203807499999996 -78.135669900000025tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-784420638050595986.post-37771088945809234462013-08-02T15:55:00.001-04:002013-08-02T15:55:06.149-04:00Founder Elizabeth Scharpf named Social Venture Network's 2013 Innovation Awards Winner!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Social Venture Network connects, supports and inspires business leaders and social entrepreneurs in expanding practices that build a just and sustainable economy. Its Innovation Awards Program honors and promote the next generation of leaders who are leveraging the power of business to solve social and environmental problems. </span><div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Three cheers to Elizabeth! </span></div>
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