Caitlyn Davis – a junior at Bennington College (VT) – will be presenting her project titled “MAS: Education, Leadership, and Community Development in Rural Guatemala” at TDC’s upcoming 2012 Poverty Action Conference (www.povertyactionconference.org ). Here is a sneak peek at Caitlyn’s project: “Our initiative will support a cohort of girls Read more
This week we highlight student presenter Colleen Kreegan (New York University) and her project: Handmade Peace. Here is a peek at Colleen’s work: “The budding NGO Handmade Peace, created in response to the fragility of sustainable peace in post-conflict nations, exacerbated by stagnant economic development. Immediately after a crisis, regions Read more
Keving Kung – a graduate student in biological engineering at MIT – will be presenting his project titled “Takachar: from Organic Waste to Charcoal” at the 2012 Poverty Action Conference. In his application to present, Kevin states that “Takachar works with local waste-sorting youth groups in Kibera to harness the Read more
The 2012 Poverty Action Conference is this October. Consistent with our values, we are planning the conference to have as little extra expense and environmental impact as possible. Below is our initial brainstorming list. 1. We are asking attendees to bring a reusable coffee mug and water bottle We will Read more
There is a lively and nuanced discussion of the comfort levels chosen by development practitioners in the field. How flying business instead of coach and/or having access to a pool and gated communities can improve the efficiency and effectiveness of short stints in the field, reduce burn out, and/or improve safety. Read more
The economic model of negative externalities has been used to support the fight for environmental justice, claiming that no innocent bystander should be put in harms way for a mess that he or she had no hand in making. The application of this justification has been very successful in battling Read more
No need to look any longer. TDC launches its 2012 Poverty Action Conference. Here is a little something to get you motivated: Let us guess what you have come to expect from other conferences on global poverty targeted at students: Keynotes Motivate Experts Present their Projects You attend, listen intently, ask Read more
This week the TDC team was emailing students to join our Month of Microfinance by participating in our $2 a Day Challenge. A student at Wellesley College thanked us for reaching out, complimented our program (“amazing”), and mentioned another project recently launched on their campus called “Live below the Line” Read more
The TDC team recently came across ThinkImpact. This is an organization that runs a curriculum-based eight-week full-immersion program that, in TDC’s opinion, focuses on all the right stuff! Scholars in the program truly learn about the community they work in, and then hold real conversations with community members about possible Read more
The following post was written by Amy Lockwood over at the Stanford Social Innovation Review. The growing community of students and professionals who are turning their attention to social endeavors as careers is inspiring. As someone who made the career switch from strategy consulting to international development work, I remember Read more