by Laura Power | Apr 2, 2014 | Americas, Partners Out and About, Recent Posts, Standard of Living
Self Help International (SHI) in Nicaragua educates farmers in cultivation and post-harvest practices, feeds young children, and introduces water chlorination systems among the the rural poor.In the 2012 grant cycle, Project Redwood awarded SHI a grant to help build...
by Laura Power | Mar 27, 2014 | Partners Out and About, Recent Posts
Over 30 Stanford Graduate School of Business 1980 classmates and an equal number of spouses, friends, and guests converged on grid-locked Washington, DC for a weekend in late October, 2013. When we arrived, the autumn weather turned beautiful, the government shut...
by Laura Power | Mar 27, 2014 | In The News, Recent Posts
The Stanford Magazine published a letter citing Project Redwood’s seven years of accomplishment.Use this LINK to get to the November/December 2013 issue, which carried the letter written by 2013 Project Redwood Co-Chairs, Rich Jerdonek and Phil...
by Laura Power | Mar 17, 2014 | Americas, Partners Out and About, Recent Posts, Standard of Living
For the last couple of years, Jorge Fernandez has heavily invested his time and skills to help four-time Project Redwood grantee Compatible Technologies International (CTI) bring clean water to rural villagers of Nicaragua, one of the poorest countries in the western...
by Rich Jerdonek | Mar 13, 2014 | Americas, Partners Out and About, Recent Posts, Standard of Living
In November 2013, five Project Redwood partners traveled to Nicaragua to visit the sites of several funded projects.Rich Jerdonek in a pottery cooperative, with the proprietor.We flew into Managua over Lake Nicaragua, the largest lake in Central America. The view was...
by Jorge Fernandez | Mar 13, 2014 | Americas, Partners Out and About, Recent Posts, Standard of Living
In November 2013, five Project Redwood partners traveled to Nicaragua to visit the sites of several funded projects.Jorge Fernandez, front row left, and the Project Redwood team in Nicaragua.We saw real poverty among rural Nicaraguans: lack of electricity; dirt floors...
