by prw80team | Mar 11, 2015 | Education, In The News, Standard of Living
NURU International was an early grantee of Project Redwood. NURU is an innovative NGO, started by Jake Harriman, GSB ’08, which fights extreme poverty in Kenya and Ethiopia. Jake has been selected as a member of the inaugural class of Presidential Leadership...
by Laura Power | May 31, 2014 | Africa, Standard of Living
Sometimes, an investment in changing one life can alter the course of many others. That’s the backbone of Project Redwood grantee Educate!’s program in Uganda to nurture young business and social entrepreneurs. For twenty-one year old graduate Davis, it’s a...
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 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...