sustainable economic development

ASKI: The Face of the New Filipino Economy

by kmunn

It began with an assassination. Elected to the Philippine Senate in 1967, Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino Jr. was a staunch opponent of the then President Ferdinand Marcos. Marcos was an authoritarian ruler who declared martial law in 1972 and subsequently took over a large number of businesses, contributing greatly to a

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One in Ten African Girls Drop Out of School. Why? Tampons.

by Sophie

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InQFuOkoLZQ&feature=youtu.be[/youtube] More than one in ten African girls drop out of school. Why? Tampons. As a woman, this infuriates me. Around the world, girls are still pulled out of school earlier than boys, are denied a family voice, and live with the daily risk of emotional and physical abuse. Even

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Paradise for Some

by Charlie Gale

The end of the semester at Teachers College in New York found my classmates and I scrambling to prepare for summer internships. It was a stressful but exciting time, an opportunity to put into practice the knowledge and skills we had gleaned from a rigorous year of academic work. Indeed

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Jordan’s Knowledge Economy

by Nathan Richardson

What comes to mind when you hear the name Jordan? While Americans might reminisce about Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls, those outside the U.S. will think of a small country in the Middle East near nestled between Iraq, Syria, Saudi Arabia and the West Bank. Steeped in thousands of

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Vittana on TechFlash

by Katie Gruver

We continue to be humbled and honored by the support of Seattle’s tech community. Two weeks ago, we won the Seattle 2.0 Award for Best Nonprofit Startup. Over the weekend, TechFlash ran this great article on Vittana. Here’s a favorite quote about how our CEO Kushal Chakrabarti sees the world and how

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Introducing our Fellow in Jordan – Nathan

by Nathan Richardson

Nathan lives in Los Angeles, CA and is serving as a Vittana Fellow in Jordan during the first half of 2011. (photo credit of Nathan: Fizzah Raza Photography) I originally hale from the great state of Iowa, home of the Field of Dreams, but for the last six years I’ve

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Getting To Know La Paz

by Mark Andrews

The first thing I noticed when I flew into the El Alto International Airport (LPB) is that La Paz is really high up. At 13,325 feet, LPB is one of the highest airports in the world, and the direct flight from Miami (8 feet above sea level) gave me

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Your Fellow in Peru

by boleary

Photo of sand paintings during Semana Santa in Peru A little about me: I grew up in Seattle, Washington in a very full house. In addition to my parents, two sisters, two brothers, and grandmother, there was always at least one student from another country living under our roof. Furthermore,

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Holy Discontent in Rwanda

by Patrick Huang

Mwaramutse! (“Good morning” in Kinyarwanda, one of the three official languages in Rwanda.) And this morning, like many mornings here in Kigali, the capital of Rwanda, is especially picturesque. Despite the 25-minute (uphill) walk to the office, the view more than makes up for arriving at work almost drenched in

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Sunday Night Sound Session Gives Shout Out To Vittana

by Katie Gruver

Microfinance and hip hop don’t usually find themselves being used in the same sentence, but a week ago on @DJHyphen and J. Moore’s Sunday Night Sound Session, that’s exactly what happened. If you haven’t heard of Sunday Night Sound Session, this late night radio show is on Seattle’s Kube 93

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