Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 23, 2007

This content has been driven by requests from the SEs themselves, looking for help in developing their leadership style and their organizations. Schwab Foundation board members Paolo Coehlo (the noted Brazilian author), Zanelle Mbeki (first lady of South Africa) and Hilde Schwab, the co-founder of the Schwab Foundation.

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JUNE 19, 2009

Erickson founded FORGE (Facilitating Opportunities for Refugee Growth and Empowerment) in 2003 when she was a 20 year-old junior studying public policy at Stanford University. FORGE serves 60,000 refugees in three different refugee camps in Southern Africa, and is an official operating partner of the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR ).

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DECEMBER 28, 2006

It could be training in information and communication technology, or it could be a training on a local water filter that would be helpful for people to bring to their communities. For example, some of our women in Africa and India are interested in taking the ideas and the best practices that came out of this training into their regions.

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APRIL 29, 2009

"We want to support anyone who is interested in engagement, but we want to help them do it in a way that is healthy for them, creates community, and creates longevity, so that everyone wins, and no one gets burnt out or sick. The rice is used to help feed the children at CCF. That is not what service should be about.

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