Feedback from field experience

Sunday 12 MAR 2009 22:30 – 23:30 EST

Session Attendees: Nishi Andra, Vivek Nath, Taylor Hickem, Brigitte Silver

Next Session

SUN 19 MAR 2009 21:30 - 22:30 EST

Moderator

no moderator this week

Weekly Update

World Bank Millennium Goals – Fight: poverty, hunger, infant mortality, disease,

Improve: maternal health, education, women’s rights, sustainability, global integration

Brigitte Silver – UVA Law student with experience in humanitarian projects – welcome!

Peace Corps – can be dangerous, not much positive feedback from those who have gone. A lot of manual labor. Response to applications can be slow.

Discussion Topics

Brigitte Silver – experience in humanitarian projects in Guyana, Guatemala Panama, and Costa Rica

New Affiliated Organizations

SOIL
http://www.oursoil.org/

Global Development Learning Network
http://www.gdln.org/

Meetup.com
www.meetup.com/

Conversation Transcript: (available at SustainableAfricaGroup documents)