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Intern looking for a placement in Africa

john rempel
2 Posts
0 Votes 0 Replies 84 Views
Posted 3 months, 3 weeks ago
5th year university student is looking for a placement. Key details of her program follow. Detailed program details are available. If interested, please contact John at john@business4transformation.org. Laura’s Proposal for Educational Workshops -South Africa, Kenya, Uganda and maybe Zimbabwe I am a 5th year Science student at ...

How can relief efforts in a emergency scenarios be transformed to promote capacity building & long term economic growth?

Robert Marc Fulmer
3 Posts
0 Votes 6 Replies 281 Views
Posted 5 months, 4 weeks ago, updated 5 months ago
How can relief efforts in a emergency scenarios be transformed to promote capacity building & long term economic growth? What role can the business sector play in this transformation? The GIK Summit and Forum on Relief and Development sponsored by Accord, InterAction & PQMD is scheduled for Nov 15-17 in Baltimore.

Devex.com

Kay Hiramine
94 Posts
0 Votes 0 Replies 194 Views
Posted 5 months ago
This is a great site for people interested in jobs and what is happening in the development world. Cheers, Kay link text

2011 Asia Regional Expo

Kyle Adams
72 Posts
0 Votes 5 Replies 837 Views
Posted 10 months ago, updated 6 months ago
Those of you focusing your attention on Asia, this is the thread for the upcoming Asia Regional Expo, coming in October. What: Asia Starfish Expo When: October 25 - 27, 2011 Where: Hong Kong Who: Individuals and organizations desiring to network, cooperate and collaborate in order to meet needs across the ...

Business Training Materials

Mike McCausland
54 Posts
0 Votes 0 Replies 262 Views
Posted 8 months, 2 weeks ago
We are looking for good Business Training materials for next steps after micro development training. Have a lot of successful micro business leaders in Africa looking for the next training opportunities for growth and development. Anyone have any recommendations for training materials? Thanks! Mike

Water Our Thirsty World traveling to Ethiopia May

Todd Baldridge
0 Posts
0 Votes 2 Replies 313 Views
Posted 11 months, 1 week ago, updated 10 months, 3 weeks ago
Hello community~ We are pleased to invite you to our newly launched website www.ourthirstyworld.org We have 5 targeted water projects for the coming calendar year. (Laos, Thailand, VietNam, Ethiopia and Pakistan. We are now looking for assistance in identifying areas/communities in need of water assistance that Starfish ...

An introduction - How can we help you?

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Darrell Smith
0 Posts
0 Votes 3 Replies 381 Views
Posted 1 year, 4 months ago, updated 1 year, 3 months ago
Hello Community - I just attended the Starfish Expo in South Carolina where I met many of you, but wanted to take this opportunity to introduce the two organizations I represent to those who could not attend. I believe we can be of service to a number of the

DBSP Success videos to view

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3 videos
Chris Black - DBSP
8 Posts
0 Votes 1 Reply 288 Views
Posted 1 year, 3 months ago, updated 1 year, 3 months ago
I just wanted to let the Starfish Community know that DBSP has posted 3 new videos to our youtube site - www.youtube/dbspinternational. Wherever Chris Black travels - to Countries and places wherein the DBSP has trained people to start up a business before - he takes a video camera along

orphanage best practices study

Clay Gillispie
2 Posts
0 Votes 4 Replies 443 Views
Posted 1 year, 4 months ago, updated 1 year, 3 months ago
I am beginning a study to develop an education model of best practices used in orphanages in Southern Sudan to complete my Master's program. I would love to hear from orphanages or organizations who would like to be a part of this study sharing best practices in education used

North Korea Trip Invite!! May 2011

Kay Hiramine
94 Posts
1 Vote 0 Replies 249 Views
Posted 1 year, 4 months ago
Hello everyone! I just returned from a great trip to North Korea with Tom Jennings! We went with a great NGO doing amazing aid work there, like feeding 10,000 kids a day! They also have a number of businesses there that are creating jobs for the people.