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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

2011 Starfish Community Expo in East Africa

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Kyle Adams
72 Posts
1 Vote 5 Replies 619 Views
Posted 1 year, 4 months ago, updated 1 year ago
One of the exciting developments from the 2010 Expo was the enthusiasm to hold international events next year. The first of those events will be in Nairobi, Kenya in early 2011. If you are planning to attend, post your questions or comments below! 2011 Starfish

2010 Starfish Community Expo

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Kyle Adams
72 Posts
1 Vote 10 Replies 1533 Views
Posted 1 year, 10 months ago, updated 1 year, 4 months ago
Please put the 2010 Starfish Community Expo on your calendar! The event will be: September 16-18, 2010 Fort Mill, South Carolina, USA Many of you were at the first Expo in October 2009, and I think it was a really productive time of sharing good ideas and making key connections ...

Carbon Offsets

Randy Valentine
16 Posts
0 Votes 0 Replies 243 Views
Posted 1 year, 6 months ago
I recently met a neighbor of mine who has started a business of supplying high efficiency stoves to villages in central Africa. The interesting part about this business is that he is able to sell carbon offsets to companies around the globe based on the reduced emissions of these stoves ...

Focused Networking

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Kyle Adams
72 Posts
1 Vote 1 Reply 288 Views
Posted 1 year, 6 months ago, updated 1 year, 6 months ago
Yazi was one of the participants at the 2009 Starfish Community Expo who traveled a significant distance to be a part of the Expo. In this clip, he talks about how inspiring it is to connect with others who are doing the same kind of community development. Yazi's impressions ...

Asset-based community development resources?

Karen B
31 Posts
0 Votes 3 Replies 418 Views
Posted 1 year, 10 months ago, updated 1 year, 6 months ago
I'm wondering if anyone can point me to some good materials and tools (preferably online, but other suggestions welcome too) related to the asset-based community development (ABCD) model. I'm PARTICULARLY wanting materials and resources in French. But I'll take good materials in English and translate them if ...

Jos, Nigeria Update

Kay Hiramine
94 Posts
0 Votes 0 Replies 233 Views
Posted 2 years ago
Our friend Timothy Olonade who lives in Jos, Nigeria wrote the following: "What a day! I went out for just today - 1st time since Monday. The streets was empty as shops are locked. Refugee stations were brimming with crowd of hungry people. Our day was filled with painful grieve

Burkina Faso - looking for partners

Karmen
2 Posts
0 Votes 1 Reply 527 Views
Posted 2 years, 1 month ago, updated 2 years ago
Planning a trip to Burkina Faso in March 2010 and looking for local NGOs and/or partners. We want to find a potential people's group and/or village to work with to do community development work. I would like to learn more about some of the under resourced people ...

Great Websites for People Groups

Kay Hiramine
94 Posts
1 Vote 1 Reply 414 Views
Posted 2 years, 2 months ago, updated 2 years, 1 month ago
I am attending a meeting today in Southern California talking about strategies to work in different countries. One topic discussed was looking at the different people groups in countries around the world. Here are some valuable sites for you to look at if you are interested in people

Opportunities in Mauritania

Karen B
31 Posts
3 Votes 2 Replies 442 Views
Posted 2 years, 3 months ago, updated 2 years, 3 months ago
Here are some of the opportunities available for partnership and investment with our organization in Mauritania: Business training, Identifying income-generating activities, Community Health Training: (curriculum, resources, models, funding), Education support, Support for Talibe project (street boys), Agricultural development projects: (Neem, Jatropha, Mangoes) (We're very excited about potential with Neem ...