Travel Blog
Why a travel blog?
This travel blog provides musings and travails on visits to far off places touching on international development, learning about other cultures, and reflecting back upon our own. We at Social Enterprise Associates believe in metrics and measurements, but we also believe in connecting this quantifiable data to the real outcomes of our work. After all, it's easy to lose sight of the end result when you're caught up in the process.
Here we showcase real stories of individuals who have seen the outcomes of their work: collaborated the beneficiaries, lived in the areas they're serving, and shared experiences with local individuals.
We believe that this travel blog offers a meaningful, even necessary, outlet for practitioners in social enterprise, international development, and microfinance to share the stories that humanize their work.
Submissions welcome that share humor, engagement, and advance understanding for a better tomorrow.
Viva Moçambique
By Carmen Mauriello on July 12, 2010
Carmen Mauriello is a former Peace Corps Volunteer who served in Mozambique from 2004-2006, and currently teaches high school global history and journalism in Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Why Weddings Pose a Green Problem...And How You Can Solve It
by Sarah Ewing on June 30, 2010
ShoreBank's Sarah Ewing blogs about the importance of being a green guest when attending a wedding...domestically or abroad!
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Grameen Shakti Village Trip
by Aneri Patel on July 7, 2010
Aneri Patel blogs of her time in Phulpur, Bangladesh, where she traveled with a CNN film crew and interned with Grameen Shakti.
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The World Through Photos
by Moses Ceaser on June 22, 2010
J. Moses Ceaser has dedicated most of his life to support just causes including community activism raising awareness of the plight of powerless, marginalized people in the United States and abroad.
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Project Abeni
by Matt Kopac on June 2, 2010
Matt Kopac shares his experience in the Peace Corps, where he worked with an organization called Project Abeni, which focuses on education for girls.
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Social Enterprise Associates announces our blog partnership with ShoreBank
by Social Enterprise Associates on April 30, 2010
Social Enterprise Associates announces our blog partnership with ShoreBank. Enjoy!
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Don't Just Give...Invest
by Cristina on April 28, 2010
A simple guide for engaged citizens who are looking to make a lasting impact through social investing.
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The Social Enterprise Frontier
by Grant Tudor on February 22, 2010
Grant Tudor is a recent graduate of The George Washington University. He recently traveled to India with Virtue Ventures, a social enterprise consultancy, and writes here of his encounters with some of the country’s inspiring changemakers.
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Understanding Your Carbon Footprint
By Cristina Roman on January 27, 2010
Calculating your carbon footprint is a first step to attaining a net zero carbon emissions lifestyle and balancing the amount of harmful carbons you release.
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Anti-Corruption, Exploring Indonesia
By Jodi Fischer on January 15, 2010

Jodi Fischer traveled to Jakarta, Indonesia for a preliminary desk audit
and pre-closeout mobilization plan for the Indonesia Control of Corruption
Project (ICCP), oppereated by USAID and funded through the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC).
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Afghan ARIES Project
By Drew Tulchin on November 25, 2009
Drew Tulchin recently traveled to Afghanistan for a USAID ARIES project for AED. He facilitated a workshop on financing small and medium businesses and growing the sector.
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Taiwanese Influence
By Sunny Yi-Han Lin on October 10, 2009
Sunny
Yi-Han Lin is a second-year graduate student at the LBJ
School of Public Affairs, UT at Austin. Last summer she traveled on an internship to Taiwan with Flow, Inc. and started
to explore social innovation and social entrepreneurship.
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Trekking up to Machu Picchu, Peru
By Nicole Furman on September 30, 2009
Nicole Furman is a student at Brown University. Last Spring, she joined a group of friends who set off to explore Peru for spring break. She writes of her wonderful experiences.
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Changing Farming Practices in Nicaragua
By Rachel Lindsay on August 20, 2009

Rachel Lindsay is a 2009 Fulbright Grantee working with a US based sustainable investment organization called SosteNica, the Sustainable Development Fund of Nicaragua. She is based in the Pacific region of León.
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Colombia Chronicles
By Reid Sassman on July 13, 2009

Health Program in the Congo
By Mike and Nancy Haninger on May 13, 2009

Mike and Nancy Haninger were appointed in June 2000 to the Good Shepherd Hospital in Tshikaji. Mike is a physician, educating nursing and medical students. Nancy carries out direct patient care and educates village health workers..
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Ugandan Adventure!
By Lauren Simkulak on April 9, 2009

On Tuesday, February 11, 2009, Lauren Simkulak embarked on a 2 year Peace Corps adventure in Uganda where she will be a Business Advisor in an Economic Development program.
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Consulting In Indonesia
By Shoshana Hecker on March 9, 2009

Shoshana Hecker recently left Washington, DC to take a 3 to 5 month
consulting assignment in Banda Aceh, Indonesia with CHF International.
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Travel to the Philippines
By Drew Tulchin on February 3, 2009

Due to popular demand following the stories from Afghanistan, I am pleased to share pithy travel and work insights from my recent trip to the Philippines. READ MORE
Life Stitches Project
By Katherine Gnauck on October 31, 2008
Katherine Gnauck is a doctor from New Mexico who is working in Uganda with HIV/AIDS mothers. READ MORE
Journey Through Morocco
By Erich Dehart on May 28, 2008

Erich Dehart is in the middle of his 3rd year in the Naval Academy, having just experienced a French language rotation to Morocco.
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Teaching in China
by Judy Tulchin on November 6, 2008
Judy Tulchin is volunteering to teach English in Xi’an, China. Xi’an is in the heart of the country, near the Terra Cotta Warriors.
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Musings from Mozambique, Africa
by Drew Tulchin on February 24, 2008
Drew Tulchin was recently in Mozambique, Africa helping to launch a trade association of microfinance institutions.
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Tales From Afghanistan
by Drew Tulchin on January 7, 2008
Drew Tulchin was in Afghanistan in 2007 for his second time. He was working
for the DC based Making Cents on a USAID project with DAI. READ MORE
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