by Gina LaCerva on March 7, 2010

Gina LaCerva addresses the creation of the newly founded White House Office of Social Innovation.
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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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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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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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By Ho Avy on December 11, 2009

Project Ho Avy's mission is to curb excessive deforestation and reduce climate change impacts by promoting sustainable community resource management.
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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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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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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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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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By Reid Sassman on  July 13, 2009

Reid Sassman recently completed a year teaching English and studying Spanish in Bucaramanga, Colombia.  He traveled the country extensively and reports that stereotypes about Colombia are exaggerated.

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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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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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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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By Judy Tulchin on October 22, 2008

Judy Tulchin is volunteering to teach English in Xi’an, China. This is the second blog entry she has made from China.
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Click here for her first entry.

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

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

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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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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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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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