Making Dreams into Reality with #graduation4all
They want to be teachers, pilots, the first in their family to be a doctor...
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June
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Dreams Can Become Realities…#graduation4all
Have you met Cecilia yet?Cecilia is a vibrant girl, one of those characters that is hard to miss. This year she will graduate from 7th grade at Hope Community school, likely at the top of her class. Cecilia wants to be a doctor or a...
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May
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Food, Fun, and New Friends
While visiting our partners, Spark trip participants are able to be a part of ongoing programs as well as special activities. At the core of our partner programs is the Las Tias daily meal program. Most of the children come from homes...
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May
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Transformation Stories: Allison
One of the incredibly important activities, included in every Partnership Trip Spark facilitates, is what we call a "Transformation Story." In Nicaragua, this is an opportunity to visit one of the beneficiaries of Las Tías in their home. Their generous families invite our travelers into...
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27
April
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Photos from our First Full Day
Check out a glimpse of the first full day of our travels in Nicaragua...
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23
April
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The Things We Leave Behind
At Spark, we measure our impact in the long term success of our partnerships. We want children served by our partners to have access to the resources they need to achieve their potential, and we do this by strengthening and sustaining amazing community programing.To reach...
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28
March
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It’s about the little things
If you are familiar with Spark Ventures, you likely know that our Partnership Trips provide the opportunity for Spark Investors to meet our international partners first-hand. Partnership Trips are an incredible way to join in cultural experiences, form new friendships, bond with the children...
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March
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Lab Coats and Chickens
On our Partnership Trips, we spend the vast majority of our time with the children at Hope Village. Their smiles and laughter and friendship are so very powerful and memorable. But, there's another piece to the Spark story here in Zambia that we are overwhelmingly...
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26
January
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Transformation Stories in Zambia
Teacher Judy got tears in her eyes when she told us the family we were visiting did not even have blankets to sleep under.Transformation stories, like the one our travelers experienced yesterday, have long formed a critical piece of our Partnership Trip itinerary. On these...
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24
January
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Preventative Maintenance Day at Hope School
When I arrived at Hope Community School mid-afternoon for the second day of computer training with Teacher Lewis and Teacher Angela, I found the students just leaving their classrooms and heading out to the big open yard in front of the school to participate in...
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January