Building a Future for the Kabeya Family
A brief visit...
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23
February
Author: Stephanie Denzer
Stephanie Denzer
| community programs, education, investor spotlight, partnership trip, travel, zambia
Reading to Understand: Improved Curriculum Resources
On our Impact Trips to Zambia, the days are packed. But without fail, during each day we spend with our partners at Hope Community School, there is one hour of time where everything gets quite still. If you were to join us for just that...
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21
January
Stephanie Denzer
| #graduation4all, community programs, education, nicaragua, partnership trip, travel
Uno, Dos, Tres – A Spanish Book Wishlist
For those who have traveled with us to Zambia, the one-on-one reading time spent with students at Hope Community School is always a highlight - an experience we again featured after our most recent trip in July. We’ve seen how successful and how fun reading...
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19
January
Impact Trip Guest Appearance: United Airlines Country Director
We are thrilled to announce that on the upcoming Nicaragua Women's Leadership Trip our travelers will be joined for a day by Gloria Callejas, Country Director for United Airlines in Nicaragua. Gloria will provide her personal perspective on corporate life in Nicaragua, women and girls...
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15
December
Stephanie Denzer
| community programs, Photography, report from the field, spark ventures, travel, zambia
When a Yearbook is so much more than memories…
On our summer trip to Zambia, a good chunk of time was dedicated to taking a photograph of each and every student at Hope Community School. We told you about this project while we were traveling (excerpt the from this original blog post below) -...
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11
December
Trip Wrap Up – “Hasta Luego Nicaragua”
Spark Ventures wrapped up its first ever Young Professionals trip to Nicaragua last week and we wanted to chat one last time with our trip participant, Young Professionals of Spark member and blogger, Jessica Dangles. What were some highlights of the trip? I have to say one...
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07
December
Spark’s First Young Professionals Trip – Live from Nicaragua
With Spark Ventures’ first Young Professionals trip to Nicaragua taking place now, we are getting a first-hand look at the experience, through the eyes of Jessica Dangles, who also serves as a member of the Young Professionals of Spark (YPS). Read her first blog post...
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16
November
Launching Spark’s First Young Professionals Trip
With Spark Ventures’ first Young Professionals trip to Nicaragua taking place in a few short weeks, we sat down with one of our trip participants, Jessica Dangles, who also serves as a member of the Young Professionals of Spark (YPS). What are you looking forward to...
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05
November
Stephanie Denzer
| #girleffect, community programs, education, events, girls, nicaragua, spark ventures, women's empowerment
A Message from Nicaragua
Joining us at our annual event, Ignite 2015, was a guest of honor - Gricelda Pantoja representing our social impact partner, Las Tías in León, Nicaragua. Gricelda shared her personal perspective on the powerful work she and her dedicated team take on as they serve...
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28
October
Stephanie Denzer
| #girleffect, #graduation4all, chicago, events, girls, nicaragua, spark ventures, women's empowerment
Meet Azalia
We are consistently astounded by the incredible community of supporters we have at Spark Ventures. With nearly 200 members of our network gathered together for Ignite 2015 on Friday, October 23rd at The Murphy, we were thrilled to celebrate Spark Ventures' work empowering women and...
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28
October