12,000 New Chickens in Zambia!

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12,000 New Chickens in Zambia!

Three weeks ago, 12,000 chicks arrived at the poultry farm in Zambia, the first large scale cycle in the farm's history. The Chair of the Hope Ventures Board was there to to give them a warm welcome!Roy Kaonga, Chair of the Hope Ventures Board greeting...

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13 December

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Shop for Spark on Amazon Smile

Cyber Monday may have come and gone, but if you're anything like us, you still have people on your list to shop for. For a gift that will bring joy to your loved ones and support Spark’s partnerships lifting children in Zambia and Nicaragua out...

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03 December

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5 Weeks & 13,000 Chickens In

I’m writing this two hours into my five and a half hour bus ride from Lusaka to Ndola. Predictably, the bus was as delayed coming in as it was leaving the station, taking another hour to crawl out of Lusaka and onto the Great North...

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31 October

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Announcing: Groupon Partnership #2

We couldn't be more excited to share with you that Spark Ventures is partnering with Groupon to offer our 2014 Partnership Trips to Zambia. If you missed it, we partnered with Groupon in 2012 and it was a roaring success - our trips sold out...

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29 October

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Our Partnership Approach to Volunteer Travel

We often get questions about our Partnership Trips; how do these unique volunteer travel experiences fit into our broader approach to international development? At the launch of our first Groupon partnership in 2012, our team put together these thoughts on how volunteer travel fits into...

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24 October

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One Year of Las Tias Partnership!

Just one year ago, the Spark Ventures team was still sworn to secrecy as we eagerly awaited sharing the identity of our newest partner organization - Las Tías, of León, Nicaragua. What a year it has been.Our impact at Las Tías has been...

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17 October

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Dance Party Nicaragua

So, this wasn’t the blog I was planning to write. I intended to focus on the fantastic group of travelers with us from Florida, Boston, Los Angeles, Kansas and Chicago…to tell you how they are doing a great job with educational activities, games and crafts...

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10 October

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A Glimpse of Day 1 in Nicaragua

The first day of our October Partnership Trip to Nicaragua was packed full of fun.Check out a few of the photos below. A get-to-know you game with our new friends.Scott and Jennifer giggling as they draw their favorite things.Completed projects - we have some great artists...

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09 October

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Lunch with Las Tías and Excel

Yesterday I spent the afternoon discussing the merits of an excel spreadsheet developed by the CDC to assist school nurses in the US to track the obesity rates of their students. But, given that I am in Nicaragua, where our partner organization, Las Tías, Serves...

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05 October

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Adventures in Translation

It started on the plane from Atlanta to Managua. When you’re traveling to a country that speaks a language other than English, you first pass through a land of double takes, where everything is announced or written first in one language, then they Translate Video into...

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04 October

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