Spark’s Busy Summer Vacation

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Spark’s Busy Summer Vacation

What have you been up to on your summer vacation? Here at Spark Ventures we have been busy! With business development projects in Zambia and Nicaragua, exciting progress is being made towards providing sustainable revenue streams for both our partner organizations.At various points throughout...

07 August

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Reflections from Zambia

This July's Partnership Trip to Zambia was a small but incredible group - three spectacular women joined Rich in Zambia, getting to know the incredible children and leadership at Hope Ministries. Now that they're back, we asked each of them to send us a few...

30 July

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Motivation, Appreciation and Dance Lessons

Day five of the nine day Partnership Trip to Zambia is long. We build up your endurance during the first several days and then pack about as much activity into Thursday as humanly possible. Memories are created that will last a lifetime – for the...

26 July

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Photo Journal: Healthy Teeth & Bright Smiles

In May, during the bi-annual clinic at Hope Community School, we helped introduce a new dental hygiene program. It was a best practice that we learned from our partner Las Tías of Nicaragua and when we shared it with the school in Zambia, they were...

22 July

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Guest Blog: Head Teacher Ng’oma, Hope Community School, Zambia

Chimfembwe Ng’oma is a key leader of our Zambian partner Hope Ministries who completed his education degree from Kwame Nkurumah University in Kabwe, Zambia twenty years ago. He was hired by the government to teach and was stationed for his first six years in what...

19 July

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Hope Community School: Photo Journal

Our Zambia Partnership Trip is well underway this week. So far, our group has participated with students in one-on-one reading time, creating a mural and sharing music lessons. Below is a photo journal of some of the highlights thus far:After School: Boys hanging outLunch Time:...

18 July

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Greetings from Lusaka, Zambia

Greetings from Lusaka, Zambia. I’m sitting in my hotel room suffering from jet lag, which happens to be keeping me awake far past a reasonable bedtime, so I thought I’d draft my first blog for this trip.It’s an exciting time to be investing in Africa....

11 July

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Report from the Field: Arriving in Zambia

Spark CEO, Rich, has arrived in Ndola, Zambia to visit our partner organization, Hope Ministries. Rich will be blogging from the field during his visit, giving us a glimpse into the lives of the children and people in Zambia.Rich is doing prep work before our...

10 July

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Spark’s Busy Summer Vacation

Reflections from Zambia

Motivation, Appreciation and Dance Lessons

Photo Journal: Healthy Teeth & Bright Smiles

Guest Blog: Head Teacher Ng’oma, Hope Community School, Zambia

Hope Community School: Photo Journal

Greetings from Lusaka, Zambia

Report from the Field: Arriving in Zambia

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