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Spark Ventures   |   business development, community programs, nicaragua, organization, report from the field, socent, social enterprise, social entrepreneurship, social good, travel   |   No comment

A Picture’s Worth a Thousand Words…

Spark Ventures partners with local organizations that help vulnerable children, with current partnerships in Zambia and Nicaragua. Spark's unique partnership model focuses on sustaining the organizations it works with. Spark's partners receive on-going training and consultation in areas of personnel management, infrastructure, organizational growth and...

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06 June
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Spark Ventures   |   business development, community programs, news, report from the field, socent, social enterprise, social entrepreneurship, social good, zambia   |   1 Comment

The Poultry Farm Hatches New Success

The Zambian Poultry Farm has hit and surpassed quite a few milestones over the past months. After starting with 2,500 chickens, the Poultry Farm scaled production and welcomed 12,000 chicks last December. The farm’s strategic partnership with Zambeef - one of the largest poultry...

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22 April
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Spark Ventures   |   business development, community programs, education, healthcare, nutrition, organization, partnership trip, report from the field, socent, social enterprise, social entrepreneurship, social good, travel, zambia   |   No comment

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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Spark Ventures   |   business development, nicaragua, report from the field, socent, social enterprise, social entrepreneurship, social good, travel   |   No comment

First few days in Nicaragua

Sunday, January 12th, 2014 7:00pm-ish León, Nicaragua Sitting in a corner Italian restaurant, one of the few places open in León on a Sunday night, a number of thoughts pop up as I observe the people around me. To my direct right is what looks like a married...

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13 January
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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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Spark Ventures   |   business development, report from the field, socent, social enterprise, social entrepreneurship, social good, zambia   |   1 Comment

Poultry Farm Expansion: An Update

  Spark's Director of Partnerships, Lucy Jodlowska, is in Zambia for the next six weeks, supporting exciting developments at the poultry farm. Major progress over the next month will position the farm for a significant increase in both the number of chickens raised each cycle, as...

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01 October
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Spark Ventures   |   business development, nicaragua, report from the field, socent, social enterprise, social entrepreneurship, spark ventures, zambia   |   No comment

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...

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07 August
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