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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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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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) -...
Read MoreSpark 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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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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Without fail, the reading partners program on our trips always stands out as an important highlight for our travelers. This program rewards top students with one-on-one reading time with our volunteers. What started as a way of fostering collaborative learning, has turned into...
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Each of our Impact Travel trips are unique as those who travel with us always have something new and exciting to offer to our partner organization here. This trip, we have two special projects underway. One will improve the connectivity of the teachers and students...
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Greetings from Zambia where our trip has been in full swing since Sunday. All 16 trip participants are already making fast friends. As always, we kicked off our first day with a warm welcome filled with music and exuberant dancing, a bit of which...
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The time has come for our July impact travel trip to Zambia! Rich and Arnold have already left for Zambia, and our travelers will be arriving Sunday, July 12. With 16 adventurers in this group it is one of the largest group we've taken to...
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Our social impact partner's poultry farm in Zambia, like any business, benefits from economy of scale. As the farm grows, the profit margins on their production increase - leading to more net revenue and more funds that can be transferred to support the operations of...
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