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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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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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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Meeting one of the founding Tías at the marketplace where Las Tías was founded more than 20 years agoIn an effort to test my international travel stamina, I spent a total of 6 hours on the ground in Chicago on Tuesday when I arrived from...
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“Nosotros no pensamos en chiquito” * In between the extreme heat, rains and thunderstorms, and getting used to annoying promotional text messages sent day and night by the local cell phone provider, the last few days seemed to pass by in a flash. An intense flash....
Read MoreIf you are excited about our the way we lift children out of poverty through our sustainability-focused partnership model, there are many ways that you can show your support- even without financial investment!One of the main steps in growing Spark’s base of support is via...
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Meet Lucy Jodlowska, Spark's first ever Director of Partnerships. After accepting the position two weeks ago, she hopped on a plane and headed with a Spark team to Central America this past week, and is now back in Chicago and settling into her new...
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