Building a Future for the Kabeya Family
A brief visit...
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23
February
zambia
Stephanie Denzer
| community programs, education, investor spotlight, partnership trip, travel, zambia
Reading to Understand: Improved Curriculum Resources
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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21
January
Stephanie Denzer
| community programs, Photography, report from the field, spark ventures, travel, zambia
When a Yearbook is so much more than memories…
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) -...
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11
December
Spark Ventures
| community programs, education, partnership trip, report from the field, travel, zambia
New Friendships Soar
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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16
July
Special Projects in Zambia
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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15
July
Spark Ventures
| community programs, education, partnership trip, report from the field, travel, zambia
Muli Shani from Zambia!
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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14
July
Spark Ventures
| #girleffect, chicago, events, girls, nicaragua, public health, women's empowerment, zambia
Ignite 2015: Empowering Women & Girls
Spark Ventures partners with organizations that prioritize the empowerment of women and girls. Thanks to strategic and financial support provided by Spark Ventures, our social impact partners are on the front lines of empowering girls who otherwise could be left behind. This year, Spark's annual event,...
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14
July
Bon Voyage to our Travelers!
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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07
July
Spark Ventures
| Art, business development, education, girls, healthcare, nicaragua, nutrition, Photography, public health, report from the field, socent, social enterprise, social entrepreneurship, spark ventures, women's empowerment, zambia
The Spark Story, Now on Instagram
Our Director of Social Impact Investments, Lucy Jodlowska, also happens to be our in-house photographer extraordinaire. Thanks to her incredible skills, you are able to see our work in action in vivid detail - and since she's in the field so frequently, we get lots...
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09
June
Spark Ventures
| Business, business development, community programs, report from the field, socent, social enterprise, social entrepreneurship, social good, spark ventures, zambia
Counting our Chickens
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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19
April