One of the very first things I learned about MicroConsignment before heading down to Guatemala as a Field Leader for Social Entrepreneur Corp’s summer program (http://socialentrepreneurcorps.com/jobs/) was that one of the reasons the president and co-founder of SEC, Greg Van Kirk, invented the MicroConsignment model, and founded our local partner, Soluciones Comunitarias as a business, […]
Today we are launching our January #ProjectEmpowerment campaign around the need, better put, requirement to be “client outcomes-focused” in our work. This is our fourth core value. As our followers know, in September we were excited to launch #ProjectEmpowerment, a social media campaign that highlights the core values that inspire our work at Social Entrepreneur […]
Kathleen S. from Notre Dame sits and chats with a group of children outside a campaign in Riobamba, Ecuador. So much of the trust we create comes from simple moments of human interaction.
Today we are launching our December campaign around “Trust”, our third core value. We delayed a week as we know many were focused […]
A group of SECorps interns in Ecuador pose with a group of children in Pulingui, Ecuador during the 2014 SE Corps Program. In this photo, the interns were visiting a local school to collect data and information regarding access to clean water. Much of the work that intern groups focus on involves creating access to […]
The last three weeks have been eventful in the town of Los Blancos, here on the southern coast of the Dominican Republic. Team Impact worked hard on their various projects, and accomplished some incredible things. One of their APF projects was working with a local entrepreneur who builds furniture.
Meet Andy Starling, a young man with […]
I was an intern in the Dominican Republic for three and a half months. And throughout my time spent in the field, there were multiple times that I told myself — and my supervisor — that I would definitely be done with my projects in the next week or so, and would need to look […]
Essential to health, well-being, and improved performance, access to affordable purified water at school allows students to quench their thirst for education.Social Entrepreneur Corps and our sister organization Community Enterprise Solutions (CE Solutions) work with schools in the Dominican Republic to break down barriers to clean water while saving schools money. Growing out of project […]
Although I like to consider myself an avid traveler, going to Dominican Republic for my Social Entrepreneur Corps taught me some useful packing and travelling lessons I wish I had known before I embarked on my journey. Read carefully if you want to spend your time experiencing everything instead of worrying.
Packing.
At least a week before your […]
As our one week Social Entrepreneur Corps Winter Break Impact program in the Dominican Republic drew to a close at the end of last week, I found myself walking around Santo Domingo’s historic Colonial Zone with my colleague, Lia, and two of our Social Entrepreneur Corps interns, Helen and Silvia. Although the program had officially ended […]
On Saturday, October 26th, the community of Los Guineos de Miches officially inaugurated a new office for their homegrownecotourism project, “Kayak Limon”. Located about four hours east of the capital, Santo Domingo, in the Dominican Republic, Kayak Limon offers guided excursions by kayak that take visitors across a freshwater lake, through a mangrove forrest and […]
