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Discovering Mongolia
May 29, 2011
It has been 2 weeks since we arrived in Ulan Bator or Ulaanbaatar (“Red Hero”), the capital of Mongolia. I cannot believe how fast the time is flying by!!! In just one week we will be back to San Francisco… So far, the experience in Mongolia…
Getting to Know Georgia
May 29, 2011
It is hard to describe Georgia succinctly, because it varies in so many ways. The people range from jovial and wine-LOVING to somber when discussing Russian conflict, from peaceful to occasionally violent, and from pro-government to anti-government…
Team PCD: School Feeding in Ghana
May 28, 2011
School feeding in action Just a couple days after arriving in Ghana, our team of 12 (8 Berkeley + 4 Ghana Institute of Mgmt & Public Admin) were split into 4 groups to cover 8 regions over a week. Satoru and I along with our GIMPA student…
AK-47s in Mongolia
May 28, 2011
Day 0 We arrive in Ulan Bator airport in Mongolia at 11:30PM. Poor Jason and Yonghan. Their luggage didn’t seem to want to come along. Probably somewhere in limbo… Jason’s spirits are low, but a company car comes to pick us up. We crash into…
Living the entrepreneur’s life
May 27, 2011
For our IBD project, we are helping a Mexican healthcare startup with their expansion strategy. And when I say startup, I mean we are working out of the CEO’s apartment. The staff works around the dining table, and meetings take place on the…
Mexican Entrepreneurs are like Berkeley MBAs
May 27, 2011
When it come to sitting in class, entrepreneurs in Mexico are very much like Berkeley MBAs. They want their professors to skip the history and the lecturing and get to the point. They want actionable recommendations. They want less lecture, and more…
“It’s Phnom-enal”
May 27, 2011
Greetings from the hot and humid riverside city of Phnom Penh, Cambodia! Myself, Blake Holland, Jon Poei, and Patrick Schneider have been working with the D.K. Kim Foundation on a feasibility and implementation plan for a new technical school in the…
IBD India: Team World Health Partners
May 27, 2011
Hello from India! IBD team World Health Partners (WHP) took our first field visit into rural India in Uttar Pradesh (UP). Our team consists of: myself, Calvin Chin, Sameera Chilakapati, and Mike Young. WHP is an organization that provides better…
Blogging in Madagascar
May 27, 2011
The 4th largest island in the world, Madagascar has some intriguing dichotomies. A very poor country in socio-economic aspects but extremely wealthy when it comes to the richness of its wildlife. I would like to show how these characteristics…
What is biodiversity conservation? The REBIOMA team set out to answer this question last weekend.
May 27, 2011
Our destination was the lush rain forests of Andasibe-Matadia National Park. Leaving the city of Antananarivo was a welcome change for our lungs and senses. The beautiful and serene landscape of Madagascar is dotted with small villages and rice…