IBD Blog
Ability to Adapt
May 25, 2011
My team’s experience in IBD thus far has been a roller coaster. Back in January, Alex Montero, Taka Uenishi, Yonghan Cho and myself were all excited to learn that we would be working in Hungary. Over the next 3 months or so, we were making great…
Aravind in India
May 25, 2011
The Aravind Eye Care System can only be described as inspirational. As originally founded by the visionary Dr. Venkataswamy in 1976, its mission is to eliminate needless blindness, at least in India if not the world. Before coming to India and…
IBD in Mysore, India
May 25, 2011
Shannon, Leisha, Hans, and I came to Mysore, India after spending the first two days in Bangalore to meet our client. Mysore is the second biggest city in the state of Karnataka and lies in about 3 hours car ride from Bangalore. We are spending two…
Seeing the Inside of Uganda’s Private Healthcare System
May 25, 2011
What a week! After finishing the weekend with a game drive in Murchison Park (we saw tons of animals, including a male lion up close! But I think the giraffes were my favorite), our team split up to head to different regions of Uganda. Omair and I…
Tea in Rwanda
May 25, 2011
The WCS-Rwanda team came to Kigali to figure out how to improve the management of Nyungwe National Park. In the process of doing this, we’ve learnt how a growing Rwandan tea industry can enhance the conservation efforts around Nyungwe. One of the…
Challenges and opportunities for the women in Saudi
May 25, 2011
After 10 days here, our team has had the chance to meet so many women–faculty, students and staff at the school, as well as women from the broader Saudi community. I’ve been so impressed at their optimism, sophistication, and tenacity.…
Tear Gas, Rubber Bullets, and Wine
May 25, 2011
“In the first decade-plus following the Soviet Union’s collapse, Georgians showed themselves to be a protest-happy people. But local experts say Georgian citizens are now losing steam, with apathy taking the place of activism.”…
Arrival at Aravind Eye Hospitals
May 24, 2011
I had been looking forward to visiting India for quite a while and therefore was excited about this IBD posting. But in the rush to finish spring semester projects at Haas and prepare for my summer internship, I simply hadn’t had time to…
IBD Mexico City
May 23, 2011
Buenos Dias de México! Jenny Chang, Albert Kim, Masha Lisak, and I are on assignment in Mexico City. Not only is this the largest city in Mexico, but it is also the third most populous area globally, with over 20 million residents. The distrito…
Getting to Know the Women of Saudi Arabia
May 22, 2011
Today was the first day of a four day workshop on Essential Business Skills that we are conducting at Dar Al-Hekma (DAH) College, a private women’s college in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. My teammates and I (Eve Alexander, Zeynep Boga, and Hind Chemsi)…
