Explore IBD student adventures, from the culinary to the cultural, along with students’ approach to working in-country at their client’s site. You’ll also find IBD alumni reflections and more.
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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…
IBD Ecuador: Galapagos to Quito
May 26, 2011
By: Nick Romero Team: Andean Health & Development Location: Pedro Vicente Maldondo, Ecuador Hair: Unintentionally sexy Mood: Playing hearts and drinking beers Hello from Ecuador! Emily Ewell, John Holgate, Eileen Chang and I have been working…
The NEW and IMPROVED Ashesi University
May 26, 2011
Greetings from Ashesi University in Accra, Ghana! We’re here helping Ashesi with their strategic planning for the next 10 years, and on Tuesday we had the privilege of seeing the manifestation of their first 10 years of planning, growth and…
Team Latrine Strikes Gold in Tanzania
May 26, 2011
Rather than talk about the amazing time we are having in Tanzania, including trips to Zanzibar, Mount Kilimanjaro & the Serengeti, I thought I would blog about something a little closer to home… Humans need to use the bathroom, so much in…
Team REBIOMA Reporting from Antananarivo
May 26, 2011
What would you do if you were named Chief Biodiversity Conservation Officer of the world and were handed $10 billion dollars (annual global spend on global conservation) to protect the world’s most biodiverse and vulnerable areas? You would…
