Late in 1990, when Paul Kagame was hiding on the Congolese side of the Virunga mountains preparing to invade Rwanda, his army were not the only inhabitants of that thickly forested volcanic range. The Virungas are also home to mountain gorillas (大猩猩). Soldiers are notoriously excited ...
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Ayla Schlosser is a social entrepreneur from California who founded an organization in Rwanda to unlock the leadership potential of women in East Africa. In her talk she explores how she is advancing the mission of the organization by stepping down from
In a November 2023 Taos News podcast hosted by her daughter Laura, Robin boasted that the newspaper, according to the National Newspaper Association, was “the best [small-town] weekly newspaper in the United States”. Ms. Martin, however, credited the Cura de Taos with having founded El ...
My desk-mate was a natural athlete. She said to me, “I couldn’t run that race in your place, because I’ve signed up for three items already.” Other athletic girls of the class said the same. I was utterly dumbfounded. 1500 meters! Running against the best runners from other clas...
10,000 WOMEN 10,000 Women was designed to foster shared economic growth in markets around the world. It is founded on research conducted by Goldman Sachs, the World Bank and others, which suggests that investments in education for women can offer significant economic and social returns...
6 The Colegio de México, now one of Mexico's most important universities, for example, was founded by European refugees in 1938-40. For more information on this history, see "La historia de El Colegio de México," Colegio de México, https://www.colmex.mx/his- toria, last accessed ...
The test was conducted empirically, by evaluating the Conclusion Around the world, around 770 million people do not have sustainable access to electricity. This is considered a limiting factor to the socio-economic development of rural communities in developing countries. During the last decades, inte...
The sustainability action platform rePurpose Global, founded in 2016, takes aim at the trust challenge. The platform enables individuals and businesses to offset their plastic footprints through the purchase of so-called plastic credits. These credits are created through the verified removal of...