iLEAPiLEAP on March 24th, 2010

Convocatoria Beca de Liderazgo para mujeres centroamericanas en Seattle, Washington, USA • ¿Eres una líder viviendo y trabajando en Nicaragua, El Salvador, Honduras o Guatemala? • ¿Te interesa mejorar sus habilidades de liderazgo y entender mejor como crear cambio social sostenible? • ¿Estás disponible en septiembre 2010 para viajar a la ciudad de Seattle, EEUU [...]

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Betty Kagoro (IF'09, Uganda)Betty Kagoro (IF'09, Uganda) on March 21st, 2010

Today I have the immense pleasure of informing you about Teen Empowerment Uganda, an initiative that I have been working on since we parted last year. Teen Empowerment Uganda (TEU) is an organization aimed at empowering teenage girls and boys with skills that will enable them make positive choices in their lives. TEU envisions a [...]

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Juliet Theresita (IF'09, India)Juliet Theresita (IF'09, India) on March 17th, 2010

Greetings from Juliet. Centre for Community Services (CCS) has organized a youth club to motivate and encourage youths in youth led activities in health, education, skills, sports and entrepreneur development. Our youth club is also affiliated with District level youth led federation called Nehru Yuva Kendra. As you may be aware we have involved our [...]

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Rina Ohsaka (SIIS'10)Rina Ohsaka (SIIS'10) on March 8th, 2010

We went to One World Now, GSEC and Theo Chocolate this week. One World Now is very, very exciting, and I hope to do like One World Now in Japan. One World Now help kids to learn other countries language and progress to global leaders. Then I went to Final competition of GSEC. Finalists have [...]

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Yamato Sasagawa (SIIS'10)Yamato Sasagawa (SIIS'10) on March 5th, 2010

This is Yamato. I am writing my first entry now. I think I need to introduce myself because I have not met many of iLEAP members. So Let me introduce myself quickly. I came to USA last March from Yokohama and go to Bellevue College. I am a part of business program called international business [...]

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Mariko Fukuoka (SIIS'10)Mariko Fukuoka (SIIS'10) on March 5th, 2010

In one of my favorite books “change maker”, Nana Watanabe says about One World Now! Actually, I was impressed with their mission when I first read this, and I decided to visit them someday. I was surprised their base is Seattle, and also Britt has a contact with them. I mean I was really excited [...]

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Mariko Fukuoka (SIIS'10)Mariko Fukuoka (SIIS'10) on March 3rd, 2010

I have known about FareStart since I was in Japan. However, the image that I had was totally different from what I saw today. Before I visit, I couldn’t imagine that people who haven’t cooked before serve a plate in a restaurant. I know it’s hard to get a skill in 16weeks. They need to [...]

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Rina Ohsaka (SIIS'10)Rina Ohsaka (SIIS'10) on March 3rd, 2010

I went to the University of Washington Global Social Entrepreneurship Competition (GSEC)Trade Show today. That was so exciting, because many students come here from all over the world in order to advance their social business plans. A man of the team in this picture came from Rwanda,and others came from India or China etc. However, [...]

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iLEAPiLEAP on March 1st, 2010

iLEAP is ecstatic to formally announce the opening of four to five new Fellowship positions for our 2010 program! These Fellowships have been fully endowed by the Seattle International Foundation and target women leaders from Central America. If you or anyone you know seems a good fit for this Fellowship, please encourage them to apply! [...]

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iLEAPiLEAP on March 1st, 2010

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