Era España (IF'10, Philippines)Era España (IF'10, Philippines) on October 29th, 2010

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Rocío González (IF'10, Guatemala)Rocío González (IF'10, Guatemala) on October 27th, 2010

It’s been so amazing the time we have had with so many teachers in classes, in visits, in our placements, in our homestays, every one has become a TEACHER in this experience with iLEAP.   Specially in classes, is been so many smart, creative and wonderful persons who have come to share time and knowledge with [...]

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Rocío González (IF'10, Guatemala)Rocío González (IF'10, Guatemala) on October 26th, 2010

I been sharing time with Donors,  great people who just want to help and are trying to do the best they can.  From giving circles to bir organizations,  from a family to an other organization.  It’s been really great experience.  Usually when I am  in home Guatemala o Mexico and you see Americans, we usually [...]

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Agueda Ordeñana (IF'10, Nicaragua)Agueda Ordeñana (IF'10, Nicaragua) on October 26th, 2010

The cooperative movement since its inception is based on values of mutual help, responsibility, democracy, equality, equity and solidarity. It also defends the ethical values of honesty, transparency, social responsibility and concern for others. Through cooperation and solidarity between people, can create and develop successful businesses in an environment of mutual collaboration.In several countries the [...]

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Mabilia Carolina Joj (IF'10, Guatemala)Mabilia Carolina Joj (IF'10, Guatemala) on October 26th, 2010

As part of the iLEAP training program, along with my fellows, we had the opportunity to assist three different events in which we could see the collaboration of many people working together.   We were at the Annual Fundraising Breakfast of Voices for Justice, Washington Community Action Nation.  Award recipients were given a prize for the work that they [...]

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Era España (IF'10, Philippines)Era España (IF'10, Philippines) on October 25th, 2010

Cunningham Hall University Washington, the iLEAP Center for Critical Service fellows, faculty and staff had a fruitful conversation with the University of Washington Center for Human Rights staff over lunch on October 15, 2010. The conversation started with introduction of fellows and sharing of Human Rights situations in the countries where the fellows came from. [...]

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iLEAPiLEAP on October 22nd, 2010

iLEAP Board member, Jim Gore, recently traveled to Zambia where he spent 3 weeks working with Paul Samba, the Principal of Chipembi Farm College.  Paul came to Seattle in 2009 and participated in the iLEAP International Fellowship.  In this video, Paul reflects on his experience with the Fellowship and how it has had an affect [...]

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Agueda Ordeñana (IF'10, Nicaragua)Agueda Ordeñana (IF'10, Nicaragua) on October 20th, 2010

I am Águeda Ordeñana Avendaño, Nicaraguan by the grace of God. I am an agricultural engineer, with a specialization in Rural Eco-Sustainable Development and Nutritional Food Security.  I work in the Union Cooperative of Tierra Nueva, which is formed by eight agricultural co-ops that include a total of 604 small producers of coffee and honey [...]

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Madeline Mendoza (IF'10, Nicaragua)Madeline Mendoza (IF'10, Nicaragua) on October 11th, 2010

My name is Madeline Mendoza and I am from Nicaragua. I work part-time for a nonprofit organization called Center for International Studies (CEI), where I have been involved principally in the Global Economic Justice Program. I have participated in research on topics such as free trade, development aid, globalization, climate change and climate justice, among [...]

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Tomoe TakashimaTomoe Takashima on October 8th, 2010

Hello Seattle,long time no see !! This is Tomoe writing from CA !! About 10 days ago,I came back to US to start my study abroad in CA. In CA,I’m taking part in extention class of UCI (University of California,Irvine). Now,I’m studying English and after that I’m planning to take business class and tourism class. [...]

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