Agueda Ordeñana (IF'10, Nicaragua)Agueda Ordeñana (IF'10, Nicaragua) on February 24th, 2012

Our people need to promote changes that will allow them to evolve and develop for the benefit and common good. These changes can only be made when leaders who can lead struggles to forge changes in attitudes and a positive influence on people, so that together will achieve objectives and goals for the benefit of [...]

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Karen Faith Villaprudente (IF'11, Philippines)Karen Faith Villaprudente (IF'11, Philippines) on February 18th, 2012

So how’s my life been after Seattle and iLEAP? Hectic. That’s what it has been like, hectic. Lately I find myself referring to my organizer slash appointment book everytime I need to do something or if someone asks if I have any free time. My life is in that appointment book. (It’s a little black [...]

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Vane Siliezar (IF'11, Honduras)Vane Siliezar (IF'11, Honduras) on February 11th, 2012

“Let us rise in the moral power of womanhood; and give utterance to the voice of outraged mercy, and insulted justice, and eternal truth, and mighty love and holy freedom“. Maria W. Chapman Walking by thru my city and thinking back in the past week in San Salvador, I feel inspired to write this small [...]

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Yuya HarashinaYuya Harashina on February 6th, 2012

Hello, I’m Yuya Harashina, program associate at iLEAP. Social Innovation Forum:Japan finished on Jan 21th. I had been involved in this forum as a program associate. This experience is literally valuable for me. Today, I would like to share my harvests of this forum. 「Logs and space」 Through the forum, not only me, but also [...]

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Mabilia Carolina Joj (IF'10, Guatemala)Mabilia Carolina Joj (IF'10, Guatemala) on February 4th, 2012

I have spent a week, since I have had the wonderful opportunity in El Salvador to meet my Central American and the Caribbean sisters graduated of iLEAP fellowship program in 2011 (Vane, Susana, Paola, Lidieth, Lucy and Patricia) and to see again my old friends Madeline, Agueda and Rocío graduated of iLEAP in 2010, I [...]

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Lidieth Alvarez (IF'11, Nicaragua)Lidieth Alvarez (IF'11, Nicaragua) on February 4th, 2012

bueno, nada ni nadie te quitara el estar con tus bueno amigas en esta vida, son momentos en que tiene que disfrutar con ellas cuando las encuentra ni la peor situacion no te quitara el sabor de vivir y revivir los momentos especiales que estas pasando. el encontrarnos nuevamente con todas las chicas 2010 y [...]

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Lidieth Alvarez (IF'11, Nicaragua)Lidieth Alvarez (IF'11, Nicaragua) on February 4th, 2012

Well, nothing and no one will take off to be with your good friends in life are moments when you have to enjoy them when the situation is worse or do not take away the taste of live and relive the special moments you’re going through. meet again with all the girls 2010 and 2011 [...]

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