Nzene Sylvester (IF'08, Cameroon)Nzene Sylvester (IF'08, Cameroon) on August 14th, 2010

It has been almost five months since our last blog posts got to you. Although you have not received any messages, recently PFPF has not been idle. Far from it! We are working diligently to fine-tune our services, products and communications to ensure we provide information that is inspirational and beneficial. When we reach out [...]

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iLEAPiLEAP on August 10th, 2009

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Nzene Sylvester (IF'08, Cameroon)Nzene Sylvester (IF'08, Cameroon) on June 15th, 2009

Betty, Emmanuel, Samba, and Juliet the end is near and it’s time for me to congratulate you on your graduation party. All of us can not be there at this moment but we give you the honor and celebrate with you in spirit. As members of iLEAP International Faculty in collaboration with Taking the LEAPers [...]

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Nzene Sylvester (IF'08, Cameroon)Nzene Sylvester (IF'08, Cameroon) on May 12th, 2009

Collaboration and networking is one of the key areas international fellows will explore to achieve their long term vision. I am an iLEAP graduate and its International Faculty member so far from Cameroon, hence a lifetime collaborator and partner to work with PFPF. This is becoming a reality as the Partners For Productivity Foundation – [...]

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Nzene Sylvester (IF'08, Cameroon)Nzene Sylvester (IF'08, Cameroon) on May 11th, 2009

Reflective Practice is one the core philosophy iLEAP impacted on us just about a year ago. It is in this direction that my organization, Partners for Productivity Foundation (PFPF), organized a two 3-day workshops were held in Bangem and Nyandong recently. The workshop covered the basics of bee-keeping, introducing the potential benefits to the farmers [...]

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Nzene Sylvester (IF'08, Cameroon)Nzene Sylvester (IF'08, Cameroon) on July 5th, 2008

< ![endif]–> < ![endif]–> The 3 months iLEAP International Fellowship program had us as the first batch. We effectively graduated on the 14th June 2008. The Fellowship program is organized around four central themes: global citizenship and civil society, reflective practice, collaborative leadership, and social and environmental sustainability. We went through a process that involved [...]

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Nzene Sylvester (IF'08, Cameroon)Nzene Sylvester (IF'08, Cameroon) on June 7th, 2008

The 21 Acres Center is an innovative, community-driven project that will serve as an agricultural and environmental learning center for people of all ages. It is intended to be a King County agri-urban park that will be accessible to the whole community. They are establishing farm plots used to demonstrate sustainable and organic farming practices. [...]

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Nzene Sylvester (IF'08, Cameroon)Nzene Sylvester (IF'08, Cameroon) on June 5th, 2008

Health can be within reach for everyone. This is Paths’ an international, nonprofit organization based in Seattle philosophy. They believe that Solutions for the world’s biggest health problems are handy and it only takes a little creativity to make sure they work in poor countries as well as rich ones. They focus more on solutions [...]

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Nzene Sylvester (IF'08, Cameroon)Nzene Sylvester (IF'08, Cameroon) on June 5th, 2008

Washington CASH was our main host today. They consider micro enterprise as a holistic approach, embracing poverty alleviation, human development and economic development strategies. But what makes their model interesting is the training led programs of what they call get ready workshops. The eight-week business development training program offers hands-on, practical information that is designed [...]

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Nzene Sylvester (IF'08, Cameroon)Nzene Sylvester (IF'08, Cameroon) on May 27th, 2008

A Seattle based charitable, non-profit educational organization Pacific Marine Research dedicated to furthering people’s understanding of and connection to Puget Sound and its watershed was our host to in a boat tour. We were conducted in four different group activities simultaneously, and there was some program flexibility, beginning from adventure highlights, through to protecting and [...]

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