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Jan Hansen
You did it ETI Supporters! Over $10,000 raised for Rural Opportunity Centers #ROC(s) at the #ETISpringBreakfast 2018 – you #ROC !! Now SHARE to tell the world! educatetanzania.org This is the hashtag fest that ETI shared with its 1950 followers on Twitter to announce the success of the ETI Spring Breakfast 2018. ETI set a record on April 26th at…
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Take a look at this wonderful organization doing great things with water. Water Facts The weight of water that women in Asia and Africa carry on their heads is equivalent to the maximum baggage weight allowed by airlines: 44 lbs (20 kg). (WHRNET) The average distance a woman walks in Africa to collect water is 3.75…
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Good things are happening at ETI and we want to share those with you. Join us April 26th. CLICK HERE to SIGN UP.
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l So many of our ETI supporters inspire us. ETI followers, donorleader or supporter, they influence. They chip in and offer a hand instead of condemning the need or the needy. They do not create dependencies, nor take over when others can do it themselves. They do not act because they are needy and need…
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The Business Solution to Poverty: Designing Products and Services for Three Billion New Customers by Paul Polak, Mal Warwick Last week our blog focused on the book Out of Poverty by Paul Polak. This week’s focus is on the follow up. Goodreads Summary Right now the number of people living on $2 a day or less is…
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Out of Poverty by Paul Polak (2008) Although already ten years old, Polak’s ideas stay strong as the author offers entrepreneurial solutions to poverty in Asia and Africa. Out of Poverty: What Works When Traditional Approaches Fail Paul Polak 240 pages (Berrett-Koehler, 2008) Goodreads Summary: Based on his 25 years of experience, Polak explodes what…
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Team ETI returned from Karagwe on Feb 6 and hit the ground running. If you followed the ETI website, the ETI Travelblog, ETI’s Facebook or Twitter while Team ETI was in Karagwe, Tanzania, then you already know we are working on the Rural Opportunity Centers (ROCs). If you are a new reader – Karibu sana! Welcome!…
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Bruce Engel of BURO Engel Architects and Jan HANSEN of ETI are boarded and ready to head to (Kigali) Entebbe. We seemingly have a plane to ourselves. Excited to get to Tanzania!
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ETI is headed to Karagwe for its first 2018 visit and the first visit after the October KARUCO Dedication and Inauguration. Jan Hansen, President/CEO, heads to Karagwe on Thursday, January 25th and returns early February. Our goals are to: 1. bask in the glow of the wondrous and inspiring dedication on Oct 29, 2017; 2. get…
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