ThinkImpact Supporter’s Guide
Check it out! It gives a tour through our comprehensive program of creating social businesses in rural Kenya and South Africa. ThinkImpact Supporters Guide
Hidden Moments of Beauty in SA Village
By Chelsea Coalwell “I don’t want to be cliché and say that this summer was “life changing” but it was pretty extraordinary. I not only learned what poverty is really like and the role of non-profits, I learned a lot about myself. I wouldn’t change this summer for the world. I strongly recommend that anyone … Read more
Update on South Africa GDIs and the Village Cup
Letter from Team Leader, Sarah Whitney, in South Africa: The GDIs have been working especially hard over the past week, and we have seen great results. They are continuing their monitoring and evaluation of past ThinkImpact initiatives. The groups from Utah, Dixie, and Makrepeni have been evaluating the Samson Primary School and Shiviti Primary School … Read more
Global Development Interns Arrive in South Africa
Posted by Sarah Whitney It has been an exciting week so far in Manyeleti, South Africa! The Global Development Interns for ThinkImpact have arrived in Dixie, Makrepeni, and Uta. There are 12 interns this year and they will be living and working in the communities for eight weeks. The ThinkImpact staff has already recognized so … Read more
Announcing 2010 South Africa GDIs
We are proud to announce the 12 students from around the nation that have been selected to go to South Africa this summer as Global Development Interns. Here is a little information, so you can get to know them! 1. Clara Brodie is a student at Wellesley College “I’m really excited about the prospect of … Read more
Condoms for all in Manyeleti
Posted by Saul Garlick, Executive Director In 2007, SMRC hosted its first Global Development Internship. After the life changing and deeply rewarding summer of working with youth in Manyeleti, South Africa, the US students that had joined us had made close friendships across the globe. Among the biggest issues that the GDIs (then known as … Read more
Makrepeni GDI-Halfway Point!
We are halfway done with the internship and time has really just flown by! We have all been finishing up our “Monitoring and Evaluating” reports about the past SMRC projects in Makrepeni. For these reports we have looked at the Communtity Center/Creche, Samson Primary School Library, and Samson Primary School Computer Lab and through observation … Read more
Groups focus on goals for final weeks
Interns have now decided on fellow and non-fellow tracks within the GDI program. Non-fellow projects within Makrepeni range from tidying up the library at Samson, adding new mice to the computers in Samson, minor fixes to rainwater project at Makrepeni community center, clean-up of office area in community center, trash pick up and creating a check … Read more
Week One-Makrepeni
Hello Everybody! So we have been living in Makrepeni for a week and a half now and have had a number of exciting, fun, and interesting experiences. The six of us arrived to the village on Saturday afternoon and got settled into our homestays. Callen, Kevin, and Kelvin are living in the old house of … Read more
Doris Mashego – friend and inspiration featured
Posted by Saul Garlick, Executive Director OneWorld.net selected the inspiring work of community leader and great friend of SMRC as the subject of a story on early childhood education. Doris is a special woman because she has the ideas and persistence to turn difficult situations into powerful success stories. Read the story published by OneWorld … Read more
