Peer teaching for Grade 8 begins
Peer teaching for Grade 8 begins We have been working with several outstanding Grade 10 and 11 students: Tumelo, Ethel, Samson, and Thulani to create a curriculum based on the Resource booklet for the Grade 8 and 9 learners. After looking through the booklet, they decided that it was essential to work with some of … Read more
Kayafungo Diaries…
Posted by Saul Garlick, Executive Director We are in the midst of the second phase of our Global Development Program in Kayafungo, Kenya. As we speak, the students are working hard to complete monitoring work on our past development projects. They are meeting with community members and leaders, teachers, students and partners to understand the … Read more
Mombasa – Yes for Children
Posted by Saul Garlick, Executive Director Our Kenya Global Development Internship has arrived in Mombasa and we started off with a bang: a tour of the city from our friend Madi and a visit to the lo0cal Swahili restaurant, Island Dishes. The visit has already proven fast paced in spite of the Coast’s laid back … Read more
PODCAST: Interview with the Founder
Interview with Saul Garlick: Student Movement for Real Change April 23rd, 2009 by beafields I had such a dose of inspiration today during this special Y-Talk interview with Saul Garlick, Founder of Student Movement for Real Change (SMRC). The organization aims to answer poverty through the power of young leaders. During this special Y-Talk interview, … Read more
Food and our responsibility
Posted by Saul Garlick, Executive Director Two nights ago I went to dinner with a friend who works on food security issues at USAID. We were talking about the conditions in Kenya where SMRC works and in Southern Sudan, her portfolio. We talked about the food crises, the conflicts that have been worsened in Sudan … Read more
Seeing is believing…
Posted by Saul Garlick, Executive Director Sometimes it is hard for people to fully understand what it is that SMRC does for development. We can always share pictures, tell stories and offer the numbers like young leaders in the organization have built 3 schools, 4 libraries, 2 soccer fields, etc. But there is no replacement … Read more
SMRC and Sierra Leone – A story of inspiration
Posted by Saul Garlick, Executive Director Over the years, students in developing countries have found SMRC on the web and opted to establish chapters on college campuses in their home country. This happened in Sierra Leone and below you can read the inspiring and moving story of why SMRC-SL came to be, and what it … Read more
8 minutes, Great Music… the Kenya-Lily Story
Posted by Saul Garlick, Executive Director, Lily Muldoon, SMRC project director, is back and we have the story to show you in a beautiful new video presentation developed by Andrea Calderson. Watch the 8 minute film and find yourself feeling totally inspired.
Doesn’t get any better than this…
Posted by Saul Garlick, Executive Director This is a truly remarkable story of a young innovator, William Kamkwamba, who brought windmill electricity to his community using ONLY the locally available assets. Anything is possible… Can this be done in Kayafungo? Also, check out his blog at http://www.williamkamkwamba.typepad.com/
Energy & Goal Clarity – Let’s get to work!!
Posted by Saul Garlick, Executive Director Working on international development from a cushy Washington, DC office has its challenges. People always say that you must love your job purely because your mission is important to you, and that you feel like work is rewarding outside of yourself. They are correct, but it’s not so simple.
