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Resources on social enterprise

Posted Mar 1, 2011 in Education, social enterprise, Uncategorized, zanaafrica by Megan - 0 Comments

Knowledge is power, and at ZanaA we are hungry for more knowledge: new insights in history, best practices that we can learn from, reports that form the basis for our statistics and decision, and more. Below are just some of [...]

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Theories of Change

Posted Mar 1, 2011 in BOP, Empowerment, Field Officers, Sanitary Pads, social enterprise, zanaafrica by Megan - 2 Comments

ZanaA was created out of my experience in Kenya for six years, working with street girls, thinking about the world of “development” and what was good and bad about it, looking at the for-profit world and what was good and [...]

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You, yes you: Help girls blog and tweet!

Posted Jan 10, 2011 in Education, Empowerment, kenya, Kibera, , zanaafrica by Megan - 1 Comment

Happy new year! Hope your start to the new year has been as great as ours, which has been complete with fabulous volunteers from Wharton and Middlebury and a new grant: This week we join The Girl Effect by bringing [...]

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Sex workers are mommies too

Posted Dec 16, 2010 in bottom of the pyramid, Careers, Education, Empowerment, kenya, Kibera, Sanitary Pads, zanaafrica by Megan - 1 Comment

Are you defined by your job? Sure, your spouse might say you are married to your work, and may have considered filing a missing person’s report because you’re on the job all the time. But: is your job what defines [...]

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I’m an alien, not an expat!

Posted Dec 14, 2010 in Careers, kenya by Megan - 0 Comments

I bought a one-way ticket to Kenya from New York in 2001 at age 23 and have remained here since. This was a weird thing to do. Even more weird was my perspective on living in Kenya. Like Jesus, I [...]

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Fighting corruption with a return on investment

Posted Dec 7, 2010 in BOP, bottom of the pyramid, Education, kenya, Sanitary Pads, social enterprise, zanaafrica by Megan - 0 Comments

The Standard Newspaper this Saturday prominently featured the results of graft and mis-management of public funds on its front page: a whopping annual cost of KES 270 billion ($3.375 billion USD). This, it notes, could pay for free primary and [...]

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Seeing Red

Posted Dec 6, 2010 in Empowerment, Sanitary Pads by Megan - 0 Comments

Immediately after Thanksgiving, Americans participate in a bizarre ritual of pulling things off shelves and standing in long lines. “Black Friday,” as it is called, tries to lull us all into a belief that Christmas is all about giving stuff, [...]

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D.I.Y Foreign-Aid for Dummies

Posted Nov 12, 2010 in Careers, , zanaafrica by Megan - 6 Comments

Lots of folks have asked me about the splash of conversation about Kristoff’s D.I.Y Foreign Aid article earlier this month and the reaction from Foreign Policy calling for professionals, and a counter-reaction discussing the need to empower local organizations. To [...]

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The facts about keeping girls in school

Posted Nov 4, 2010 in Empowerment, Kibera, Sanitary Pads, zanaafrica by Megan - 0 Comments

Some of the benefits of keeping girls in school The facts are undisputed – keeping girls in school benefits everyone in the short- and long-term. Girls with more education have more money in the future, have less incidence of HIV [...]

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An unexpected lesson from the beauty of autumn

Posted Nov 4, 2010 in Empowerment, zanaafrica by Megan - 0 Comments

I grew up in Connecticut, home of some of the best trees in the world. Fall is always my favorite time, when like a surprise gift, these leaves that were a uniform green for so long suddenly realize something special [...]