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This week we spent our class time discussing the conceptual framework for GSIF as a program. This is the conceptual framework that we made for GSIF program. It starts in the center and works its way out toward the outside. We started in the inside with IMPACT because that is ultimately our goal. Our goal […]

We worked on our conceptual framework over the last class and we were able to complete the framework for the overarching problem of child stunting and also the solution that we proposed to solve stunting. We decided to address stunting because malnutrition is such a broad category and it encompasses both overweighted and underweighted children. […]

Emergence is the process by which an entire system has parts and properties that are not their own. It is the concept of a system not being able to work on their own. An example of an emergent system that adds social value are social movements. Social movements like the “Me Too” movement cannot be […]

BLOG PART I Partners: World Hope We worked at World Hope and with their staff. They helped us because they provided us with workspace and connections in Sierra Leone. We helped them too because we expanded their reputation by involving them and tying them to our research. We should continue to participate in important projects […]

Team Name: _Malnutrition_(NEWtrition)   Date: _10/2/19__ Goals Personal Goals (small g) Neena – To contribute in any and every way possible so that we are able to advance our project forward to achieve the goal i have always had coming into this project: to help children become healthier. Personally, I hope to become a better […]

This case involves a local business owner Chetan who has had this deem-based product business in the family for the past 7 generations. A tourist went to this part of India and discovered the neem seeds for himself and decided to make a pesticide based off the product and now wants to sell it and […]

This case study required a much more in depth analysis of the ethical decision making and grassroots diplomacy. For this case, there were two aspects that we needed to address, the first was the ethical decision making for the initiation of the cooperative company. The later part is the grassroots diplomacy that’s required to analyze […]

This week we looked at a case study that dealt with grassroots diplomacy. The facts of the case are: Jack is American student living at the youth center in Kenya for 5 months Jack is working on a social venture Jack has to work closely with the children and staff of the youth center Jack […]

This week our goal was to examine a case study that took place in Lesotho, South Africa. The study stated that we, researchers, would be studying the water in this country for potential pathogens to determine if the water is the source of the pathogens. The testing that we need to do is simple but […]

We just got back from our in country field work! Our group spent three weeks in Sierra Leone working on a viable solution to malnutrition in children five and under. It was such an incredible and empowering experience and after much reflection, these are the things that I learned. The people in Sierra Leone are […]