Beginning the Year with the Last Mile
Last Mile Health is a Boston-based organization that creates a new workforce to save lives in Liberia’s most remote villages through the recruitment, training and equipping of community health workers.
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Engaging In Development with Richard Rowe
International development is an exciting, thrilling, and unique field. The opportunity to work abroad, immerse in new cultures, and foster new relationships is in part one of the reasons why so many succumb to it. But how do we get there? How can we become successful development practicioners? This Tuesday, BNID had the opportunity to sit and speak with OLE (Open Learning and Exchange) Executive Director, Richard Rowe who provided his personal insight on the field as well as his experiences that led him to initiate OLE. Founder and CEO of OLE, Richard Rowe has worked in international development for an extended amount of time. Starting his career in psychology at UCLA as an undergraduate and then at Columbia University for his Ph.D, Rowe is not only an advocate of international development, but a psychologist understanding individual and group behavior. Speaking with Rowe, international development is a lot more than just initiating programs or donating laptops to a developing community, rather it’s more about human engagement. According to Rowe, he got into international development, “by accident.” “It was a combination of my upbringing and chance. I am the son of a Methodist minister, very concerned about social justice as a family and I always wanted to do something that would benefit the world, that was part of my DNA since the very beginning. First it was medicine, then the ministry, and I kind of fell into education,” says Rowe. Finishing up his Ph.D thesis on clinical psychology in Manhattan, he was granted an opportunity to go to the Virgin Islands both to work and to write his thesis. There, Rowe became the Director of the Test, Development, and Research office at the West African Examinations Council (WEAC), where he helped modernize the Educational Curriculum system of scholastic aptitude tests. Working and living abroad, that experience made him into an international cross cultural educational measurement specialist. Moving forward, his career brought him to South Africa and Nigeria, where one is his first daughters was born. Following education, Richard later served as Associate Dean, and Director of the Doctoral Program of Clinical Psychology at the Harvard School of Education. Head of the 1 Laptop per Child Foundation as well, Rowe left shortly to create OLE.
The Country Global Citizenship Report Card Project
An initiative to hold nation-states more accountable for their commitments to uphold global agreements, conventions, treaties and best practice standards.
Caring 2 Communities with Mariah Ridge-O’Brien
Tell us a little bit about C2C’s role in healthcare and international development. C2C is a global health non-profit organization that provides access to high-quality, sustainable primary healthcare to families in the developing world. It was founded by Elizabeth Sheehan, a physician's assistant who worked in the developing world for ten years, and saw a serious need for quality healthcare. After a five year partnership with our first clinic and a Port-au-Prince hospital following the earthquake, we opened our first cost-recovery clinic in Camp Coq, Haiti in 2013. We currently have two clinics in Haiti and one in Namibia.
Leveraging Global Citizen Networks for Impact
What does it mean to be a global citizen? And how can a network of global citizens promote international development? To find out, we talked to the Melton Foundation, the only global fellowship program that unites a network of more than 450 fellows to act as global citizens, addressing local and global challenges throughout their lives. For the Melton Foundation, global citizenship is a way for individuals and organizations to work together across boundaries of place and identity to address global challenges.
A Day at the Open Learning Exchange (OLE)
There are many times when working in International development makes me love my life even more. It is not just about providing long lasting solutions to global problems but there are powerful moments of inspiration that recharge me everyday!
On the Ground in Rwanda
My favorite part about working at Gardens for Health in Rwanda is getting to witness firsthand the impact that our programs are having on communities and families. This Thanksgiving reminded me just how much we have to be grateful for. Nine months ago when I was in Rwanda, I met a mother named Venantie and her two-year-old son Imanirakoze...
Nursing in Development with Rebecca Love
People often ask me “Why did you become a nurse?” My answer is similar to nurses everywhere: I became a nurse because I wanted to help people, to make a difference in the lives of others, to change the world for the better.
Welcome to the new BNID Blog!
We would like to thank you, our members, for your continued support and enthusiasm for our work and we believe this blog will help create important conversations that might not otherwise be possible to do.