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slee72
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| Name: | Samuel Lee |
| Date registered | 09.09.2013 |
| Date of birth: | 10. July 1992 |
| Last online: | Tue Dec 03, 2013 3:40 am |
| Sex: |  male |
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11.19.2013 |
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Tue Nov 19, 2013 4:28 am | jump to post
It is great what these people were doing in "Reluctant Entrepreneurs". They were giving these people that second chance, or actually, that one chance they needed to start their business. The system they created was very well thought out. They took the time to actually explain the concepts of loans, the very things they are giving away, which showed that they did know what they were doing. The results even show for themselves as people were actually gaining profits from what they have started/cre...
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11.12.2013 |
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Tue Nov 12, 2013 3:14 am | jump to post
“ In the course of history, there comes a time when humanity is called to shift to a new level of consciousness, to reach a higher moral ground. A time when we have to shed our fear and give hope to each other. That time is now.” - Wangari Maathai
I believe this quote by Maathai really captures Novogratz ideas for this new business model she is creating. Based on the current problems and views of philanthropy, Novogratz was able to create something positive out of a negative. The current views ...
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10.22.2013 |
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Tue Oct 22, 2013 3:35 am | jump to post
“Game Playing: Rethinking Power and Empowerment” is mainly about, you guessed it, the concepts of power. It was quite an interesting read and it definitely had a lot of material on how power plays a role in today’s world and how we might change it.
First I’d like to point out a quote that I liked that described what power is: “A has power over B to the extent that A can get B to do something that B would not otherwise do.” I like this quote out of all the other quotes, since it was the most si...
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10.08.2013 |
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Tue Oct 08, 2013 3:18 am | jump to post
Yes to the Root Capital's business model! William Foote and his team are providing a second chance to all those who are struggling and underprivileged. The whole beginning story was a great analogy to what they are doing with the company, and a great way to portray that all you need is a little push from a friend to go a long way.
What stuck out to me was the story about Quinacho, a cooperative of 550 cocoa farmers located in northern Peru. This area was known to be a bad area due to all the dr...
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10.01.2013 |
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Tue Oct 01, 2013 3:32 am | jump to post
Reading this segment on how Fair Trade has evolved over time and how far has come since its beginnings, I find myself caught up in the first couple pages. The segment "A Brilliant Idea" first establish some positive facts about how far Fair Trade how come: fairtrade product sales at £800 million as of 2009 and benefiting 7 million people in developing countries. With such great numbers it easy to think that these corporations have done much for the world, but my favorite part about this reading ...
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09.09.2013 |
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Mon Sep 09, 2013 10:12 am | jump to post
Hello everyone! I'm Samuel Lee and I too am a student of Kate's Fair Trade course held in Fordham University. I'm very new to the world of Fair Trade and I guess the documentary "The Dark Side of Chocolate" was a great way to really introduce the problems the world faces with Fair Trade laws and regulations.
The first thing that caught my attention was the Harkin-Engel Protocol. The Protocol was signed in 2001 by major chocolate manufacturing factories and stated that "child labor and the traff...
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