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carizo
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| Name: | Cesar A. Rizo | | Location: | Bronx, NY |
| Date registered | 09.09.2013 |
| Date of birth: | 16. December 1991 |
| Last online: | Tue Dec 10, 2013 4:53 am |
| Sex: |  male |
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11.12.2013 |
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Tue Nov 12, 2013 5:02 am | jump to post
One of the most encouraging parts of today's reading was when Novogratz spoke about the choice she had between running her own $100 million philanthropic fund or following her idea of creating a new system to improve the world. The decision is very difficult because one path leads to a charted, successful future with a lot of great options (the philanthropic fund), while the other offers immense upside but at the expense of certainty and a lot of sacrifice. It made me so happy and it was inspiri...
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11.05.2013 |
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Tue Nov 05, 2013 5:02 am | jump to post
The first thing that impacted me the most about this reading was the lack of awareness about fair trade that the workers in the Darjeeling tea plantations. The plantation was fair trade certified, yet it was not doing anything that was demanded from having such standards. The author goes into detail of how it lacked in the three major statutes of fair trade, but the shocking part was that the majority of the workers were not even aware they were in such a system or that it even existed.
The se...
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10.08.2013 |
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Tue Oct 08, 2013 3:48 am | jump to post
One of the things that stood out to me about the reading was the way the idea for Root Capital came to be. William Foote, the founder, recognized the gap between businesses that were too large for microfinance but too risky for traditional investing routes. He saw this firsthand during his extended trip in rural Mexico. It’s just a great thing to read about how people get inspired and how a change of environment is sometimes vital for opportunities to be seized.
Another thing that really impact...
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10.01.2013 |
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Tue Oct 01, 2013 2:21 am | jump to post
The first thing that really impacted me from the reading was right at the beginning when the article listed some statistics. Fair Trade has done a lot of good and has directly benefited more than 7 million people in the developing world. However, this is only a small portion of the world that lives below the poverty line. These are some of the most astonishing numbers I’ve ever encountered: 1.4 billion people, one-fifth of the world’s population, live at or below $1.25 a day. Also, 2.6 billion p...
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09.17.2013 |
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Tue Sep 17, 2013 3:47 am | jump to post
One of the most jarring things about this documentary is the chaos that takes place in the country. There are so many political issues that it is extremely difficult to maintain a legal infrastructure. What makes matters more complicated is the fact that the Democratic Republic of Congo is such a resource-rich nation. The first thing that impacted me the most was the constant struggle between the rebels and the Congolese army. There are constant struggles for territory and land. The worst part i...
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09.10.2013 |
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Tue Sep 10, 2013 1:59 am | jump to post
Hi, my name is Cesar and I'm a student in Kate's Fair Trade class. Here are some of my thoughts on the Dark Side of Chocolate documentary:
One thing I found really impactful in the video was when they first interviewed the CEO of SAF Cacao, Ali Lakiss. SAF Cacao is one of the largest cacao exporters in the Ivory Coast and their CEO was claiming that he knew for a fact that there was no child trafficking or child labor in his industry. During the interview you could see how confident he was in h...
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