Ivey Connects International Outreach Grant Program

The Ivey School of Business offers its students a number of unique opportunities, many of which occur outside of the classroom. Ivey Connects is a student-led organization that works to inspire Ivey students to contribute to the societies in which they operate; a vital aspect of the Richard Ivey School of Business’s Mission Statement. Ivey students have access to a wealth of resources; through Ivey Connects they harness these resources in order to make a difference within their community – and beyond.

Jessica Kelly, HBA 2009, was this past year’s International Outreach Project Manager for Ivey Connects. “Having spent my previous summer with an outreach project in Tanzania, I really wanted my fellow students to be able to take advantage of similar life-changing opportunities. We knew our budget wasn’t sufficient to support a group grip, so we decided to provide grants to a few students participating in international volunteer trips to ease the financial burden.”

There were five exceptional candidates that came forward for the grant opportunity, and with the help of Oana Branzei and the Institute for Entrepreneurship, Jessica Kelly and the International Outreach Project were able to obtain funds to provide each student with $1,000.

Part of Ivey Connects’ mandate is to inspire all students to volunteer, so the goal is to bring the international volunteer experiences of the five students to the entire Ivey Community. With this goal in mind, each of the grant recipients will keep a blog. Upon their return to classes in September, they will also give presentations to share their experiences, lessons learned, and other wisdom they acquire while travelling.

Best of luck to the following students on behalf of the Pierre Morrissette Institute for Entrepreneurship:

Jory Cohen - http://jorycohen.wordpress.com/ Jory is working in Kimundo, a village in rural Tanzania. He will be working in an orphanage and a primary school, teaching English, Math, Science and Business. The organization Jory is working with is called the Peace Matunda Orphanage and Children’s Centre, which aims to provide orphans and children living in difficult conditions with basic education, proper housing, adequate health care and nutrition along with daily necessities to ensure them a better quality of life and prosperous future.

Adam Day - http://www.adamdayonline.com/ Adam is spending his summer in a village in Ghana called Kanvilli. With Engineers Without Borders, the project he is working on this summer is called Governance and Rural Infrastructure. The goals of this program include bringing public policy decision making closer to the population and making the government of Ghana more accountable to its constituency.

Hilary Ambrose - Hilary is working with Volunteer Abroad in Arusha, Tanzania. Volunteer Abroad is partnered with three organizations in the village- a hospital, and x-ray clinic, and a centre for women’s and children’s health. She hopes to learn from leaders who face considerable difficulties in sustaining healthcare centres by observing from the bottom.

Rebecca Risberg - http://volunteerguatemala09.blogspot.com/ Rebecca is working with the Guatemala Laundromat Project in Xela, Guatelmala. She will be working in a shelter which aims to provide a healthy diet and education to battered women and children. The Laundromat serves as a way to provide the shelter with ongoing program revenue and a means to empower the battered women with the training to develop self-reliance and independence.

Jillian Rodak - http://jilliansbagamoyoadventure.blogspot.com/ Jillian will be working in Bagamoyo, Tanzania with the organization Cross Cultural Solutions. She will be teaching English in a local primary school, and hopes to bring creative ideas and teaching methods to the classroom in order to enhance the learning experience.

* RequiredPost Your Comment

• Name*
  
• Email*
  
• Website
  

• Comment*