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Understanding and Strengthening Women's Presence

The “iKnow” Concert Series first started as a small concert in 2014 hosting 4,000. Astoundingly, by 2019, it had hosted a total of 300,000 while providing additional health benefits; HIV testing, products for reproductive health, cancer screening, etc. It was a massive success, and the ability to use music to together communities is commendable.

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Cultural Exchange & Impact Research Paper

Capitalism has paved the road for multiple states of development in the world. In hindsight, capitalism has motivated the usage of exploitation as a tool to build capital at the dismissal of humanitarianism. The temptation of building capital has inherently concentrated wealth and created cultural immersion. Eastern Africa, however, has untapped cultural immersion activity and development.

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World Down Syndrome Day

World Down Syndrome Day was celebrated all over the world on the 21st March, 2019. Although not the first time in Uganda, it was the first time a staggering 380 people were in attendance, 180 more than initially anticipated.

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Kampala Social Impact Remuneration Survey

During the spring semester of 2019, a capstone team from the Cornell Institute for Public Affairs (CIPA) partnered with staff from the Global Livingston Institute (GLI) and Staffable Africa on designing a remuneration survey for organizations working in the sectors of social impact and social enterprise 1n Kampala, Uganda.

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Sustainable Farming Collaborative/Model Farm

When interviews facilitated by past Capstone teams illuminated former child soldiers’ need and want for a capacity-building initiative centered on enhancing their agricultural proficiency, GLI launched the Sustainable Farming Collaborative/Model Farm initiative in Spring 2018 with a cohort of 60 villagers.

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Cornell Capstone Team and Global Livingston Institute

In Spring 2017, the Cornell Institute of Public Affairs (CIPA) capstone team—Quynh Tong, Yang Li, Rafia Farooqul, and Jazlin Gomez, worked with and provided pro bono consulting services for the Global Livingston Institute (GLI), a non-governmental organization in Uganda dedicated to cultivating global understanding of poverty and fostering healthier communities.

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Women and Workforce Literature Review

New Faces New Voices, an advocacy group that focuses on getting women involved in the financial sector in Africa summed up some of the effects of social impact investing on women specifically. The report stated that “women-owned businesses in Africa are growing at a faster rate than women-owned businesses worldwide.”

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Needs Assessment: Musanze District

As recent graduates of Environmental Studies programs at the University of Colorado and Portland State University our interest in pursuing this work-study opportunity through the Global Livingston Institute (GLI) lay primarily 1n the areas of land conservation, wildlife preservation and innovative management strategies.

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