hey everyone,
so here i go again on one of my many adventures - this time i am volunteering in Guatemala. My motivations for this years volunteer trip however are slightly different than they were last year when i went to Costa Rica. Last year, i merely wanted to volunteer my time abroad, feel needed and give my time to something important.
however, this year, after having finished my first year at business school (Richard Ivey School of Business in London, ON) i am motivated to volunteer abroad in order to use the skills that i have learned and practiced over the past 10 months. My year at Ivey as inspired me to use my business degree for good and to help lesser developed countries better themselves. i want to use my knowledge of business in order to help people and businesses realize their full potential; something they would not otherwise be able to do, due to their lack of education and resources available to them.
I initially wanted to go to Argentina, to work within an NGO helping out with marketing, administration duties etc. However after a lot more research and investigation i stumbled across a different organization that offered me a much more specific and detailed account of what I would be doing and the skills that were needed in order to help.
This project, called The Guatemala Laundromat Project, is located in Xela, Guatemala (about 4 hours out of the capital)- this project is one that involves not only sustainable development for the people of that community but also women's advancement. Below is the link that will take you to the PDF that properly explains what I will be doing there.
http://www.unitedplanet.org/quest/documents/GuatemalaLaundromatProject.pdf
I am extremely excited to embark on this adventure; you have no idea how exciting it is to think that you will soon be using your education to make a difference for people. I am so looking forward to putting my everything into this project and taking it all as seriously as possible.... always keeping in mind of course that I am just a guest, giving ideas and lending a hand - i have no right to change around everything that they have already established, rather give ideas and thoughts on ways to make it better.
Well, I look forward to keeping you all updated on my departure and my time while there. I don't know if i mentioned when and for how long i am going for. I will be leaving the beginning of August and going for 4 weeks. At which time I return to Canada to finished off my HBA at Ivey.
Thanks for reading this, and please stay posted for more information and updates! Of course a week or so before departure i will post a note briefing everyone on my expectations, fears and concerns before and during my stay in Guatemala.
I would like to thank Ivey Connects as well as the Pierre L. Morrissette Institute for Entrepreneurship at Ivey for their continuous support.
so here i go again on one of my many adventures - this time i am volunteering in Guatemala. My motivations for this years volunteer trip however are slightly different than they were last year when i went to Costa Rica. Last year, i merely wanted to volunteer my time abroad, feel needed and give my time to something important.
however, this year, after having finished my first year at business school (Richard Ivey School of Business in London, ON) i am motivated to volunteer abroad in order to use the skills that i have learned and practiced over the past 10 months. My year at Ivey as inspired me to use my business degree for good and to help lesser developed countries better themselves. i want to use my knowledge of business in order to help people and businesses realize their full potential; something they would not otherwise be able to do, due to their lack of education and resources available to them.I initially wanted to go to Argentina, to work within an NGO helping out with marketing, administration duties etc. However after a lot more research and investigation i stumbled across a different organization that offered me a much more specific and detailed account of what I would be doing and the skills that were needed in order to help.
This project, called The Guatemala Laundromat Project, is located in Xela, Guatemala (about 4 hours out of the capital)- this project is one that involves not only sustainable development for the people of that community but also women's advancement. Below is the link that will take you to the PDF that properly explains what I will be doing there.
http://www.unitedplanet.org/quest/documents/GuatemalaLaundromatProject.pdf
I am extremely excited to embark on this adventure; you have no idea how exciting it is to think that you will soon be using your education to make a difference for people. I am so looking forward to putting my everything into this project and taking it all as seriously as possible.... always keeping in mind of course that I am just a guest, giving ideas and lending a hand - i have no right to change around everything that they have already established, rather give ideas and thoughts on ways to make it better.
Well, I look forward to keeping you all updated on my departure and my time while there. I don't know if i mentioned when and for how long i am going for. I will be leaving the beginning of August and going for 4 weeks. At which time I return to Canada to finished off my HBA at Ivey.
Thanks for reading this, and please stay posted for more information and updates! Of course a week or so before departure i will post a note briefing everyone on my expectations, fears and concerns before and during my stay in Guatemala.
I would like to thank Ivey Connects as well as the Pierre L. Morrissette Institute for Entrepreneurship at Ivey for their continuous support.
