Students from the Brazil study trip enjoy getting to know social entrepreneur Rodrigo Baggio from CDI on their Service Learning Trip to Brazil
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Current GSB Students
PPT 14.8MB]Brazil Service Learning Trip, Spring 2006
The students on the Brazil trip spent Spring Break in Rio, Porto Alegre and Salvador where they helped social entrepreneurs address issues as varied as rural development, clean energy, and computer literacy. Each visit included live "case discussions" with the organization's founder about his vision and strategy for creating social change.
Hands-on Service
In addition, students helped the organizations through hands-on service activities such as helping collect and bundle sisal at a farmer's association in Bahia and organizing a computer donation campaign with Stanford alumni in Brazil. These computers were donated to the CDI computer literacy schools in Rio de Janerio. Students had the opportunity to see "social enterprise" in multiple forms and gain a greater understanding of the benefits and drawbacks of each.
Site visits included:
- Rodrigo
Baggio
Committee for the Democratization of Information Technology
Focus: Youth, Technology, Education
CDI Write-Up [
DOC
35 KB]
- Ismael
Ferreira, APAEB
Focus: Trade, Rural Development, Microfinance, Environment, Education
APAEB Write-Up [
DOC 40 KB]
- Fabio
Rosa, IDEAAS
Focus: Technology, Rural Development, Environment, Energy
IDEAAS Write-Up [ DOC
359 KB]
Site visits and discussions were facilitated by Social Entrepreneurship professor Rick Aubry and Public Management Program director Peggy Reid.
