Lesson/s from volunteering on Dr Kings Day
Dr King birthday was last week Monday, and I was involved in a volunteering experience at a middle school in Lafayette which is just a couple of miles away from Boulder. While this was my first ...
Culture, Technology, Development and the Underserved Societies
Cultural values and beliefs are passed on from one generation to another and as some of our readings for the class explained, modern technology alone will never be able to turn around an economy. Majority of ...
Reading comments on Youth and Development
The most exciting readings for me are the reading on redefining education in the developing world, and this is mainly because I can relate more to it. When I was in my 3rd year in college, ...
Book Review “More than good intention”
At the harbor of the Marina del Rey in Los Angeles, the author was amazed at what he saw as some group of Buddhist monks paid for the day’s catching of the fishermen and set ...
What Works in Development – a Critical Look at Avaaj Otalo and its Relevancies in Kyrgyzstan
Agriculture is the primary source of income to the farmers who contributed to almost all economy of the people who live in the not easy to reach region. According to FAO, more than 3billion of ...
Reading comments on Power of Faith to Help End Extreme Poverty
Having watched the World Bank “Power of Faith to Help End Extreme Poverty” with the questions and observations that come with it, I think the route of religion will be quite hard/tricky to follow. One ...
A Report on Religion and Development
In the hear our voices – the poor on poverty video, the video was able to feature some poor people and the challenges that the video referred to as the reason why the world poor ...
Youth, Technology and Development; The Way to go – A Report on the 2017 World Bank Youth Summit
The event I went for was a two days event by the World Bank on “Youth Summit for Technology and Innovation for Impact”. The event featured many industry experts from both inside and outside of ...
Empathy: Can we Create Empathy Through Virtual Reality?
Walking through the street of Denver on November 10th 2017 reminded me of a story of what happened to me in November 2016. I was walking on the same street and the 2016 story started ...
Final Country Report on Kyrgyzstan
Introduction and Overview Kyrgyzstan which is also known as the Kyrgyz Republic is a landlocked country with mountainous terrain which is located in Central Asia. The nation's official language is Russian, and it runs a ...
Kyrgyzstan Culture and Development Report
The dominant group in Kyrgyzstan is the Kyrgyz despite the country having many ethnic groups to make up the country. According to Advantour, Kyrgyzstan culture takes its roots in antiquity. Its formation was largely influenced ...
ICT and Development in Kyrgyzstan
The ICT sector in Kyrgyzstan comprises of different bodies with each body saddled with varying responsibilities as deem fit by the government. One of such ICT body in the country is the council of ICT. The ...