Marli Kasdan

Marli Kasdan

Country: Kigali, Rwanda
Organization:
Hands of Mothers

Overall, my internship experience with Hands of Mothers (HOM) was extremely rewarding for me. I learned a lot about development at the local level though the lenses of women’s empowerment in business, capacity building, and project sustainability.

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Ankit Grover

Ankit Grover

Country: Zimbabwe
Organization:
TechnoServe

My summer experience as a Blakeley Fellow working with TechnoServe and the African Agriculture Fund (AAF) was nothing less than a “have-it-all-at-once” opportunity. In my ten weeks in Zimbabwe, I was afforded the chance to delve deep into each of my interest areas – small and medium enterprise development, private equity, business strategy and impact investing.

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