Integrated Tools and Collaborative Community: Making Tech Work Better for Social-Impact Organizations
I’ve spent the past two months working on openFn, a non-profit, open-source project that aspires to eventually allow social-impact organizations to incorporate new information technology solutions as effortlessly as you add apps to a smartphone. The project builds on something I, and so many other fellows, learned during the Global Health Corps (GHC) fellowship. Information […]
Men, Let’s Get it Together
A little more than a year ago (about 3 months into my fellowship year), my father passed away. There were plenty of emotions to deal with. Anger was one of these emotions. It always has been when it comes to my father. His anger and inability to control it made my mom leave Hong Kong […]
A Carnivore in the Garden
My kill count for this year stands well over a baker’s dozen. It’s a number that even Weebay, Snoop, and the other top muscle on The Wire would be proud to claim. Of course, I’m not talking about humans, but rather chickens, ducks, a goat, and two pigs. And, I’m not protecting the territory of Avon Barksdale or […]
Global Health Corps and the Human Capital Challenge
In my last post, I talked about becoming—slowly and not always successfully—a more patient person as a result of living in Rwanda. To most, this probably seems like a good thing. Patience is a virtue after all. However, looking at this change from an economic perspective, the shift can be explained by a depressing phenomenon: […]
Learning to Wait
I grew up in New York City where “wait” is a four-letter word. Of all the challenges I faced heading into my fellowship year—the language barrier, missing friends and family, not being able to watch the NFL or my beloved Yankees—I knew one of the biggest was going to be learning to be patient when […]