by Nyssa P. Chopra | May 28, 2013 | Destinations, India, Interviews, Social Enterprises, Travel Well
Meet Julia Kastner, founder of Eva & Paul, a socially-conscious, premium organic denim line for women, focusing on the perfect sizing and boosting sustainability, while supporting local farmers and artisans in rural India. While traveling in Mexico as a Kiva...
by Nyssa P. Chopra | Apr 29, 2013 | Destinations, Latin America, Social Enterprises, Travel Well
During the summer of 2012, Amy Wang, an American working in London took a breather from her job to pursue economic development work in the Amazon jungle, as part of her company’s Emerging Enterprise Program. The program lasted 8 weeks, and was a corporate...
by Nyssa P. Chopra | Apr 20, 2013 | Interviews, Social Enterprises, Travel Well
Talent is universal. Opportunity is not. Microfinance, a concept institutionalized in 1976 by Bangladeshi economist and Nobel Peace Prize recipient, Muhammad Yunus, continues to create waves in the international development world, helping to provide low-income...