Sharing Some Tips for the Field
As new Recrear members Kelli Rae Fleming, Caitlin Flannery and Lala Minoli got ready to deliver our latest projects on Ecuador’s border with Colombia, Recrear Executive Director Gioel Gioacchino, now a Sauvé scholar, sent them a letter to share her insights from her work in the field. Here is her letter: My Dearest Kelli, Caitlin […]
7 Billion World
By Kirsten Williams, Chittagong, Bangladesh Here’s the deal. We’re a 7 billion people world today. But what does that actually mean? Living in North America you might not know it – the changes so incremental that you would have not even taken notice. Here in Bangladesh however – you know. You know because it feels like […]
Announcing our Board of Directors for 2012/13
After more than two weeks of intense work and exploration, we are proud to announce our newly elected board of directors for 2012/13. Looking forward to a year of growth and exciting possibilities Executive Director Gioel Gioacchino – At the center of Gioel’s work is the belief that intercultural dialogue is a powerful instrument for international […]
Our Idea Wall
So as per conference usual, during department work time the Project Management Department was conversing to understand our tasks, responsibilities, and yearly goals. Suddenly, the conversation steered in a direction to create an “ah-ha!” moment: to put a map of Recrear’s process of coming up with project ideas online! The result: Check out our online Mind Map! here. In short, this map […]
Cab Drivers & Traffic Jams
While brainstorming for this post earlier today, I was having some trouble coming up with a topic. Everything was feeling a little too dry and routine. Would readers be more captivated by a discussion of what it means to be an international NGO? Or maybe the trials and tribulations of collaborating with numerous partners will […]
Less than lovely
– by Kelli Fleming “Well, shit. I guess I’m not writing this from the best state of mind seeing as last night was Gioel’s 25th birthday.” :10:12 am: This is the first sentence of the blog I started Thursday morning…pre-worst-chuchaqui-slash-ate-something-terrible-combo-sickness-of-death kicked in. I know…very dramatic. Finish reading this post here.
Magnify Ecuador Conference week 1
Magnify Ecuador Conference week 1, a set on Flickr. Enjoy!
Welcome Aboard
It all started with a mouse click. I was reading an email from an old boss and mentor of mine. She was an active figure in my growth as an individual and professional in the past year, accompanying me through the various inevitable hardships that arise when living and working abroad. From this close relationship, […]
RecrearMagnify starts!
Coming to RecrearMagnify for the second time you think you kind of know what to expect. But the first day of the conference proved this assumption to be wrong at least for me. Everything is new and exciting, but most importantly we are pushing to reflect on everything we’ve done as an organization and, furthermore, […]
Photo Story- RecrearParticipate – Palma Real, Ecuador
We have been quietly busy. I swear. Conference planning, 100 Voices wrap up, finishing our website… the list is endless. In the midst of this vortex of projects, we were offered an opportunity we could simply not pass: delivering RecrearParticipate in Palma Real. Around a month after wrapping up 100 Voices in Esmeraldas, Ecuador, Recrear is […]
