SFS Stories
Master of Global Human Development
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Ethics Retreat 2019: Thinking Through Real-Life Ethics Issues in Development
GHD’s first-year students participated in the Ethics Retreat on September 20-21, 2019, a signature component of the Global Human Development Program at Georgetown University. Sitting cross-legged and propped up by colorful cushions in a circle at Georgetown University’s Calcagnini Contemplative Center next door to the Shenandoah Mountains in Virginia, students and faculty gathered to think…
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Maputi Botlhole, GHD’20, Wins the Global Citizen Award
“A winner is a dreamer who never gives up.” Nelson Mandela, Former President of South Africa Congratulations to Maputi Botlhole, who was awarded the Global Citizen Award. This award recognizes a graduate student at Georgetown who is in good academic standing, demonstrates significant and well-documented progress in developing intercultural competency and global-mindedness based on examples…
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First Prize Winner at the Global Social Innovation Lab Pitches App to Address Unsafe Travel Conditions in Bangladesh
Teams in the Global Social Innovation Lab spent two days learning and developing products for their defined problems. The first place prize went to Safe Travels, the second place prize went to Momo for All, and the third place prize went to Adiona. The Global Social Innovation Lab (GSIL) took place January 25-26th, 2020, where students came…
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Global Social Innovation Lab Emphasizes Human-Centered Design to Address Social Problems
The Global Social Innovation Lab (GSIL) was a unique opportunity for students to use Human-Centered Design to examine and come up with a solution for a current global issue. This January 30th, students from across Georgetown University participated in the Global Social Innovation Lab (GSIL). During the GSIL, seven teams created and pitched solutions to global…
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My Summer Internship: How Companies Like Coca-Cola Can Help Achieve Development Goals
Shea Flynn, class of 2020, spent her summer in Kathmandu, Nepal, where she interned for The Coca-Cola Company working for Bottlers Nepal Limited on their local World Without Waste initiatives. Today I toured the only operational PET recycling center in Nepal, where I learned how a drained and discarded plastic bottle can be reincarnated into … another…
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Scholarship for Students from the Philippines
The Fr. Ben Nebres, S.J. Scholarship for students from the Philippines is one of GHD’s many international scholarships. The scholarship offers funding for 100 percent of tuition costs and provides a partial stipend for living expenses for the Global Human Development Program.* The scholarship is awarded to one student annually. The Global Human Development (GHD) Program is…
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Bridging the Skills Gap in Rwanda
Already the world’s youngest region, Africa’s youth population is expected to double to 830 million by 2050 – a reality that poses both a risk and an opportunity for the continent. Harnessing the potential of young people is central to stimulating economic growth in the region, while failing to do so increases the risk of…