RISE: Solutions to Extreme Poverty in Rural Villages
Extreme poverty can be solved! Host Wade Griffith, executive director of the Shanta Foundation, discusses innovative solutions to global poverty and hunger. Guests include development implementors, funders, and recipients. Special thanks to Fort Lewis College's radio station, KDUR, for their recording expertise and live airing of RISE.
Episodes
19 episodes
Episode 19
Wade welcomes Jonathan Prosser, Director of Innovation Lab for Compassion UK. The two discuss how to utilize innovation to reach more people, alleviating extreme poverty and working to create sustainable change.
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Season 2
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Episode 19
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30:47
Episode 18
Meet Stella Potemkin- Shanta's first Development Intern. Stella shares her experiences working in the Mazabuka region with our implementing partner on the ground, People's Action Forum.
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Season 2
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Episode 18
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29:56
Episode 17
Wade introduces Laurie Williams, Professor of Engineering and one of the leaders of the Village Aid Project at Fort Lewis College. VAP addresses infrastructure needs in impoverished regions.
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Season 2
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Episode 17
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30:28
Episode 16
Just back from Zambia, Wade talks about the time spent with Fort Lewis College's Village Aid Project where students installed water systems and bridges.
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Season 2
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Episode 16
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29:11
Episode 15
Wade talked to Fort Lewis College engineering students, Sage Slater and Aubrey Peterson who went to Zambia to install water systems and bridges in our partner villages in Mazabuka.
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Season 2
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Episode 15
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30:46
Episode 14
Wade shares how the partnership with Fort Lewis College's Village Aid Project went on the recent infrastructure project implementation.
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Season 2
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Episode 14
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28:08
Episode 13
Wade continues his conversation with Zachary Ray, owner of Desert Sun Coffee Roasters, Shanta board member, and head of Shanta's program committee.
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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30:00
Episode 12
Wade interviews Zachary Ray, owner of Desert Sun Coffee Roasters, Shanta board member, and head of Shanta's program committee.
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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29:09
Episode 11
The Shanta model is proven effective. Listen to how our 6-year partnership changes lives in extreme poverty sustainably.
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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29:07
Episode 10
Wade and Nge Nge discuss fundraising- how do you do it?!?! When you're passionate about what you're doing, it is easy.
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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31:05
Episode 9
Update on activity in the Pauk region of Myanmar and learning outcomes.
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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28:59
Episode 8
Part 2 of conversation with African Education Program's Julie-Anne Savarit-Cosenza.
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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30:17
Episode 7
African Education Program's Julie-Anne Savarit-Cosenza joins Wade and Mark to talk about AEP's impact through their community-led development initiatives. https://www.africaneducation...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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29:38
Episode 6
Part 2 of conversation with Nge Nge coming to you from Nyaungshwe, Myanmar.
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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24:47