IESC Ecuador: Week Two

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October 25, 2011

The Intel Education Service Corps (IESC) is a short-term service and career development opportunity for a select group of Intel employees to travel to a developing country to support the deployment of Intel-powered Classmate PCs. In this blog, Brett Buyack, a technology expert from Intel HR, recaps his team's second week of experiences in Ecuador.

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Planning for the Unforeseeable Future

I met Bill in November and we started dating almost right away. I was 38 and Bill was just a few years older.

Sponsor Letters: A Source of Encouragement and Hope

Karen is a 13-year-old girl who has been forced to mature quickly. Her parents left her when she was 2 years old and her two sisters, Katherine and Micaela, were 3 years old and 8 months old, respectively.

Ecuador, a country made up of great human and biological diversity

Town of Amaluza (downstream) with upstream watershed in background

IESC Ecuador: New classmate PCs & The World Banana Queen

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October 3, 2011

*This post kicks off our fall series of IESC blogs; the Intel Education Service Corps (IESC) is a short-term service and career development opportunity for a select group of Intel employees to travel to a developing country to support the deployment of Intel-powered classmate PCs. In this blog, Brett Buyack, a technology expert from Intel HR, recaps his team’s first week of experiences in Ecuador. *

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http://blogs.intel.com/csr/2011/10/iesc_ecuador_new_classmate_pcs.php

Friends Celebrate 10th Anniversary of the Inter-American Democratic Charter

Watch live Carter Center webcast Oct. 13.
A group of former leaders and human rights experts serve as a watchdog to threats against democratic stability in the Americas and as a voice to strengthen, promote, and protect democracy and human rights. The group aims to bolster the effectiveness of the Inter-American Democratic Charter, approved on Sept. 11, 2001, by all 34 members of the OAS to address new kinds of democratic threats beyond the traditional military coup.

The Big Deal About Fair Trade Bananas

As I mentioned yesterday, our friendly Ecuadorian banana farmer, Wilson Sanchez, is a member of the Association of Small Banana Producers El Guabo, which brings together 14 smaller groups of banana producers (accounting for around 320 active producers in total). El Guabo is a pioneer in Ecuador in associative commercialization for the export of bananas under Fair Trade conditions and with organic certification.

All in a Day's Work: Protecting Bananas for Export

Watch these videos. This is Wilson Sanchez, and he's showing us some of the work he must do to every banana plant intended for export from his agroecological banana farm in rural Ecuador.

This is what an Agroecological Banana Farm Looks Like

Yesterday, I posted a couple of pictures I took of conventional banana plantations outside Machala, Ecuador. I think probably my favorite day in Ecuador was the day we visited Wilson Sanchez's agroecological banana farm, which was about as opposite from those plantations as you could get. It was so tropical, so diverse. Visually, it was the most interesting place I've ever been.

Ecuador: Into the Banana Republic

For whatever reason, my 2-year-old associates the word "errand" with bananas. I say, "I've got to run some errands," and she says, "You get more bo-mannas? You come back more bo-mannas?"Okay, so it might have something to do with our family of three eating about a banana and a half every day.

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