One of the lasting lessons from my work in Guatemala is that in-depth community participation plays a powerful role in developmental research and activities. RWI shares these values and believes that sustainable development begins with community, recognizing the importance of local individuals to identify priorities and design programs that will meet their own needs. This [...]
Hello! My name is Danica and I am pleased to introduce myself as a new member of the RWI blogging team! I am very excited to work with such amazing and inspiring people from around the world who share a common goal: to change lives through education and development. As a recent Master of Global [...]
Perhaps you’ve made a loan through Kiva.org, like last week’s guest blogger Clay Alexander. Maybe you heard something on TV about an organization like FINCA or the Grameen Bank, two of the pioneers of microfinance in the 20th century. Or perhaps the very concept of microfinance is a foreign one and you’re asking yourself what [...]
RWI would like to welcome guest blogger Clay Alexander, friend of Roots and Wings and long-time advocate of microcredit for development. Clay is a 24 year old engineer from New Orleans, and living proof that even without a wealth of spare time and resources, one person can still make a huge difference in the lives [...]
Today I’m thankful for… ~Family, in all its forms ~Phones and Internet that bring people together when life does not ~Human imagination and its ability to envision things beyond their current state ~Any dish with yucca and, more, the people who prepare it ~The expectation and ability to go to college ~Teachers ~Farmers ~Children’s books [...]
In September 2007, the United Nations took an important step in recognizing the human rights of indigenous groups by signing the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. 143 member nations voted in favor of indigenous people’s equality and basic human rights. These rights included the right to self-determination of their communities and their [...]
Vanina Sloan is our Public Relations Director who came on board of our volunteer team last year. She has written numerous press releases and has developed professional relationships with a handful of media contacts. Most recently, Vanina has helped RWI get coverage in Fresh Cup Magazine. We are thrilled to have her expertise and dedication [...]
Today is Lunar New Year’s Eve. As with any holiday, it’s a time of starting afresh, discarding the fears and uncertainty we had in the past lunar year, taking stock of what we have accomplished, and looking forward to an even better start to the year of the rabbit. In my home country, Singapore, to [...]
Our new photo gallery features photos taken by our staff, volunteers and supporters. Check it out, follow us on Flickr, make one of our pictures your desktop background…go nuts! We are very excited and proud to share pictures of Roots & Wings’ family in Guatemala and around the world.
Le and I volunteer for Roots and Wings International (RWI). And we happen to be classmates in our Spanish 3 class too! We had an opportunity to do an individual oral presentation last night in class to demonstrate our supreme fluency in the usage of subjunctives and ability to pronounce Spanish like Spanish. Not surprisingly, [...]
Tammy, one of our marketing volunteers, talks about learning Spanish language.
Programmers, marketers, and graphic designers do the same thing: they solve problems.
Plantains aren’t just healthy, they are delicious! Join us as we start exploring the wide world of plantain recipes.
Roots and Wings International (RWI) has a talented pool of dedicated volunteers who contribute much time and effort into making RWI the success that it is. Our Director of Marketing has been with RWI since 2008. Here is her take on volunteering for RWI: Why I volunteer “I volunteer remotely with Roots and Wings International [...]
