http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu Thu, 23 May 2013 08:20:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/03/10/microsoft-and-the-earth-institute-launch-rural-technology-lab-in-mali/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/03/10/microsoft-and-the-earth-institute-launch-rural-technology-lab-in-mali/#comments Thu, 10 Mar 2011 16:22:19 +0000 Emily Rothenberg http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=8222 By Matt Berg, ICT Director, Millennium Villages Project To demonstrate the critical role technology can play in achieving the UN Millennium Development Goals to reduce poverty, the Earth Institute, Columbia University has partnered with Microsoft’s Unlimited Potential Community Technology Skills program to establish a computer programmer training center at the Millennium Villages project (MVP) office [...]]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/03/10/microsoft-and-the-earth-institute-launch-rural-technology-lab-in-mali/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/09/21/over-1m-in-new-private-sector-commitments-announced-to-support-earth-institute-collaborations-to-achieve-the-mdgs/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/09/21/over-1m-in-new-private-sector-commitments-announced-to-support-earth-institute-collaborations-to-achieve-the-mdgs/#comments Tue, 21 Sep 2010 18:39:26 +0000 Megan Winston http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=6844 Today, two of the world’s leading companies announce grants and technical support totaling more than $1,000,000 aimed at ending global poverty by 2015. ]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/09/21/over-1m-in-new-private-sector-commitments-announced-to-support-earth-institute-collaborations-to-achieve-the-mdgs/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/09/21/novartis-foundation-for-sustainable-development-advances-mobile-health-technology-in-ghana/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/09/21/novartis-foundation-for-sustainable-development-advances-mobile-health-technology-in-ghana/#comments Tue, 21 Sep 2010 18:29:26 +0000 Megan Winston http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=6796 New York, September 21 – The Novartis Foundation for Sustainable Development and the Earth Institute, Columbia University today announced a new partnership in support of the Ghana Telemedicine Project, a pilot to use the latest in information and communications technology to improve point-of-service health care services in the Millennium Village of Bonsaaso, Ghana. With this [...]]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/09/21/novartis-foundation-for-sustainable-development-advances-mobile-health-technology-in-ghana/feed/ 1 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/08/04/relocation-brings-opportunities-to-participate-in-a-historical-event-in-kenya/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/08/04/relocation-brings-opportunities-to-participate-in-a-historical-event-in-kenya/#comments Thu, 05 Aug 2010 00:23:23 +0000 Jaclyn Leigh Carlsen http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=5320 On Monday, the Masters in Development Practice interns at the Millennium Village Project in Sauri, Kenya were relocated to Nairobi as a precaution for the constitutional referendum taking place August 4th. Although this put a damper on our projects, it did enable Steph, Denise and I to participate in a historical event and join 55+ [...]]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/08/04/relocation-brings-opportunities-to-participate-in-a-historical-event-in-kenya/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/08/03/mapping-peace-protests-and-violence-around-the-kenyan-referendum/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/08/03/mapping-peace-protests-and-violence-around-the-kenyan-referendum/#comments Tue, 03 Aug 2010 18:58:01 +0000 Jaclyn Leigh Carlsen http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=5165 You may have heard that on Wednesday, August 4, a historic event will be taking place: a referendum deciding the acceptance or rejection of a new constitution for Kenya. The Green side (aka ‘Yes camp’) is headed by President Mwai Kibaki and supported by Kenya prime minister Raila Odinga and much of the parliament. The [...]]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/08/03/mapping-peace-protests-and-violence-around-the-kenyan-referendum/feed/ 2 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/07/06/my-day-with-a-community-health-worker/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/07/06/my-day-with-a-community-health-worker/#comments Tue, 06 Jul 2010 11:03:14 +0000 Jaclyn Leigh Carlsen http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=3749 ...]]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/07/06/my-day-with-a-community-health-worker/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/04/30/earth-institute-partners-support-work-of-matt-berg-a-2010-time-100-most-influential-person/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/04/30/earth-institute-partners-support-work-of-matt-berg-a-2010-time-100-most-influential-person/#comments Fri, 30 Apr 2010 20:05:41 +0000 Megan Winston http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/support/?p=631 ...]]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/04/30/earth-institute-partners-support-work-of-matt-berg-a-2010-time-100-most-influential-person/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/01/29/making-a-difference-in-africa/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/01/29/making-a-difference-in-africa/#comments Fri, 29 Jan 2010 16:17:41 +0000 Urania Mylonas http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/support/?p=327 ...]]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/01/29/making-a-difference-in-africa/feed/ 0