Fisheries fellow Salvador Rodriguez Van Dyck describes his work in the small village of Agua Verde in Baja California Sur. Seven months have passed since the beginning of the Fisheries Fellows program, and we’ve already spent three months in our … Continue reading
This is Paul Butler’s third post on his trip to Mali. While in Mali, Dale and I were itching to see KickStart’s Super-MoneyMaker treadle pump in action. We had seen one in the corner of their San Francisco office and … Continue reading
Brett Jenks talked with two graduates of the Rare nature guide training course and shares their experiences. Two graduates of the first course, Pancho Mayoral and Maldo Fisher, shared their stories with us. Pancho had been a young fisherman and … Continue reading
Rare President and CEO Brett Jenks talks about a recent board trip to Baja California, Mexico. This is the first of two posts. We recently returned from a Rare board of directors meeting in Loreto, Baja California, where we visited … Continue reading
This is Paul Butler’s second report from Mali. A third report will be posted soon. It is hard not to love a land where every conversation begins with “Is your family healthy? How is your mother, your father, your wife … Continue reading
Paul Butler, Rare SVP of Global Programs, and Dale Galvin, Rare COO, recently visited Mali to study the work of the nonprofit organization KickStart. This is Butler’s first report on their trip. The fabled city of Timbuktu is not a … Continue reading
Fernando Garcia, Rare’s Manager, Ecotourism Promotion, reports on his teaching stint at the Fisheries Fellows program in Baja California Sur. I spent a week at the Fisheries Fellows training course, teaching site assessment, a personal passion. We talked about a … Continue reading
There is a Mexican song and an expression that says: “No soy monedita de oro, para caerles bien a todos” (“I’m not a gold medal wanted by everybody”) that basically is used when somebody realizes how hard it is to … Continue reading