February 09, 2010

Guatemalan Honey Cooperative for Economic Development

guatemala team 2.jpgIn relation to the last post, please visit this link to read/rate the idea our Guatemala team submitted to the Dell Social Innovation competition. The idea is currently at #1, and we need your votes to keep it there! It only takes a few seconds to register, and then hit “promote” to keep the idea at the top.

Belmont’s College of Business is proud of the team as they reflect our mission to prepare entrepreneurial, ethical and socially responsible future business leaders for the dynamic global economy.


January 26, 2010

Guatemala 2010

guatemala 3 REV 2.jpg[Authored by Dr. Marieta Velikova, Instructor of Economics and International business]

I, along with a group of 13 students and another professor, have just returned from Guatemala, where we had a chance to experience what it is like to live in a poor developing country, live on less than $2 dollars a day, and to aim for the better given a corrupt government, restricted democracy and economic freedom, lack of education and non-existing infrastructure.

The trip was an eye opening, life-changing experience for all of us. We had an opportunity to visit one of the universities in Guatemala and listen to a lecture titled “Why countries in Latin America are so poor.” This lecture presented information we were able to observe with our own eyes while traveling to Chajul, one of the most remote areas of Guatemala.

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