Every day, we come to Malendela’s farm, to the Gone Rural office to work on our respective projects (the MBAs from the U.S.). The office is two stories and we are on the second floor. There is a huge window on one side that looks out onto the Ezulwini mountains. The sun sets each day [...]

To preface this initial update, allow me to introduce myself. My name is Lara Wigmore and I graduated from the Ross School of Business in April 2008. My graduation marked the completion of a wonderful two year journey, and sparked the beginning of some extensive international travel. In May of 2008, myself, along with a [...]

Before launching into the heart of our project here in Swaziland, we had to experience arguably the biggest concert event in Swaziland, Bushfire, which was our introduction into the arts and fun that is the Swazi culture. The concert series was held at Malendelas (the complex that houses the Gone Rural and boMake offices, a [...]

A couple weeks back I got to go with some local NGO workers to Masaka, a town South-West of Kampala (the capital of Uganda and my new home).
My mission was to meet with some community-based organizations (CBOs), present the Firefly lamp and panel to them and see if I could identify a couple people who [...]

This is the reason we are here. It hasn’t even been a full week and I already feel and see the impact of the work we will be doing while we are in Swaziland. We were able to go into Lamgabhi, today. We joined Meg, the procurement guru for Gone Rural, who maintains the records [...]