Three heads are better than one
When I started the brainstorming on the process I would take for this project, I had a rough idea of how I might proceed.  But I have to say that the model became exponentially stronger as I worked with Dana and Lara.  Between the three of us, I have the [...]

How to build a microfinance scheme in Swaziland
If you build it, they will come?  This may be true for Kevin Costner and baseball fields but does not work in Swaziland.  Microcredit has been lauded as the magic potion for developing country ailments.  If your country has poverty, weak markets, illiteracy, hyperinflation, or scary sewer rats [...]

Final Project and Saying Goodbye to Swaziland
 
The last push to really drive the best final project collided with our final weekend in this beautiful country. While many of our Swazi friends traversed Mozambique for a weekend of relaxation, the three MBAs— with our short time here— stayed behind to ensure we were able to deliver [...]

 
Gone Rural and Gone Rural boMake are venturing into something new. Over the last week, I have been searching for models and similar structures to no avail. Even though, through my “irregular internet searches” and phone calling stakeholders, I have found other fair trade and social business organizations that have created their own nonprofit, there [...]

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 [...]