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 [...]

The king made international news today. His wives went shopping for new dresses to celebrate his upcoming 40th birthday and the 40th anniversary of Swaziland independence. Sounds innocent enough, however when you consider that he sent nine of his wives on a private plane to the Europe and Middle East, it becomes clearer why there were [...]

Following several meetings to clarify scope and expectations, the three of us rolled up our sleeves and got to work. We are each tackling different business issues ranging from the development of a marketing strategy for the non-profit component of the commercial enterprise Gone Rural, to evaluating different options for a micro-credit/loan scheme and advancing [...]

It is the time of the day right now where the sun is hitting the tips of the sugar cane like a mini flashlight is inside each of the stalks lighting them up from the bottom. This is the view I have from the design room where we are currently camping out with our [...]

The Women in the Mountains
Yunis was the first woman I spotted in the crowd of fifty or so women gathered around a tree in what seemed to me the middle of no where. But the women in Lamgabhi and the other sites where Gone Rural trades knew exactly what day and time to assemble [...]