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Geneva global internship summer 2010 St. Davids , PA. Genevieve Anderson- Krengel. About Geneva Global. A philanthropic consultant channeling donor money into international development projects based in the Global South and run by indigenous community leaders.
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Geneva global internship summer 2010St. Davids, PA Genevieve Anderson-Krengel
About Geneva Global • A philanthropic consultant channeling donor money into international development projects based in the Global South and run by indigenous community leaders. • Consistent monitoring and evaluation of each project, followed by a comprehensive report of the successes and failures presented to each donor. • Focuses on all sectors of international development. • Works mostly in Asia and Africa.
Clients • Legatum Institute • USAID • Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation • Corporations • Foundations • High Net Worth Individuals
Duties as an Intern • Tangometric Website • AIDS orphans care in Africa • TME Project of DVDs • Various short-term research assignments
Tangometric • The All Non-Governmental Organization Metric • Website to track and rate organizations in the Global South • SNGO directory, Profile Pages for each NGO, Donation Function, Resources for Development Workers and Donors • Innovative idea that focuses on Southern NGOs instead of Northern NGOs to help them reach out to the international community
Tangometric Duties • Revise Business Plan • Create Excel Spreadsheet for data and financial information • Market research to analyze demand for the website • Help create image of website • Communicate with software developers • Investigate funds such as grants
OVC Care in Africa • The number of OVC (orphans and vulnerable children) in Africa is steadily increasing due to the AIDS epidemic. • The extended family is the traditional support system for AIDS orphans, though is losing capacity to care for many children. • Orphans are more exposed to abuse, neglect, and exploitation than non-orphans; they are denied access to services such as education and health care. • Institutionalization is not sustainable and leads to psychological damage of the OVC.
OVC Care Duties • Research basic information of data on AIDS orphans in Sub-Saharan Africa, where AIDS is most prevalent. • Read reports of effects on orphans and vulnerable children due to AIDS and other sources of hardships. • Research effective interventions to address OVC issues. • Help choose countries to focus on for an upcoming project and obtain specific information for each country. • Help to start drafting the proposal and formation of the project.
TME DVD Pilot Program • As part of outreach to corporations, GG got a contract with TME to do a pilot program of educational DVDs to mass produce and present to poor communities and countries worldwide. • Topics were HIV/AIDS, HIV Testing, Basic Hygiene and Safe Water. • Conducted pilot program in selected communities and had participants fill out questionnaires to evaluate effectiveness for a written report for TME, which will then start a project for educational outreach in life skills to developing countries.
TME Duties • Hundreds of questionnaires from various countries came in to GG and I inputted data from each questionnaire into an Excel spreadsheet. • At the end of August, I started to do analysis of the responses: • Mean, median, and mode of each numerical-based question • Five most common responses for open-ended questions
Various Other Projects • Researched speed schools and alternative education as a project to get street kids in Ethiopia back to school with accelerated education to make up for lost years of schooling when they could not attend for various reasons. • Made an Excel spreadsheet showing the extent of NTDs in each African country and what organizations are working on each disease for a new contract with USAID.
What I Learned • Educational experience to see what types of projects are effective and what preparation there is for planning an effective and sustainable program. • Learned about OVC care and other examples of specific projects and issues to address worldwide.
What I Learned, Continued • How to work in a small business that has limited staff but many responsibilities. Everyone pitched in with everything in addition to their hired roles and I was part of that system, particularly with preliminary research for new projects. • How to channel donor money into effective solutions concentrated in community organizations overseas and the importance of monitoring and evaluation of each project that is invested in.