The Maji Safi Group (MSG) is an NGO working for disease prevention and health promotion in Shirati, Tanzania. The organization has hosted interns from Wesleyan in the past, including PCSE grantee Faye Phillips ’13. Co-founder Max Perel-Slater ’11 – a recipient of the Christopher Brodigan Award and Advancing Leadership Fellowship – has written in with two exciting…
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Cardinal Internship Deadlines: Maji Safi, Ascend Learning, LIFT and more
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Guest Post from Max Perel-Slater ’11: Maji Safi and Global Handwashing Day
According to the American Cleaning Institute, hand washing with soap is the most effective and inexpensive way to prevent the diarrheal and acute respiratory infections that are responsible for millions of child deaths every single year in developing countries. Global Handwashing Day began on October 15, 2008 as a day to promote hand washing with…
PCSE Seed Grants in Action: the third report from Faye Phillips ’13 with Maji Safi in Tanzania
In April 2013, the Patricelli Center for Social Entrepreneurship awarded five seed grants to Wesleyan students embarking on high-impact projects around the globe. Each grant recipient is reporting back about his/her work with blog posts and photos. Here’s the third and final report from Faye Phillips ’13, who designed and implemented the Women and Girls Hygiene program for Maji Safi Group, which was…
PCSE Seed Grants in Action: the second report from Faye Phillips ’13 with Maji Safi in Tanzania
In April 2013, the Patricelli Center for Social Entrepreneurship awarded five seed grants to Wesleyan students embarking on high-impact projects around the globe. Each grant recipient is reporting back about his/her work with blog posts and photos. Here’s the second one from Faye Phillips ’13, who designed and implemented the Women and Girls Hygiene program for Maji Safi Group, which…
Updates from Wes alums working with Maji Safi Group in Tanzania
We talk a lot on this blog about the work being done by Maji Safi Group, a disease prevention and health promotion project founded by Max Perel-Slater ’11 that empowers communities in rural Tanzania to fight waterborne and water-related diseases. Maji Safi involves many students and alumni in its work (side note: we recently learned that…
Perel-Slater ’11 Wins $10,000 for Maji Safi Group
The PCSE would like to congratulate Max Perel-Slater ’11 on winning the Advancing Leaders Fellowship. Many Wesleyan students, staff, faculty, and friends voted for Perel-Slater and his Maji Safi Group, and we’re excited to see new possibilities for their incredible work! “The $10,000 fellowship supports alumni from all World Learning programs as they implement innovative…
Max Perel Slater ’11 and the Maji Safi Organization Feature
The Maji Safi Organization, started by Max Perel Slater ’11, ” is a disease prevention and health promotion nonprofit that operates through a community health worker model in rural Tanzania. A core belief of MSG is that preventable diseases can be avoided by taking a community-led approach through empowering women and children to promote disease prevention.…
Annual Reports from Wes-connected Social Enterprises
Calling all annual reports from Wes-connected non-profits!Hey y’all, it’s annual report time for many non-profits (and programs like our very own Patricelli Center for Social Entrepreneurship). If you are working for or involved with a non-profit that you want to celebrate, please send us a link to your annual report. Here’s what we have so far:…
Cardinal Internships: Social Impact & Civic Engagement
The “Cardinal Internship” designation refers to opportunities with companies or organizations where alumni, parents, and friends of Wesleyan are especially interested in hiring Wesleyan students. The variety and caliber of the internship hosts speak to the excellence and adaptability of a Wesleyan education and, as one might expect, many of the positions are with groups working for social and…