Professor Emerita’s Nonprofit Offers Opportunities for Filipinas
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It’s easier to envision the social good that NEW Pathways to Enterprise engenders in the Philippines when you can see photos of the participants. Christine Nielsen, professor emerita of international business and Yale Gordon Chair of Distinguished Teaching Emerita and cofounder of the nonprofit organization, shares these shots from her time working on the islands in the western Pacific Ocean.
But still images sometimes struggle to capture the true spirit of an undertaking. Check out this short documentary about the organization’s work in the Philippines. (producer: Megan Raney Aarons, GRAiNEY Pictures)
You can also read more about Nielsen’s trip to the Philippines in November, less than two weeks following Typhoo Haiyan, in The Baltimore Sun. The coverage includes a video interview with the professor.
Nielsen and an IdeaShop participant
Nielsen (right) with an IdeaShop participant; all photography courtesy of Christine Nielsen
handweaving skill training for Filipino women
handweaving skill training for Filipino women
Anita, a member of NEW Pathways’ artists group
Anita, a member of NEW Pathways’ artists group
IdeaShop programming
IdeaShop programming instills confidence and enables empowerment.
Cecilia, a successful handweaver
Cecilia (left), a successful handweaver, with Nielsen in Sagua Banwa, Philippines
an IdeaShop business-planning exercise
an IdeaShop business-planning exercise on Samar island, Philippines
women at a garment center in Doldol, Philippines
two women at a garment center in Doldol, Philippines, that Nielsen and her husband helped to establish
the Resaba sisters on graduation day
the Resaba sisters, successful handweavers, on graduation day
a handwoven shoulder bag
an innovation from the Resaba sisters: a handwoven shoulder bag
Nielsen and NEW Pathways to Enterprise participants
Nielsen (far left) with NEW Pathways to Enterprise participants on Samar island, Philippines
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Professor Emerita's Nonprofit Organization Offers Business Opportunities for Filipinas
Christine Nielsen helps Filipinas to create sustainable livelihoods.
