Midwest International NGO Network

Keys for Working Successfully Outside your Culture

Midwest International NGO Network (MINN) Educational Committee
Presents

Keys for Working Successfully Outside your Culture
What I’ve Learned and Mistakes I’ve Made
With International Consultant Michael Groh

Join MINN’s Education Committee as we hear from Michael Groh, an independent consultant with decades of experience working with NGOs in North America, Eastern Europe and the Balkans, as well as with new immigrant and refugee populations in the US. Groh specializes in strategic planning, organizational capacity building and resource development. His past clients include the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs, Whitney Foundation, Center for Fair Elections and Democracy (Serbia), Creating Effective Grassroots Alternatives Foundation (Bulgaria), National Center for Appropriate Technology, Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Network, Minnesota Environmental Partnership, A.H. Wilder Foundation and the McKnight Foundation.

Tuesday, September 11, 2007
5:30-7:00 PM (program starts at 6:00 PM)

American Refugee Committee
430 Oak Grove Street
Suite 204
Minneapolis, MN 55403 USA
(612) 872-7060

Light refreshments will be served. Please RSVP to Bistra Zheleva at bistra@childrensheartlink.org or 952-928-4860 x 11. All are welcome! Please circulate this invitation to your colleagues and other interested parties.

This event is brought to you by the Midwest International Nongovernmental Organization Network (MINN). MINN’s mission is to provide an open environment for international practitioners to network and exchange professional experience and best practices.

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Perspectives from ARC’s Field Program in Rwanda

Field Visits: Perspectives from ARC’s Field Programs: Rwanda
Featuring: Louise Ruhr, ARC volunteer

Totebags. Lotions. Vegetables. Eucalyptus trees. These are a few of the many items that Congolese refugees have learned to produce and sell in ARC’s camps in Rwanda.

ARC Volunteer Louise Ruhr helped develop a business skills training program that’s giving more than 2,000 refugees the tools to build a better future for themselves. Please join us to hear about the struggles and successes of these entrepreneurs.

DETAILS:
WHEN: Wednesday, August 15, 2007; 12:00-1:00 PM
WHERE: American Refugee Committee (ARC) Headquarters, 430 Oak Grove Street, Suite 204, Minneapolis. ARC’s office is located in the Loring Park Office Building–see map here

**RSVP REQUIRED: call Beth Schmieg at 612-607-6485 or email rsvp@archq.org

ARC’s Field Visits provide an inside look at ARC’s activities and programs around the world. To learn more about ARC, please visit www.ARCrelief.org.

PARKING IS LIMITED: Please plan to arrive early, as parking is limited. Additional parking is available up the hill from the ARC office at 1730 Clifton Place (look for the balloons marking the parking lot entrance). See map here for parking lot location

More information about the August 15 Field Visits event can be found here

If you have a minute, you can also view a photo album of ARC entrepreneurs here

Hope to see you there!

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