Entries by Jenna Whelan

Uganda 2020: Mark Hutchins

Favorite things about Uganda: The students at the school were really awesome in their drive, their curiosity, and knowledge. I was very impressed with everything they were doing. The food is really good. I especially loved the peanuts and popcorn! What surprised me most about Uganda: I was surprised at how hard Ugandans work and […]

Adding Streaming Services: Cable TV Part II

Do you still pay for a cable/satellite TV service? Or, have you switched to a streaming service? Personally, the only person I know with traditional cable and no Netflix subscription is my grandma, and I’m pretty sure that’s because of her need to watch curling competitions. On the flip side, quite a few of my […]

Uganda 2020: Mark Salow

Top three things I’m looking forward to most from the 2020 trip: Experiencing what it’s like right at the equator. I’ve never been to it, the school is just north of it, but the nature park we’re visiting is right on it. So, I’m very curious what the environment feels like at the end of […]

So similar, and yet so different

Through multiple team dinners at Quarterly Business Reviews, we’ve established that one of the things the Ideba team has in common is a love of travel. It’s something that we all enjoy; and the company has a benefits package centered around our passion for travel – including two free flights anywhere in the world every […]

Uganda 2020: Laura Hutchins

Favorite thing (or things) about Uganda: Positivity and hard work are first, always. There are signs all around the school about how to be active, do hard work, be successful. You see the motivation in the students, the teachers and the whole community towards improvement. Everyone’s handwriting seems perfectly straight and super legible! I am […]

Contagious Behaviors

I listened to a Global Director of Human Resources open a training session where she started talking about research she had done on the effect of human behavior and how it’s contagious. This topic really grabbed my attention. She asked for people in the room to raise their hand if they had ever worked with […]

Uganda 2020: Jocelyn Vandergeest

I see the Uganda 2020 trip based on 4 themes: Connect, Learn, Support & Thrive. Connect: Connecting and collaborating with the students of Mpondwe Secondary School and other locals Learn: Getting out of my own bubble (city, country, and mindset) and experiencing daily life through other perspectives Support and Thrive: Supporting the creation of a […]

Powerless

Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E), California’s largest power utility, warned that they would be turning off the power in my county due to high fire danger. Strong, gusty winds and vanishingly low humidity were plaguing the region. Having endured the 2018 fire that burned an entire town of 26,000 people to the ground (which was […]

Uganda 2020: James Rice

Working on improving their rainwater collection to offset the cost of municipal water – getting results that matter What David did with the grain truck purchase and seeing that turn into a business – one of many efforts to make the entire operation more sustainable. Seeing how the community is very supportive of each other […]