Today I went to a session on Why Mali Matters where Mayor and Presidential Candidate, Yeah Samake spoke.
Mali has come a long way. His story was really inspiring, he's strategy is to work on improving the country from within communities first - rather than trying to change things from the top down (like many other African countries, there is a lot of corruption in the government). He is a social entrepreneur and has radically changed the country. He has helped build 15 schools in Mali over the last nine years serving 2,500 students between the ages of 13-17. He is running in the next Mali elections so could be the next President.
Last two photos courtesy of Winnie Ng
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yeah_Samake
The talk too place in the Rubenstein Building - 4th floor - Perkins Room. HKS is the government school of Harvard, where Athol has a lot of his classes. Their buildings are about a 5 min walk from the Harvard Yard, it is in between the Harvard Yard and HBS.
Spring has finally sprung! well for now :)
Today's max temperature is 22C, a beautiful day in Cambridge! Everyone is enjoying the sunshine, I even saw a sun bather on one of the lawns in the Harvard Yard. Today is such a nice day but it will cool down again and even rain over the next few days. But I think that we can finally pack away our thick winter jackets and boots. No more subzero temperatures :)
I went to the Corporate Finance course which I am auditing, so here are a few photos of the Harvard Yard and around in Cambridge.
Harvard Hall Room 201 - Corporate Finance
Harvard Square
Charles River
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