Isaac Chikuse
Isaac Chikuse grew up in Blantyre, Malawi. Isaac is a graduate of HGIC, an International College in Ghana, and is currently studying Computer Information Systems and Business Administration at Wartburg College. Isaac assists in organizing activities for an International Club on-campus that promotes cultural diversity and integrity. He is also a member of the African […]
Ana Julante
Born and raised in Angola, Ana Julante is a graduate from the United World College of Southern Africa (UWCSA) Waterford Kamhlaba, where she had the opportunity to live and learn with students from different nations and nurture the value of service. Ana is currently pursuing a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science and Mathematics with Minors in Data Analytics and Social Entrepreneurship at Wartburg College. She is the […]
Wings of the Night
By creating housing for indigenous insectivorous bats in Maijuna, Peru, Wings of the Night combats malaria-carrying mosquitoes in a unique, eco-friendly, and inexpensive manner. Construction of bat houses will encourage nesting of indigenous bats, which can eat more than 1,000 mosquitoes per hour, in villages which the highest incidences of malaria to help foster a […]
Kyle James Davis
Kyle James Davis grew up in Sterling, VA with a stay at home mother and a father who was a police officer. Soon after high school Ky joined the fire department for several years before enlisting in the US Army as a Combat Medic. He served for 5 years, half of which was done in […]
Aviponics
in 2015, Ky founded a venture designed to utilize a closed-loop hydroponic farm system that centers around a bird feeder. Birds would eat the feed and their byproducts would fall in water that fertilizes plants, including sunflowers (which provide a replenishment to the bird feed) and fruits and vegetables. Ky and his team intended to train […]
Dawn Musil
Dawn Musil is studying Evolution, Ecology and Organismal Biology at The Ohio State University. She has been an avid beekeeper since she was fourteen and realized those skills could be utilized to reach disadvantaged communities when she went abroad with Semester at Sea in Spring 2014. She plans on pursuing medical school after graduating in […]
Hayley Gocha
Hayley Gocha is a student at the University of Colorado, where she expects to graduate with a BFA in Costume Design and Technologies in 2015. In the last few years, her interests have moved toward improving human rights and ending social conflict around the world. She intends to use her design and tech skills to […]
Nora Benson
Nora Benson is a junior in the University of Illinois General Engineering program with a concentration in Design and minors in Innovation and International Engineering. She has a long-standing interest in business development and designing for good and has worked with various organizations on international design projects including assisting with the design and building of […]
Bee the Change
Dawn, Hayley, and Nora will bring beekeeping skills and supplies to economically-disadvantaged people in the United States and beyond. Dawn, an experienced beekeeper, and her team will bring standardized apiary designs that can be built from simple wood and mesh to communities in need of job creation and economic empowerment. Five beehives, with associated equipment […]
Maja Felicia Falkentoft
Maja has previously completed studies and internships in both Montréal and Dakar, and is currently finishing her BSc in Global Studies and International Development Studies at Roskilde University in Denmark. Since very young, Maja has been strongly interested in processes of global social and political change, which to several community involvements in both Denmark and […]
