4: Unlocking Opportunities for Women in Post-Conflict Rwanda

08/10/16 • 20 min

In the fourth episode of Follow the Data, we hear from partners of Bloomberg Philanthropies' Women’s Economic Development program to understand how they are working to create economic opportunities for women in growing industries.

Verna Eggleston from our Women’s Economic Development team is joined by Christine Condo of Sustainable Harvest Rwanda as they discuss how our partnership is training women farmers in post-conflict Rwanda to produce and deliver high-quality coffee to buyers around the globe, while acquiring a clear path to being economically self-sufficient.

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3: Saving Lives by Improving Health Data Around the World

Hear from partners of our Data for Health Initiative, which aims to help over one billion people in developing countries to live healthier and longer lives by establishing reliable health data to inform health programs and policy.

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5: How a virtual advisor helped a student get into a top college

Thousands of high-achieving, low- and moderate-income high school students graduate each year with strong academic credentials but they lack critical guidance to apply to, enroll in and graduate from top-performing colleges and universities. To improve these odds, Bloomberg Philanthropies developed the CollegePoint initiative which matches select students with virtual advisors. In this episode we interview one of the advisors and a student who have been working together to achieve her college dreams.