Michelle Lee's Posts - Urgent Evoke2024-03-28T13:01:45ZMichelle Leehttp://www.urgentevoke.com/profile/MichelleLeehttp://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2236945059?profile=original&width=48&height=48&crop=1%3A1http://www.urgentevoke.com/profiles/blog/feed?user=3rah5fz0npcuu&xn_auth=noSomalia and Anemiatag:www.urgentevoke.com,2010-05-08:4871302:BlogPost:1426302010-05-08T15:30:00.000ZMichelle Leehttp://www.urgentevoke.com/profile/MichelleLee
A recent survey shows that up to 50% of Somali women and girls are suffering from iron deficiency and Vitamin A deficiency. This is terrible news. Micro-nutrient deficiency has a wide range of consequences, including negative physical, developmental, and even mental ramifications. Physically, one can become blind from the lack of Vitamin A, a mineral that humans can obtain through animal sources. Studies done by the Rural Education Action Project (REAP) showed that elementary-aged children with…
A recent survey shows that up to 50% of Somali women and girls are suffering from iron deficiency and Vitamin A deficiency. This is terrible news. Micro-nutrient deficiency has a wide range of consequences, including negative physical, developmental, and even mental ramifications. Physically, one can become blind from the lack of Vitamin A, a mineral that humans can obtain through animal sources. Studies done by the Rural Education Action Project (REAP) showed that elementary-aged children with anemia do poorly in school (disclaimer: I have been an intern at REAP). Children with micro-nutrient deficiency cannot properly develop, and adults with these deficiencies often cannot work efficiently. <br/><br/>Many people in Somali have diets that lack nutrients and also have tape worms that suck nutrients from them, but girls and women are even more likely to get anemia due to the loss of blood during the menstrual cycle. Not only does this put girls at a educational disadvantage to men, these micro-nutrient deficiency can have a terrible economical consequence on Somalia in the long run. With over half of women suffering from anemia and vitamin a deficiency, Somalia is at risk of losing 25% of its potential economic work force. Furthermore, when pregnant mothers have these deficiencies, it can seriously risk the health of her child. All in all, micro-nutrient deficiencies is a serious matter, and for the sake of the women in Somalia, much still has to be done. <br/><br/><br/><a href="http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900sid/ASAZ-858DR2?OpenDocument&RSS20&RSS20=FS">http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900sid/ASAZ-858DR2?OpenDocument&RSS20&RSS20=FS</a><br/>Embrace!tag:www.urgentevoke.com,2010-05-06:4871302:BlogPost:1405552010-05-06T19:17:41.000ZMichelle Leehttp://www.urgentevoke.com/profile/MichelleLee
I decided to choose the social entrepreneurial venture Embrace to shadow. I first found out about Embrace when I watched CEO Jane Chen's talk on TED. Then I read more about Embrace from Acumen Fund and the Stanford D. School. Embrace makes baby incubators that cost only $25 for third world countries. Traditional incubators cost more than $20,000! Embrace has made a very innovative product, and has applied many of the D. School's designing ideas into their product. <br></br><br></br>I've shadowed…
I decided to choose the social entrepreneurial venture Embrace to shadow. I first found out about Embrace when I watched CEO Jane Chen's talk on TED. Then I read more about Embrace from Acumen Fund and the Stanford D. School. Embrace makes baby incubators that cost only $25 for third world countries. Traditional incubators cost more than $20,000! Embrace has made a very innovative product, and has applied many of the D. School's designing ideas into their product. <br/><br/>I've shadowed Embrace by following their twitter and becoming a fan of their facebook page. I've also sent the team an email... hopefully they'll reply soon!<br/>When I'm 28tag:www.urgentevoke.com,2010-05-06:4871302:BlogPost:1398102010-05-06T02:44:23.000ZMichelle Leehttp://www.urgentevoke.com/profile/MichelleLee
Ten years from now, I'll be 28. <br></br><br></br>By then, I want a close group of friends, a community of sorts, with like-minded people: full of passion, creativity, innovation. All ready to create, to discuss ideas, to change the world. <br></br><br></br>By then, I would have spent a year as an Acumen Fund Fellow, working in third world countries in order to promote the ideas of social entrepreneurship, innovation, and patient capital. <br></br><br></br>I would have traveled the world, learning different cultures.…
Ten years from now, I'll be 28. <br/><br/>By then, I want a close group of friends, a community of sorts, with like-minded people: full of passion, creativity, innovation. All ready to create, to discuss ideas, to change the world. <br/><br/>By then, I would have spent a year as an Acumen Fund Fellow, working in third world countries in order to promote the ideas of social entrepreneurship, innovation, and patient capital. <br/><br/>I would have traveled the world, learning different cultures. I would have been on the field, learning just how people live-- in rich countries, poor countries, Muslim countries, multi-cultural countries. <br/><br/>And for my job, I hope to have become an entrepreneur, a social one to be exact. Creating change, yet making money so sustain the project. <br/><br/>10 years from now, when Alchemy calls me, I want to be ready to rock n' roll. <br/>Innovation Tipstag:www.urgentevoke.com,2010-05-04:4871302:BlogPost:1387502010-05-04T21:48:02.000ZMichelle Leehttp://www.urgentevoke.com/profile/MichelleLee
The innovation tip that I found most striking in Exhibit A is Paul Polak's tip: "think like a child – children have no limit to their thinking." Even though I am only 18 -- still barely on the border between childhood and adulthood -- I have stopped thinking like a child already. I like to think pragmatically, scientifically. I have become more used to following a set schedule in my every day life, not breaking out of schedule for the sake of comfort. I have lost my inclination to explore.…
The innovation tip that I found most striking in Exhibit A is Paul Polak's tip: "think like a child – children have no limit to their thinking." Even though I am only 18 -- still barely on the border between childhood and adulthood -- I have stopped thinking like a child already. I like to think pragmatically, scientifically. I have become more used to following a set schedule in my every day life, not breaking out of schedule for the sake of comfort. I have lost my inclination to explore. <br/><br/>Now, scientists have also corroborated about the power of thinking like a child. In a blog post, Jonah Lehrer explored how scientists actually could quantify the benefits of thinking like a child. This is a very interesting experiment: <a href="http://scienceblogs.com/cortex/2010/03/childish_creativity.php">http://scienceblogs.com/cortex/2010/03/childish_creativity.php</a><br/><br/><br/>The question is, now that I've identified a problem, how do I come about finding a solution? Should I spend five to ten minutes a day "thinking like a child?" Whenever I identify a problem, should I take a moment to think like a child? Well, this is a perfect opportunity... If I were a 7-year-old kid, how would I think help myself think more like a child? <br/><br/>My "7-year-old self" creative solutions: <br/>- play with other children<br/>- paper + crayons = perfect solution <br/>- spend a moment every day to dance around to music<br/>- spend a moment every day to just lie on the grass <br/><br/>Wow... this is helpful. <br/>