This entry is part of a forthcoming series of Sarus stories written by Madeleine Chaisson, MA Candidate from the Clinton School. She spent the last three months interviewing 45 Sarus alumni, staff, and board members and recording their stories. This first story is with Tanzil Ferdous (Bangladesh-Myanmar Internship Exchange 2016).
Read MoreIt has been more than one year since my internship with Sarus in Cambodia. It is almost impossible to express in words what Sarus has taught me and how it impacted my life afterwards. To be honest, I started my internship expecting almost nothing, as it was not structured like regular internship programs. However, after the end of that one month when I came back to my regular life, I realized a huge change in me.
Read MoreWhen most people think of crowdfunding, they think of one-off campaigns used to raise seed funding to launch an individual product. The product goes to market, donors receive an update and a perk, and that’s the end. At Sarus, we have a different vision of what crowdfunding can be for organizations with a social mission.
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