Your Mark On The World

May 1, 2015 - Read the Forbes article and watch the interview here: http://onforb.es/1kf1IV2. Subscribe to this podcast on iTunes by clicking here: http://bit.ly/ymotwitunes. The world is replete with people who have identified problems, some of whom have even had ideas–often great ideas–for addressing those problems. Much less often do we encounter people who just jump in and do something. Elizabeth Dearborn Hughes is one of those rare people who jumped right in. After graduating from Vanderbilt University she moved to Rwanda where so co-founded Amani Africa to provide scholarships to street children. In 200, she and her husband Dave Hughes launched the Akilah Institute to provide college-level education to African women. Now with campuses in Rwanda and Burundi, she plans to open campuses across Africa. The Institute offers courses in subjects that are in need in the communities where they are located. Subjects include entrepreneurship, hospitality and information systems. More about the Akilah Institu