Yvette Barnes (Bosnia & Herzegovina)


Yvette Barnes (Bosnia & Herzegovina)

Yvette Barnes (Bosnian Family - BOSFAM): Yvette earned a Bachelor’s degree in International Business from San Jose State University in San Jose, California. From 2002 to 2004, Yvette worked as a business development volunteer in Nepal where she trained a Nepali NGO on micro-enterprise development and micro-credit. After returning to the United States, Yvette worked as a project coordinator for a construction firm in Northern California. At the time of her fellowship she was pursuing a Masters of Business Administration (MBA) at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. concentrating in International Development.



03 Oct

Saying Goodbye

My last few weeks in Bosnia were a whirlwind, work was in high gear and

Posted By Admin

Posted Oct 03, 2006

1
18 Jul

Blog 9

This week my school, the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University posted a link

Posted By Admin

Posted Jul 18, 2006

0
13 Jul

Blog 8

This week I attended the memorial ceremony of 505 victims of the Srebrenica massacre. I

Posted By Admin

Posted Jul 13, 2006

1
05 Jul

Blog 7

Today I visited the International Missing Persons Institue, which is responsible for identifying the remains

Posted By Admin

Posted Jul 05, 2006

0
03 Jul

Carpets

Bosfam makes carpets. A simple enough fact, but now I know exactly how many they

Posted By Admin

Posted Jul 03, 2006

3
29 Jun

Potocari

My boss, her husband and I went to Potocari on Thursday to visit the memorial

Posted By Admin

Posted Jun 29, 2006

0
15 Jun

Sarajevo

My boss Beba and I drove to Sarajevo on Tuesday, which is a pleasant enough

Posted By Admin

Posted Jun 15, 2006

101
10 Jun

Kaffa

I always knew that Europe was crazy about their coffee and Bosnia is no exception.

Posted By Admin

Posted Jun 10, 2006

0
02 Jun

Getting to the Start Line

Sometimes the journey is so long and arduous that once you get to the start

Posted By Admin

Posted Jun 02, 2006

0
20 May

Critical Mass

I’m a week away from leaving for Bosnia where I’ve been assigned to work with

Posted By Admin

Posted May 20, 2006

4

Fellows

2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003

Subscribe