1 rich Libsyn https://www.libsyn.com 90 600 In this episode, Michael chats with&amp;nbsp;Angela Galbreath, Director of Partnerships for&amp;nbsp;uFondwa&amp;nbsp;USA,&amp;nbsp;and Lesly Joseph,&amp;nbsp;Agronomist and Statistician specializing in biostatistics.&amp;nbsp;They discuss&amp;nbsp;what the University of&amp;nbsp;Fondwa&amp;nbsp;is and what makes it unique within Haiti and globally;&amp;nbsp;what rural development actually looks like in Haiti;&amp;nbsp;how&amp;nbsp;Fondwa&amp;nbsp;is helping to reverse the trend of brain drain; what draws professors,&amp;nbsp;administrators, graduates to&amp;nbsp;Fondwa;&amp;nbsp;career and livelihood opportunities students at the University of&amp;nbsp;Fondwa&amp;nbsp;are pursuing after graduation;&amp;nbsp;how&amp;nbsp;the university helps students turn family land or local resources into&amp;nbsp;viable&amp;nbsp;economic opportunities; research and innovation coming out of the university that are helping rural communities;&amp;nbsp;the role community, agriculture, and access to natural resources play in quality of life for university students and faculty;&amp;nbsp;how the university is changing the meaning of a “good life” in rural Haiti;&amp;nbsp;and much more. Take a virtual tour of uFondwa&amp;nbsp;in Haiti at&amp;nbsp;www.ufondwa.org/virtual-tour.&amp;nbsp; Rural Matters http://ruralmatters.libsyn.com/website <iframe title="Libsyn Player" style="border: none" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/41060365/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/88AA3C/" height="90" width="600" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen></iframe> https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/item/41060365