1. I. Show us an activity you enjoy doing.
Tell us how you think it contributes to your personal and
professional development.
I enjoy inspiring people
by hope and acts to change an
unjust world by loveand care for our
neighbours.
By: Manuel Mateo G.
IE MBA Candidate
2012

2. Mauritania 2008
For example:
In 2008 I helped organizing a
mission trip from Costa Rica
to support Carlos Q.
language school in
Nouakchott, Mauritania.

3. Our project ends up with 16 costaricans that traveled to Mauritania
committed to help the school.

4. What we came to do ?
Help Equinoxe School in
Nouakchott, Mauritania.
How?
-Teaching english and spanish classes
-Teaching embroidery classes.
-Develop a new business venture: The
cafeteria of the school.
-Play music and share with the
Mauritanians.

5. In Mauritania 40 % of the Population lives below poverty line
2004 CIA World Facts

6. These are the Mauritanian “tomato can kid’s”
, they suffer modern slavery and
some of them can be bought for less than
500 $ US.

7. My work, and
students !

8. My other work
Helping establishing an operative plan for the school cafeteria.

9. Personal
Development

10. I learned how to make great friends no matter what kind of cultural and language
boundaries you might have.

11. And learning that small details
like this girl smile makes your day GREAT! In Mauritania

12. I end up
• Understanding how happy the people could be with little things.
• Receiving more than you give (when you don’t expect it) is one of
the best things of the entire world !

13. Professional Development
• Exchange thoughts and ideas
understanding the arab world
vision.
• Deal difficult situations is always
better if you face them as a team.
• Respect, tolerate and learn from
other ways of living instead of
trying to change/impose a culture.

14. That’s why I enjoy
motivating, leading, an
d organizing people to
get involved in social
aid projects.

15. Oh yes and I forget….
CocaCoca should
improve logisticsin
Mauritania…