Colleen Inches participated in a 6-month assignment in Tanzania with IBM's Corporate Service Corps (CSC). The CSC provides opportunities for IBM employees to work on global challenges. Colleen's team of 9 people from 7 countries partnered with Tanzanian organizations to assess HIV/AIDS awareness in schools and assist national parks training. Her work involved surveying students, analyzing data, and volunteering at local schools and orphanages. She gained experiences with the Maasai tribe and on safaris during her time in Tanzania with the CSC program.

1. A Global Citizen’s View
My Trip to Tanzania
with the IBM CSC
Colleen Inches

2. Overview
What is Corporate Service Corps
– and why should you care?
My Assignment in Tanzania
– and how it had NOTHING to do with my day job
Personal Experiences
- Working with children,
safaris and adventures in Swahili
and other languages!

3. What is the Corporate Service Corps?
Signature components of
IBM's Global Citizen's Portfolio
Provides opportunities to
acquire global leadership
skills and to develop as a
global corporate citizen
CSC projects address the
world’s most challenging
societal, environmental and
educational issues

4. How Does it Work?
•IBMers team with non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that
focus on international volunteerism
•Teams of 8-10 individuals from different countries and business
units grouped together, outside of office structure
Teams of assembled participants represent a range of critical skills
and global perspectives necessary to deliver high-quality work in-
country
•6-month Service Corps experience includes:
-3 months: Pre-work
-1 month: In-country
-2 months: Post-service work (ongoing sharing, upon return)
•Pre-work includes online training modules and assignments to give
you a broader understanding of the culture and foster team building
•Post-work includes sharing experiences, and figuring our what’s
next?

5. 9 IBMers from 7 Different Countries
England
Italy
U.S. Japan
Philippines
India
Brazil
Arusha, Tanzania

6. Working Together in Tanzania
Nitish Andrea Rodrigo Hiroya
Gloria
Christine
Chris
Colleen
Sally

7. Partnering NGOs
Tanzanian Association
of Tour Operators Institute
of Accountancy
Arusha
African Wildlife Foundation

8. My Assignment in Tanzania: Statement of Work
1. Develop a pilot program to assess the level of HIV/AIDS awareness in
specified primary schools.
•Create a questionnaire for quantitative analysis at select primary schools
•Methodology: Determine which schools we will evaluate and how to choose the
sampling of students
•Assemble a team of AWF volunteers - develop a one day training session
before entering the field
2. Determine the simplest and most cost effective tools for analyzing the
quantitative data collected at the school level.
3. Assist the training at the National Parks
by demonstrating a clear relationship on how
HIV/AIDS impacts conservation efforts.

9. Mbugwe School Students

11. School Building

13. One-on-One Interviews

14. One-on-One Interviews

15. Self Administered

16. Knowledge Questionnaire: Face to Face

17. Behavior Questionnaire: Self Administered

18. Data Analysis Tool

19. Indicator 1: Knowledge of HIV prevention methods (Q703)
Can people protect themselves from HIV, the virus that causes
AIDS by using a condom correctly every time they have sex?
Yes: 1 No: 2 Don’t Know: 8 No Response: 9
Q703 c o ns is t e nt c o nd o m us e Q703 c o ns is t e nt c o ndo m us e
0%
Ma le Fe m a le
10% 0%
0% 0%
0% 0%
0%
Ye s Ye s
No No
Do n'tK Do n'K
t
No R No R
N/ A N/ A
90% 100%
Yes No Don'tK NoR N/A Total N/A: Answered No on Q701
Male 9 0 0 0 1 10 (Have you ever heard of HIV or
Female 10 0 0 0 0 10
the disease called AIDS?)
Total 19 0 0 0 0 20

20. Indicator 2: No incorrect beliefs about AIDS transmission
(Q707)
Can a person get HIV by sharing a meal with someone
who is infected?
Yes: 1 No: 2 Don’t Know: 8 No Response: 9
Q707:C a n a p e rs on g e t HI by s h a ring a m e a l with
V Q707:Ca n a pe rs o n g e t HI b y s h a ring a m e a l wit h
V
s om e o ne wh o is inf e c t e d ? Ma le s o m e one who is inf e c t e d ? Fe m a le
0%
10%
0%
0%
0%
0%
Ye s Ye s
No 40% No
30% Don' tK Do n'K
t
60% NoR 60% No R
N/ A N/ A
Q707 Yes No Don'tK NoR N/A Total N/A: Answered No on Q701
Male 6 3 0 0 1 10
Female 6 4 0 0 0 10
(Have you ever heard of HIV or
Total 12 7 0 0 0 20 the disease called AIDS?)

22. Personal Experiences: School Letter Project
Thornebrooke Elementary
Little River Elementary

29. Volunteering at Local Schools

32. Karim Orphanage

34. The Maasai Tribe

37. To Learn More
https://w3.webahead.ibm.com/CorporateServiceCorpsRegistration/

38. A Global Citizen’s View
My Trip to Tanzania
with the IBM CSC
Colleen Inches