Categorized as: About us, Africa, Caribbean, Education, Girls & women, Grantee, Latin America, Our Partners, Poverty Alleviation, Stories, Storytelling, Youth & Tagged as: 2015, Akilah Institute, Best stories, Grameen Foundation, Hope 4 Honduran Children, Teach for Haiti, The School Fund on December 30, 2015.
Photo courtesy of Educate Lanka. Editor’s Note: 2015 was a wonderful year for Skees Family Foundation–full of amazing storytelling and social change. Our grantee partners continue to inspire and impress us with their dedication and innovative programming....Read more
Categorized as: Africa, Education, Girls & women, Grantee, Leadership, Our Partners, Stories, Youth & Tagged as: Africa, High school, Job training, Leadership, Life skills, Malawi, Youth on December 10, 2015.
Our partner AGE Africa creates a brighter future for rural women by education and providing opportunities for rural girls in Malawi. By Suzanne Skees for Skees Family Foundation Our foundation is constantly striving to create larger impact. While that...Read more
Categorized as: Africa, Education, Our Partners, Stories, Youth & Tagged as: Kenya, Rural education, The School Fund on November 14, 2015.
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By Laura D’Asaro, Cofounder and V.P. of Wema Children’s Centre, for The School Fund I am at a public school in Kenya. In a tiny room sit 200 first graders, cross-legged on the floor. Shouting above the noise from the classroom next door penetrating the thin...Read more
Categorized as: Africa, Education, Girls & women, Grantee, Job Creation, Leadership, Our Partners, Stories & Tagged as: Akilah Institute, Burundi, College, Rwanda, Violence on October 17, 2015.
As the conflict in Burundi continues, 45 students at Akilah Institute for Women may have the opportunity to continue their studies in Rwanda. By Suzanne Skees for Skees Family Foundation As you may know, the nation of Burundi has recently fallen into chaos over...Read more
Categorized as: About us, Africa, Asia, Caribbean, Education, Girls & women, Grantee, Grantmaking strategy, Job Creation, Latin America, Our Partners, Pacific Islands, Poverty Alleviation, Social-impact investments, Stories, Storytelling, U.S., Youth & Tagged as: 2015 grantees, Age Africa, Agora Partnerships, AID Tanzania, Akilah Institute, Anseye Pou Ayiti, Batonga, Destiny Foundation, Educate Lanka, Family, Global Press Institute, Grantmaking, Hope 4 Honduran Children, JAAGO Foundation, Kiretono Resource Center, Medha, The School Fund, Upaya Social Ventures on September 19, 2015.
By Suzanne Skees for Skees Family Foundation We laughingly call SFF “the world’s tiniest foundation with the mightiest ambition” to end poverty worldwide, in our lifetime. How? As Steve Jobs put it, “We have gone to exceptional lengths...Read more
