Categorized as: About us, Africa, Asia, Education, Poverty Alleviation, Stories, Storytelling, Youth & Tagged as: Brienne, Empowerment, Indonesia, International development, Korea, Malawi, Opportunity, Teaching on May 23, 2015.
Editor’s note: This month, the entire Skees clan proudly celebrates the graduation of Brienne’s younger sisters, Teresa and Victoria, from Montgomery County High School in Mt. Sterling, Kentucky. As Brienne travels the world to teach, her sister Alexandra...Read more
Categorized as: Africa, Asia, Education, Girls & women, Grantee, Grantmaking strategy, Job Creation, Latin America, Leadership, Our Partners, Poverty Alleviation, Stories, Storytelling & Tagged as: Age Africa, Akilah Institute, Destiny Foundation, Global Press Institute, International Women's Day, Kiretono Resource Center, The BOMA Project on March 7, 2015.
Photo courtesy of Upaya Social Ventures. Editor’s Note: As the world celebrates International Women’s Day tomorrow, we look to the great work our grantees are doing to advance women’s causes. By Suzanne Skees Happy International Women’s Day! This...Read more
Categorized as: Africa, Asia, Caribbean, Education, Girls & women, Grantee, Job Creation, Latin America, Leadership, Our Partners, Pacific Islands, Poverty Alleviation, Stories, Storytelling & Tagged as: Cristi Hegranes, Huffington Post, Journalism, Social entrepreneurism on January 10, 2015.
Once upon a time, a young American woman landed her dream job — and then gave it to someone else. Ten years later, she’s creating a sustainable new model for international journalism that provides jobs and empowers women all over the world. By...Read more
Categorized as: About us, Education, Grantee, Grantmaking strategy, Job Creation, MY JOB book and community, Our Partners, Poverty Alleviation, Stories, Storytelling, U.S. & Tagged as: 2014 grantees, Annual report, Impact on January 3, 2015.
Part II of our series on our new grantmaking strategy includes our 2014 annual report announcing our rockstar partners and their impact, changes we’ve seen in philanthropy over the years, and our vision for the future. See Part I here. Editor’s...Read more
Categorized as: Africa, Asia, Education, Girls & women, Grantee, Latin America, Our Partners, Pacific Islands, Poverty Alleviation, Stories, Youth & Tagged as: Failure, India, Kate Cochran, Kiva, Lessons learned, Social entrepreneurism, Vittana on December 31, 2014.
Photo courtesy of CoWomen on Unsplash. Editor’s note: I’ve made mistakes every day in the last ten years on the job at SFF, and I’ve seen my share of failures in the social-sector field . . . but I’ve never seen compassion and tenacity in the...Read more
