Categorized as: Africa, Education, Girls & women, Job Creation, Leadership, Our Partners, Poverty Alleviation, Stories on August 21, 2021. Related Grantee: Tech Me.
Participants in one of Tech ME’s programs, SmartGirls. Read about it below! Editor’s Note: In this blog, we highlight one of our current Seed Partners, Tech ME, who through education, entrepreneurship, and civic engagement empower youth, women, and girls in...Read more
Categorized as: Africa, Education, Girls & women, Grantee, Job Creation, Leadership, Our Partners, Poverty Alleviation, Stories on July 24, 2021. Related Grantee: Embrace Her.
Editor’s Note: Skees Family Foundation began working with Embrace Her in 2021, in the height of the pandemic. We have really been amazed at their flexibility and ability to adapt. Embrace Her wrote this piece to give our readers an insight into how they continue...Read more
Categorized as: About us, Africa, Education, Girls & women, Grantee, Job Creation, Latin America, Leadership, Our Partners, Poverty Alleviation, Stories, Storytelling on July 10, 2021. Related Grantees: Bean Voyage, Embrace Her, Idea4Africa, KadAfrica, Preserve International, Tech Me.
Editor’s Note: As the United States has begun to emerge from the pandemic over the past two quarters, some of our partners are also beginning to emerge, while others are still struggling to contain the virus while waiting for accessible vaccines. We continue to...Read more
Categorized as: Africa, Education, Girls & women, Grantee, Job Creation, Leadership, Our Partners, Poverty Alleviation, Stories on June 5, 2021. Related Grantee: KadAfrica.
At Sweswe Site, Kyaka II Refugee Settlement, Cervical Cancer Advocacy Event, girls and women act out a cervical cancer screening procedure. Editor’s Note: In Part II of our series on our Catalyst Partner, KadAfrica, we focus on the new programs created within...Read more
Categorized as: Africa, Education, Girls & women, Grantee, Job Creation, Leadership, Our Partners, Poverty Alleviation, Stories on May 22, 2021.
At Sweswe Site, Kyaka II Refugee Settlement Editor’s Note: The small, start-up social entrepreneurs that Skees Family Foundation is proud to support share several common traits. They are nimble, community-based, and are fiercely dedicated to the clients they...Read more