Categorized as: Africa, Girls & women, Grantee, Job Creation, Our Partners, Poverty Alleviation, Stories & Tagged as: The BOMA Project on July 9, 2016.
Related Grantees:
Firelight Foundation,
Freedom From Hunger,
Grameen Foundation,
Kiretono Resource Centre through AID Tanzania,
Upaya Social Ventures.
Editor’s note: Scroll down to watch a video about Mekona, who never had a chance to attend school but has learned business and financial skills while building her business with our partners in rural Kenya at The BOMA Project. With three children to support, and...Read more
Categorized as: Africa, Girls & women, Grantee, Job Creation, Leadership, Our Partners, Stories & Tagged as: Elections, Empowerment on June 17, 2016.
Related Grantees:
Advancing Girls Education: AGE Africa,
Akilah Institute for Women,
Asante Africa Foundation,
Grameen Foundation,
Kiretono Resource Centre through AID Tanzania,
Resonate.
Editor’s note: You think you have challenges as a women, either running for president or voting for one? Women in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), also voting this November, are banding together to demand greater government representation in a nation with...Read more
Categorized as: Education, Grantee, Job Creation, Our Partners, Stories, U.S., Youth & Tagged as: Chicago, Exponent Philanthropy, Lessons learned, PBMR, Violence on May 7, 2016.
By Suzanne Skees Our Chicago education and job-skills partner, The PBMR Peace Center, creates a safe space for youth and their families to escape the gangs, drugs, and violence of the South Side streets and to build a life of choice. I was fortunate to be in Chicago...Read more
Categorized as: Asia, Girls & women, Grantee, Job Creation, Our Partners, Poverty Alleviation, Stories & Tagged as: Domestic violence, Empowerment, Gender issues, Social entrepreneurism, Upaya Social Ventures on March 6, 2016.
Editor’s note: Five years in, our partner Upaya Social Ventures relentlessly proves the power of a job. Our video series on the work of our partners continues. Tune in next time to meet an innovative bilingual school that brings Israeli and Palestinian children...Read more
Categorized as: Asia, Education, Girls & women, Grantee, Job Creation, Our Partners, Stories, Storytelling, Youth & Tagged as: College, Medha, Storytelling on February 6, 2016.
Editor’s Note: We’re excited to support this video-story of Medha’s work. Read about their impact on 2,000 youth in a region where 1 million youth remain jobless; or just click on the video below to experience “A Day in the Life of a Medha...Read more
