Categorized as: Africa, Job Creation, Our Partners, Stories, Youth & Tagged as: Entrepreneurship, Future of work, Leadership training, Social entrepreneurism on February 26, 2022.
Part 1 of a 2-part series. Join us here for Part 2 on global future trends in entrepreneurship and work on March 12, or get access to the full content as originally published on suzanneskees.com. What will entrepreneurship look like, from now into the...Read more
Categorized as: About us, Education, Girls & women, Stories, Storytelling, Youth on September 18, 2021.
Editor’s Note: Every year, Skees Family Foundation has the privilege of working with an intern from The Nueva School. The Nueva School matches gifted learners with impactful internships in order to build a well-rounded and inclusive educational environment. Each...Read more
Categorized as: Job Creation, MY JOB book and community, Stories, Youth & Tagged as: Book publishing, Careers, Fatima Saadullah, Gen Z, Generation Z, Job hunting, Maya Chawla, New book, Nonfiction, Sanam Yusuf, Sarah Helly, Sociology of work, Suzanne Skees on May 8, 2021.
By Suzanne Skees, Founder and Storyteller Why Jobs for Gen Z? MY JOB Gen Z: Finding Your Place in a Fast-Changing World, is the only book on the market (we did our research!) that’s BY, ABOUT, and FOR Generation Z–i.e., middle schoolers through...Read more
Categorized as: About us, Africa, Asia, Caribbean, Education, Girls & women, Grantee, Job Creation, Latin America, Leadership, Middle East, MY JOB book and community, Our Partners, Pacific Islands, Poverty Alleviation, Social-impact investments, Stories, Storytelling, U.S., Youth on January 9, 2021. Related Grantees: Agora Partnerships, Anseye Pou Ayiti (Teach for Haiti), Bean Voyage, Beneficial Returns, CREA Nicaragua, Educate Lanka, Education Bridge, Eggpreneur, Idea4Africa, Jibu, KadAfrica, Resonate, Tomorrow’s Youth Organization, Tujenge Africa Foundation, Women LEAD, Village Enterprise.
Editor’s Note: 2020 was a very serious year of reflection for SFF. We took a really deep dive into our privilege as a family and as a foundation and are making some long overdue and much needed changes to the structure of the foundation in the coming year! We...Read more
Categorized as: About us, Africa, Asia, Caribbean, Education, Girls & women, Grantee, Job Creation, Latin America, Leadership, Middle East, Our Partners, Pacific Islands, Poverty Alleviation, Stories, Storytelling, U.S., Youth on December 26, 2020. Related Grantees: Agora Partnerships, Anseye Pou Ayiti (Teach for Haiti), Bean Voyage, CREA Nicaragua, Educate Lanka, Education Bridge, Eggpreneur, Idea4Africa, KadAfrica, Tomorrow’s Youth Organization, Tujenge Africa Foundation, Women LEAD.
Editor’s Note: It goes without saying that 2020 has been a heck of a ride. Luckily, we are nearing the end of this disastrous year, with a light on the horizon. Here is a round-up of how our partners are ending the year and looking on to the next! Happy holidays...Read more