Categorized as: Africa, Education, Girls & women, Grantee, Our Partners, Poverty Alleviation, Stories, Youth & Tagged as: Akilah Institute, Burundi, Gender issues, Genocide, Nadine Niyitegeka, Rwanda, Technology on October 25, 2014.
Editor’s Note: Akilah Institute provides education and training for young East African women and equips graduates with the skills and experience necessary to be successful professionals in the region’s fastest growing sectors: information technology, entrepreneurship,...Read more
Categorized as: Stories, Youth & Tagged as: Giving Circles Fund, Meredith James, Millennials, Mobile technology, Philanthropy, Third Plateau on October 18, 2014.
Photo courtesy of Sharon McCutcheon on Unsplash. Editor’s Note: A millennial illuminates strategies that bring meaningful philanthropy within reach of her generation. By Meredith James, Program Director at Giving Circles Fund If every Millennial...Read more
Categorized as: Africa, Education, Grantee, Leadership, Our Partners, Poverty Alleviation, Stories, Youth & Tagged as: Asante Africa, Erna Grasz, Kenya, Legacy, Tanzania on September 27, 2014.
Students in Asante Africa’s Leadership and Entrepreneurship Incubator (LEI) program are turning challenges into opportunities, using a pay-it-forward model to create a meaningful ripple effect in their communities. Guest post by Erna Grasz. By Erna Grasz...Read more
Categorized as: Africa, Education, Girls & women, Job Creation, Poverty Alleviation, Stories, Youth & Tagged as: Career training, High school, HIV, Karimu International, Microloans, Primary school, Tanzania on September 21, 2014.
Editor’s note: This cover photograph shows Bacho Village members of the first local microcredit group. These members, all HIV positive, shared a collective loan of $500 to invest in chickens. Two years later, they’ve paid back the first loan, expanded...Read more
Categorized as: Africa, Education, Girls & women, Grantee, Our Partners, Poverty Alleviation, Stories, Youth & Tagged as: Crowdfunding, Drika Weller, InterAction, Kenya, The School Fund, Violence on August 30, 2014.
Hanging out with students from Ummu Salama School, Miyomboni Secondary School and Lugalo Secondary School in Iringa, Tanzania. Editor’s note: The School Fund’s new CEO, Dr. Drika Weller, joined The School Fund’s team and visited partners in Kenya,...Read more
