Transform Haiti’s Educational System: Is it Possible?

Transform Haiti’s Educational System: Is it Possible?

Categorized as: , , , , , , on June 4, 2016. Related Grantees: Asante Africa Foundation, Advancing Girls Education: AGE Africa, Batonga Foundation, Cooperative for Education, Hand in Hand, JAAGO Foundation through the Jolkona Foundation, The School Fund, Tomorrow’s Youth Organization.

Editor’s Note: Anseye Pou Ayiti (Teach for Haiti) is a grantee partner of the Skees Family Foundation. Our Program Director, Sally Skees-Helly, recently met founder Nedgine Paul and learned more about her inspiration and drive to create real change in Haiti’s...Read more
A Most Shining Star Disappeared: R.I.P. John Medo

A Most Shining Star Disappeared: R.I.P. John Medo

Categorized as: , , , , , , , & Tagged as: , , , , , , on April 2, 2016. Related Grantees: Advancing Girls Education: AGE Africa, Akilah Institute for Women, Asante Africa Foundation, Kiretono Resource Centre through AID Tanzania.

By Suzanne Skees John’s brother Eli says: “We don’t want to say goodbye. He was a dream boy–one of our most shining stars disappearing–as simple as that.” This week, my dear young friend John Medo, the inspiration for and first...Read more
Children Create Mideast Peace Through Education at Hand in Hand

Children Create Mideast Peace Through Education at Hand in Hand

Categorized as: , , , , & Tagged as: , , , on March 19, 2016. Related Grantees: Dayton International Peace Museum, Precious Blood Ministry of Reconciliation, Teach North Korean Refugees, Tomorrow’s Youth Organization, Wahat al-Salam–Neve Shalom through American Friends of Wahat al-Salam–Neve Shalom.

By Suzanne Skees Read the latest updates on our Board Collaborative Partner, or scroll down to view the videos below. If you want peace, put your country’s future in the hands of children. That’s what a group of Israeli and Palestinian parents did nearly...Read more
Be a Hummingbird: Using Story to Heal East African Women

Be a Hummingbird: Using Story to Heal East African Women

Categorized as: , , , , , , , , & Tagged as: , , , on February 21, 2016.

Editor’s Note: We’re happy and honored to have helped support the production of this brand-new video that explains the work of Resonate Workshops, an organization serving Rwanda and Uganda that is distinctly brave, local, feminine, and tenaciously hopeful...Read more