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: About us, Africa, Asia, Caribbean, Education, Girls & women, Grantee, Grantmaking strategy, Job Creation, Latin America, Our Partners, Pacific Islands, Poverty Alleviation, Social-impact investments, Stories, Storytelling, U.S., Youth & Tagged as: 2015 grantees, Age Africa, Agora Partnerships, AID Tanzania, Akilah Institute, Anseye Pou Ayiti, Batonga, Destiny Foundation, Educate Lanka, Family, Global Press Institute, Grantmaking, Hope 4 Honduran Children, JAAGO Foundation, Kiretono Resource Center, Medha, The School Fund, Upaya Social Ventures on September 19, 2015.
By Suzanne Skees for Skees Family Foundation We laughingly call SFF “the world’s tiniest foundation with the mightiest ambition” to end poverty worldwide, in our lifetime. How? As Steve Jobs put it, “We have gone to exceptional lengths...Read more
Categorized as: Asia, Grantee, Job Creation, Our Partners, Poverty Alleviation, Social-impact investments, Stories & Tagged as: Impact report, Social entrepreneurism, Ultra poverty, Upaya Social Ventures on May 16, 2015.
At Skees Family Foundation we pride ourselves on partnering with rising organizations in the social sector field. We look for partners that think big and seek to move the needle on the key issues we care about: access to education and job creation. by Anchal...Read more
Categorized as: Asia, Girls & women, Grantee, Job Creation, Our Partners, Poverty Alleviation, Stories, Storytelling & Tagged as: Elrhino, Social entrepreneurism, Upaya Social Ventures on February 7, 2015.
Editor’s note: Earlier this year, Director Suzanne visited the field with our Catalyst-grantee partner, Upaya Social Ventures. She gathered stories and saw firsthand the wonderful work they’re doing on the ground in India. As part of our foundation’s...Read more
Categorized as: Asia, Grantee, Job Creation, Our Partners, Poverty Alleviation, Stories & Tagged as: Ecopreneurist, Elrhino, India, Social entrepreneurism, Tamul Plates, Upaya Social Ventures on November 20, 2014.
A quiet movement by young social entrepreneurs across north and east India finds ways to turn waste from plants and animals into jobs for the ultra poor. By Suzanne Skees for Ecopreneurist This article originally appeared on Ecopreneurist. Across India,...Read more
