Education Tag

27 Feb

Posted at 16:59h in Advocacy, Business, Education, International Development, Social Enterprise, Volunteering, Young People by
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Isabel worked with Balloon Ventures in Kenya, unleashing the talent of small-scale entrepreneurs to end poverty. In September 2017 another Balloon Ventures programme began in Kericho, Kenya. We worked in a mixed team of ten UK volunteers and ten Kenyan volunteers, to run a programme focused...

01 Feb

Posted at 14:34h in Advocacy, Art, Children, Design, Education by
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Jeanette has created an alphabet with a difference to raise literacy standards and encourage conversations about language, culture, emotions in Australia's remote and marginalised communities. What do you get when you take two creatives who are passionate about literacy and education and combine their skill sets with...

11 Oct

Posted at 14:50h in Accountability, Advocacy, Community, Education, Homelessness, Policy, Poverty, Social Justice by
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Results uses real experiences of poverty to advocate directly with members of Congress to push for change. This powerful platform influences policy in USA, while also challenging harmful misconceptions about people who live in poverty. I am Qiana Marie, a rose from the concrete. Born and...

26 Sep

Posted at 13:21h in Children, Community, Education, Food, Healthcare, International Development, Music, Sport, Volunteering, Young People, Youth by
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Rosie shares her experience empowering disadvantaged children through education and sport in Fiji. Last summer, I was a teaching and sports volunteer in Fiji with the organisation Think Pacific. Despite having previously taught at a lycée in France for eight months, my first week in Kindergarten...

17 May

Posted at 13:53h in Agriculture, Business, Children, Community, Education, International Development, Leadership, Philanthropy, Social Justice, Sustainable Development Goals, Women by
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7 in 10 children in the Nicaraguan coffeelands will not make it beyond primary school. Kristin Van Busum founded Project Alianza to provide them with the education and skills they need to break free of generations of poverty. I was raised by a single mom, and I...

24 Nov

Posted at 16:01h in Accountability, Advocacy, Community, Education, Infrastructure, Policy, Young People, Youth by
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Equipping Nepali Youth to Hold their Leaders Accountable for Development Solutions in their Communities I have always been interested in community service, having noticed many development malfunctions in my country, Nepal. Over the course of my journey to challenge those malfunctions, I came across Youth Initiative...