Categorized as: About us, Asia, Education, Girls & women, Grantee, Leadership, Our Partners, Poverty Alleviation, Stories on April 6, 2019. Related Grantee: Educate Lanka.
The participants from the inaugural Global Citizenship Seminar – Sri Lanka pose for a picture at the end of their program. By Brienne Skees, Program Officer and VP of Research and Data Management Editor’s Note: Skees Family Foundation began working...Read more
Categorized as: About us, Caribbean, Education, Girls & women, Grantee, Poverty Alleviation, Stories, Storytelling, Youth on March 23, 2019. Related Grantees: Anseye Pou Ayiti (Teach for Haiti), Voix & Actions.
Teachers involved in Anseye Pou Ayiti outside of their school, after discussing how they are trying to reform the education system in rural areas. By Sarah Helly, Skees Family Member Editor’s Note: Sarah Helly is a junior in high school and the daughter of Sally...Read more
Categorized as: About us, Education, Girls & women, Grantee, Job Creation, Leadership, Our Partners, Poverty Alleviation, Social-impact investments, Stories on February 16, 2019. Related Grantees: Agora Partnerships, Beneficial Returns.
Our family huddled around at the end of our amazing trip to Mexico! Editor’s Note: In 2017, Skees Family Foundation board members were gifted a very unique opportunity. The JasmineHugh Heart Fund was created, which is a privately funded grant program that allows board...Read more
Categorized as: Africa, Girls & women, Job Creation, Poverty Alleviation, Social-impact investments, Stories & Tagged as: Impact Assets, Impact investing, Innovations for Poverty Alleviation, Village Enterprise Fund on February 2, 2019. Related Grantees: African Entrepreneur Collective, Bean Voyage, Jibu, KadAfrica, Kiretono Resource Centre through AID Tanzania, LivelyHoods, The BOMA Project, Upaya Social Ventures, Working Capital for Community Needs.
Cover photo: Village Enterprise students graduate out of poverty by completing their small-business training program. Editor’s note: How do you know if your impact investments are actually having impact? One way is how our newest partner, Village...Read more
Categorized as: About us, Africa, Asia, Caribbean, Education, Girls & women, Grantee, Grantmaking strategy, 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 7, 2019.
Editor’s Note: We had an amazing year at Skees Family Foundation. We made a lot of changes and are really looking forward to a great and productive 2019. Thanks to all of our partners and all of our readers for your hard work and dedication! Brienne Skees,...Read more