Categorized as: About us, Asia, Education, Leadership, Stories, Storytelling on June 8, 2019.
The attendees of NEXUS Asia 2019 Summit, photo courtesy of Yudai Ishibashi. By Brienne Skees, Program Officer and VP of Research and Data Management Editor’s Note: In their own words, NEXUS catalyzes new leadership and accelerates solutions to global problems. Their...Read more
Categorized as: About us, Africa, Asia, Caribbean, Education, Girls & women, Grantee, Job Creation, Latin America, Leadership, Middle East, Our Partners, Pacific Islands, Poverty Alleviation, Stories, Storytelling, U.S., Youth on May 18, 2019. Related Grantees: Agora Partnerships, Anseye Pou Ayiti (Teach for Haiti), Bean Voyage, CREA Nicaragua, Destiny Foundation through Cents of Relief, Educate Lanka, Idea4Africa, KadAfrica, Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum, Resonate, StrongMinds, Tomorrow’s Youth Organization, Voix & Actions, Women LEAD.
By Sally Skees-Helly, Chief Financial Officer and Director Editor’s Note: It’s always rewarding to dig into our grantee partners’ latest accomplishments when I pull together my quarterly Director’s Report. The tenacity and ingenuity each brings...Read more
Categorized as: Asia, Education, Girls & women, Grantee, Leadership, Our Partners, Stories, Storytelling on May 4, 2019. Related Grantee: Women LEAD.
Alumni and LEADers welcome Hima, the new ED. By Bidhyalaxmi Maharjan, Vice Secretary of Women LEAD Nepal Editor’s Note: Skees Family Foundation began working with Women LEAD Nepal in 2016. We love the work they are doing. Since they began, they have trained hundreds...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, Job Creation, Stories, Storytelling & Tagged as: Contest, MY JOB book, Publishing on March 1, 2019.
Editor’s note: We are super excited to announce that MY JOB Book 2 will ship on March 12. We want to thank you, our changemaking friends and peers, in two ways. Remember that every book you buy also creates jobs! Suzanne Skees, Founder and Board Chair ...Read more