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
Categorized as: 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 December 8, 2018.
Related Grantees:
Advancing Girls Education: AGE Africa,
African Entrepreneur Collective,
Agora Partnerships,
Anseye Pou Ayiti (Teach for Haiti),
Destiny Foundation through Cents of Relief,
Educate Lanka,
JAAGO Foundation through the Jolkona Foundation,
Medha,
Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum,
Resonate,
StrongMinds,
Tomorrow’s Youth Organization,
Voix & Actions,
Women LEAD.
Sally Skees-Helly, Chief Financial Officer and Director African Entrepreneurship Collective: AEC continues to provide entrepreneurs in Rwanda with skills and mentoring to develop and grow their businesses, including many refugees from Sub-Saharan Africa escaping...Read more
Categorized as: Africa, Job Creation, Poverty Alleviation, Stories, Youth & Tagged as: Echoing Green, Julienne Oyler, Kiva, NATHALIE NIYONZIMA, Rwanda, Sara Leedom, Social entrepreneurism on November 10, 2018.
By Suzanne Skees, Founder and Board Chair Editor’s notes: Happy 5th anniversary to African Entrepreneur Collective (AEC)! It’s an honor to partner, almost since their launch, with a social enterprise that’s made such a...Read more
Categorized as: Education, Girls & women, Middle East, Our Partners, Poverty Alleviation, Stories, Youth on October 27, 2018.
Related Grantee:
Tomorrow’s Youth Organization.
A picture of a mother and son at TYO. Their holistic approach aims to improve family relationships and create meaningful change. Editor’s Note: Tomorrow’s Youth Organization (TYO) was started 10 years ago in response to an unmet need in Hani Masri’s home country of...Read more
Categorized as: Caribbean, Education, Grantee, Latin America, Our Partners, Stories, Youth & Tagged as: Community based organization, Corporal punishment, Critical thinking, Dimagi, Gates Foundation, Haiti, Leadership, Nedgine Paul Deroly, Obama Foundation, Paul VanDeCarr, Slavery, Stealth grantmaking, Working Narratives on September 22, 2018.
Anseye Pou Ayiti’s teachers believe they can unleash leadership and prosperity for their country through quality education for all. By Suzanne Skees Editor’s Note: Anseye Pou Ayiti (or APA, Kreyòl for Teach for Haiti) is a...Read more
