Categorized as: About us, Africa, Asia, Caribbean, Education, Girls & women, Grantee, Job Creation, Latin America, Leadership, Middle East, Our Partners, Poverty Alleviation, Stories, U.S. on May 23, 2020.
Sally and Brienne on a call with several of our nonprofit partners in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Editor’s Note: We all know that 2020 has been a hectic year to put it mildly. It has been difficult for many of us to keep it together, let alone stay productive....Read more
Categorized as: Grantee, Job Creation, Latin America, Stories & Tagged as: Agora Partnerships, Argentina, Eco-manufacturing, Shoes, Social entrepreneurism on March 7, 2020.
Related Grantee:
Agora Partnerships.
Editor’s note: Can you recycle garbage into job opportunities for single mothers, disabled and incarcerated people? Well, Xinca can. Xinca, a social enterprise in Mendoza, Argentina, turns trashed tires (that’s 100,000 tons discarded per year in Argentina...Read more
Categorized as: About us, Africa, Asia, Caribbean, Education, Girls & women, Grantee, Job Creation, Latin America, Leadership, Our Partners, Poverty Alleviation, Stories, Storytelling, Youth on November 23, 2019.
Editor’s Note: The last half of 2019 saw both growth and challenges from our grantee partners. I am struck by the universally positive and resourceful approach our partners take to roadblocks that sometimes come their way. Whether it’s getting children to...Read more
Categorized as: About us, Education, Job Creation, Latin America, Leadership, Poverty Alleviation, Stories on August 10, 2019.
Laudex offers alternatives to reduce the payment of your tuition fees! Photo courtesy of the Laudex Facebook page. By Shelly Skees, Skees Family Foundation Secretary Editor’s Note: As most of our readers might remember, the Shelly-Brienne family took a trip to Mexico...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.
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 to their unique missions reinforces our foundation’s...Read more
