May 2nd, 2013Posted in AIL, Johann Olav Koss, Pratham, Right 2 PlayBe the first to comment
“Maternal mortality is still a huge problem in Afghanistan, where being pregnant and giving birth are a risky business,” writes Sakena Yacoobi on the interactive women’s empowerment site, World Pulse. As executive director of the Afghan Institute of Learning, and the 2009 recipient of the Henry R. Kravis Prize in Leadership, Yacoobi was invited by [...] Continue Reading →
April 19th, 2013Posted in Award Ceremony, Escuela Nueva, FAWE, Johann Olav Koss, Kravis Prize, Landesa, m2m, Pratham, Right 2 PlayBe the first to comment
Kravis Prize founders Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis ’67 visited the CMC campus yesterday to present the 2013 Kravis Prize to Johann Olav Koss and his organization Right To Play. They presented the award to Koss during an evening ceremony held in the Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum (see photograph below). Click here to read a [...] Continue Reading →
April 17th, 2013Posted in Escuela Nueva, FAWE, Female Empowerment, Kravis Prize, Pratham, UncategorizedBe the first to comment
2008 Kravis Prize Winner FAWE’s work to educate girls in Kenya might have the added benefit of saving lives, according to a new article from the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics. FAWE’s Kenya chapter sponsors over 100 girls and 250 teachers in Kenya’s Western and Nyanza provinces, where women have a high risk of [...] Continue Reading →
April 16th, 2013Posted in BRAC, Civil Society, Community Development, Kravis PrizeBe the first to comment
Have you ever heard of frugal innovation? That’s what happens when you help improve people’s lives but have a limited budget—an all-too-familiar situation for the Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee. The 2007 recipient of the Kravis Prize, BRAC and its founder Fazle Abed have turned such limitations into a powerful learning tool by staging a Frugal Innovation [...] Continue Reading →
April 15th, 2013Posted in CMC, Education, Johann Olav Koss, Kravis Prize, Right 2 PlayBe the first to comment
In 2008, when Johann Olav Koss’s organization Right To Play set a goal to reach one million children weekly, the number was still a distant dream. This month, in the buildup to this week’s award ceremony for the Henry R. Kravis Prize in Leadership, Right To Play has announced that this is a dream no longer: [...] Continue Reading →
April 11th, 2013Posted in Community Development, Education, FAWE, Kravis PrizeBe the first to comment
Who can solve the problems facing under-developed communities in Africa? FAWE girls! 2008 Kravis Prize Winner FAWE is teaching African girls not only to improve their own lives, but also the lives of all of those around them. And the work has paid off: A team of students from FAWE’s Girls School in Rwanda just [...] Continue Reading →
April 10th, 2013Posted in Kravis Prize, Landesa, Pratham, Roy ProstermanBe the first to comment
Every Indian citizen has a “right to education,” but are they receiving it? Despite attempts by the government to improve education in the Indian province of Uttar Pradesh, this year’s Annual Status of Education Report (ASER), published by 2010 Kravis Prize recipient Pratham, has revealed that the state is falling short on the implementation of [...] Continue Reading →
March 28th, 2013Posted in m2m, PrathamBe the first to comment
2012 Kravis Prize recipient organization mothers2mothers and 2010 Kravis Prize recipient organization Pratham have recently gained significant support from celebrities in the U.K. in raising attention for two upcoming charity events that will benefit their organizations. In honor of Mother’s Day, mothers2mothers will auction off designer clothing and other items donated by celebrities in order [...] Continue Reading →
March 27th, 2013Posted in Johann Olav Koss, Kravis Prize, Right 2 PlayBe the first to comment
Right To Play, founded in 2000 by Olympian Johann Olav Koss (this year’s recipient of the Henry R. Kravis Prize in Leadership), has spent the last decade empowering children through play in more than 20 countries all over the world. But the Canadian-based organization has never established a foothold in its neighbor to the South. Until [...] Continue Reading →
March 27th, 2013Posted in Community Development, Female Empowerment, Landesa, Poverty ReductionBe the first to comment
A garden grows more than vegetables. It also grows opportunities for women in impoverished Indian villages – that’s the message behind a pilot program developed by Landesa that’s the focus of a recent special report in the pages of the Sunday Seattle Times. That special report – titled “Seeds of Hope” – appears on the [...] Continue Reading →
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