Newsletter Spring 2014
CONTENTS SPRING 2014 Letter from the Director Kenya Update Guatemala Update India Update In the News Board Update Why I Give Donate to GEF Learn more about GEF Get Connected, Get Involved Letter from the Director It’s been a busy few months since the start of the year for GEF and our partners in India, Guatemala and Kenya. I have been on the road — visiting our existing, and potentially new, partners in India — and in touch regularly with our partners in our other locations. Read more. Kenya Update GEF Kenya Scholars Excel Through GEF Kenya’s Young Leaders program,...
Read MoreGuatemala Update: Author and Astro-physicist Donates Books to GEF
Students at Asociación de Desarollo Integral: Mujeres Trabajan Unidas (ADIMTU) and Miguel Angel Asturias Academy now have a new favorite book, El Mago Que Salvó al Mundo (The Wizard Who Saved the World). Several hundred Spanish language versions of this book were donated to GEF by Boulder author, Dr. Jeff Bennett. We shared them with our partners and other nonprofits working in Guatemala. Jeff specializes in math and science education and is a leading author of introductory astronomy textbooks in the U.S. The story focuses on Diego, a young boy who daydreams of being a wizard with magical...
Read MoreplaceTalks Update: Connecting Students Across Borders
Global Education Fund’s initiative with our grantee partner, Project Vision, in Bangalore, India, to pilot the online platform placeTALKS is taking shape. This platform, being developed with support from MIT Media Labs, allows students to communicate with other students across the globe, with a focus on STEAM (Science, Technology, Environment, Math and the Arts) initiatives. This year, Project Vision has facilitated placeTALKS workshops with middle school students from the Drishya Learning Centers (serving children living in the slums of Bangalore that GEF has supported for several years)....
Read MoreGEF Kenya Scholars Excel
Through GEF Kenya’s Young Leaders program, girls and boys living in Embakasi, a marginalized slum community in Nairobi, receive full tuition to attend high school, as public education beyond primary is not free. They also participate in leadership activities. The leadership components of the program expose these scholars to career pathways, financial literacy training and community service. As a result of this support, these young people – living in extreme poverty with little to no personal resources – are standing out as leaders and as students in both their schools and...
Read MoreGEF Welcomes Three New Board Members
The Board of Directors of Global Education Fund has elected three new Board members this year: Derek Chow, Dennis Dougherty, and Cathy Hill. Each has already provided valuable insight and knowledge to our team and we’re happy to have them on board! We also want to take this opportunity to give our heartfelt thanks to Board members Amy Beringer and Susan Drake who completed their terms on the Board in December 2013. All of us at GEF wish you the very best. We appreciate your hard work over many years and are grateful for your dedication to GEF and the children we serve. Thank...
Read MoreStudent Spotlight
Global Education Fund is proud to support the Drishya Learning Centers, located in several urban slum communities in Bangalore, India, through our partner, Project Vision. Students at Drishya participate in a vibrant learning environment that provides them academic education as well as livelihoods training. They are taught basic reading, writing and math, and are encouraged to think creatively and act independently. One Drishya student, Devika, recently graduated and now attends a pre-university college. Devika is the youngest of three children. She lost her mother when she was very young and...
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