FAWE Rwanda: Making waves in girls’ education
Kravis Prize winners are effecting change all around the world – and prominent policymakers are taking notice! For example, Claver Issa, acting permanent secretary of Rwanda’s Ministry of Education, commended the Forum for African Women Educationalists (FAWE) Rwanda...
INJAZ Al-Arab and the Arab Spring
In light of last year’s Arab Spring and the recent presidential election in Egypt, it is clear that there are many socioeconomic issues that need to be tackled in the Middle East. Thankfully, 2012 Kravis Prize winner Soraya Salti and her organization INJAZ Al-Arab are...
m2m’s life-changing mission
The Global Post’s Tracy Jarrett recently went on a journey to learn about human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), the disease that took her mother’s life. She traveled to Cape Town, South Africa and met Maletsatsi Mbayi, a mentor mother at mothers2mothers. Mbayi discussed...
Spotlight: Vicky Colbert
As leaders in the nonprofit world, Kravis Prize winners have earned well-deserved recognition from many organizations. For example, 2011 Kravis Prize winner Vicky Colbert is also a Skoll Entrepreneur! In fact, Colbert was a featured speaker at the Skoll World Forum...
Sakena Yacoobi wins the Lotus Leadership Award
On June 7, Sakena Yacoobi, 2009 Kravis Prize winner and founder of the Afghan Institute of Learning (AIL), was honored with the Asia Foundation’s 2012 Lotus Leadership Award. The award recognizes outstanding individuals and organizations that have made major...