Sakena Yacoobi’s Pragmatic Approach to Education
Here at the Kravis Prize, we are proud that our winners have noble aspirations that impact regions across the globe. This article in the Associated Press highlights our 2009 Prize winner, Sakena Yacoobi, and her tireless efforts to bring education to women and girls...
FAWE’s Oley Dibba Wadda and Irmin Durand See Need for More Urgent Commitment to Education
What is it going to take to bring universal education to children in Africa? In a recent op-ed on the Africa.com blog, FAWE Executive Director Oley Dibba Wadda and Research, Communication and Advocacy Officer Irmin Durand argue for a renewed global commitment for...
Pratham’s Education for Education Program
We're excited to bring our readers another guest post from Pratham's Rukmini Banerji! Here, we learn about one of Pratham's innovative computer literacy programs in rural India, Education for Education. We'll be posting more content from our past recipients in the...
A Reason to Celebrate, by Rukmini Banerji
Absolute silence reigned over the cavernous hall in MoMA – New York’s Museum of Modern Art – which plays host to the Kravis Prize award ceremony. A mass of people waited to listen. Everything seemed to happen in slow motion as Henry Kravis made his comments, handed me...
The Lasting Impact of the Prize, by Sir Fazle Hasan Abed
Congratulations to Vicky Colbert from Escuela Nueva Foundation! We are so happy that Vicky is being honored with this tremendous award. It is a well-deserved and hard-earned recognition. This year’s award announcement brought back memories of my own experience in...
A Bridge Between Canada and Afghanistan
Kravis Prize winner Sakena Yacoobi is working to establish a mentoring partnership in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. How did the founder of the Afghan Institute of Learning (AIL) end up working in Canada? In an interview with the Star Pheonix, Yacoobi spoke about the...
Nominations now open for 2012 Kravis Prize!
We're excited to announce that Claremont McKenna College has opened the nomination period for the seventh annual Henry R. Kravis Prize in Leadership. You can now submit your candidate suggestions through the Kravis Prize website. All candidates submitted on the site...
Common Goals A World Apart, by Sakena Yacoobi
I would like to congratulate Vicky Colbert of the Escuela Nueva Foundation, this year’s winner of the Kravis Prize in Leadership. Vicky’s work in reforming education for children in Latin America is making a real impact for those let down by traditional education...
CMC Students Interview Vicky Colbert
During her recent travels to the U.S. to receive the 2011 Kravis Prize in Leadership, Vicky Colbert visited Claremont McKenna College and spoke with students Cody Chang and Nikki Holzberg. In the video below, Colbert talked about the benefits of the Kravis Prize and...
The Key To Success: CNN en Español interviews Kravis Prize winner Vicky Colbert
Last Tuesday, April 5, on CNN en Español’s Encuentro program, Claudia Palacios interviewed Escuela Nueva’s Vicky Colbert. During the interview, which was conducted entirely via Skype, Palacios praised Colbert for receiving the 2011 Henry R. Kravis Prize in Leadership,...
