Women Thrive Worldwide and Huff Post highlight FAWE’s work
The Forum for Women Educationalists (FAWE) gives attention to “girls everybody else has dropped”—that was the message of the honorary secretary of FAWE’s executive board, Christine Dranzoa, in a recent interview with Women Thrive Worldwide, a key partner organization....
Sakena Yacoobi on expectant mothers; Pratham gets a boost in Houston
"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, Yacoobi...
Update: 2013 award ceremony for the Henry R. Kravis Prize in Leadership
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...
FAWE works on reproductive health education among Kenyan girls
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...
BRAC’s frugal approach to social change
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...
Right To Play reaches one million children
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...
FAWE students tackle the issue of good governance in Rwanda
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...
15.6% or 38.57%? Pratham disputes Indian government’s education figures
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...
Celebrity support for mothers2mothers and Pratham events
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...
Where’s Right To Play headed next? The United States
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...
