Pratham USA receives Times of India award

by | Feb 1, 2013 | Community Development, Education, Pratham

Since its inception in 1994, Pratham, India’s largest non-governmental advocacy organization for quality education, has opened doors of opportunity for millions of underprivileged children. The Kravis Prize congratulates Pratham USA as this year’s winner of the Times...

FAWE: Gender is My Agenda Campaign (GIMAC) Summit

by | Jan 18, 2013 | Community Development, Education, FAWE, Female Empowerment, Poverty Reduction

At the Kravis Prize, we’re proud to honor those at the forefronts of their fields and exemplary leaders in the nonprofit community, knowing that their work has a tremendous impact on the larger world. In 1992, female education ministers of from five African countries...

Escuela Nueva: Learning Guides in Action

by | Jan 14, 2013 | Community Development, Education, Escuela Nueva, Vicky Colbert

Since founding the nonprofit educational organization Fundacion Escuela Nueva (FEN) 25 years ago to improve the quality and relevance of basic education in Colombia’s low-income schools, 2011 Kravis Prize winner Vicky Colbert has gained international acclaim as an...

The Power of Education: Sakena Yacoobi’s Hopes for the Women of Afghanistan

by | Dec 28, 2012 | Education, Female Empowerment, Health, Sakena Yacoobi

As the keynote speaker at Global Washington’s Redefining Development Conference, Kravis Prize winner Sakena Yacoobi inspired and challenged her audience to help educate the women and children of Afghanistan. Yacoobi was selected to deliver the event’s opening address...

Pearson Education recognizes Vicky Colbert’s “Escuela Nueva”

by | Dec 14, 2012 | Community Development, Education, Escuela Nueva, Vicky Colbert

2011 Kravis Prize recipient, Vicky Colbert of Colombia, is a renowned innovator in the field of education. As the founder of Fundacion Escuela Nueva (FEN) and the co-author of the Escuela Nueva (or “new school”) model of education, Colbert has dedicated her life to...

Spotlight: 2012 WISE Prize for Education awarded to Pratham’s Chavan

by | Nov 16, 2012 | Education, Poverty Reduction, Pratham

Pratham, the 2010 Kravis Prize recipient, is a renowned leader in the field of education, and frequently praised for presenting innovative, low-cost solutions for mass literacy and numeracy in the developing world. The World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE)...