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Blog: Education Archive
Overcoming Barriers to Graduating from High School
November 15th, 2011In Kenya, where three quarters of all high school students never graduate, Aid for Africa member Kenya Education Fund (KEF) helps disadvantaged students beat the odds. There are a number [...]
Eliminating the Obstacles Keeping African Children Out of School
September 14th, 2011This September throughout the United States, school-age children picked up their books and lunch money and headed off to school. They look forward to doing that every year through their [...]
Education on Overdrive—Creating Sustainable Schools
August 26th, 2011In Uganda and Tanzania, students supported by Aid for Africa members are learning more than reading, science, and math. They are learning how to make their schools sustainable.
For the last [...]
Africa’s Newest Country – The Republic of South Sudan
July 11th, 2011On July 9 the world welcomed its newest country and the 54th in Africa—the Republic of South Sudan.
Turning the Millennium Development Goals Into Reality: Part 2
June 8th, 2011In the second blog post in our series about the UN’s Millennium Development Goals we focus on Millennium Goal 2: Ensure that by 2015, children everywhere are able to complete [...]
Focus on Women: Realizing a Girl’s Potential and Fulfilling her Aspirations through Education
March 30th, 2011When Ann Musabe was 16 years old she was in high school in Kampala, the capital of Uganda, and in need of support. She found that support through Aid for [...]
Focus on Women: Changing a Young Woman’s Story through Education
March 18th, 2011Caroline Kashinin Senteu is one of only a handful of Maasai women in Kenya with a college education, and although her story began as the story of most Maasai women, [...]
A New Model for Helping South Africa’s Most Vulnerable Children
February 2nd, 2011The founders of the Ubuntu Education Fund in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, realized early on that that a fresh approach was needed to help the thousands of vulnerable South African [...]
Aid for Africa Girls Education Fund — Helping girls go to school, stay in school, and succeed in life!
September 16th, 2010Life is tough for many poor girls in Africa. Culture and tradition often keeps them at home while their brothers go to school. Some girls are forced to marry when [...]
The Power of Books
October 1st, 2009Today’s Diane Rehm radio program featured the amazing story of a 14-year-old boy from Malawi, William Kamkwamba, who taught himself how to build a windmill out of garbage, bringing light [...]