I am a senior (Year 13) at Chinese International School in Hong Kong. As a Givology volunteer, I believe wholeheartedly that education is the catalyst for positive social change, economic development and gender equality. I am interested in blogging to raise awareness of education issues worldwide, and hope to use social media to drive interest to Givology's mission and inspire people to give to the Givology network. When not managing Givology's content, I love to run cross country, develop study resources, make inspirational typographies for Tumblr, and travel. My favorite subjects are physics, mathematics, and chemistry.
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07 SEP 2014
Featured Community Member: Liz Wilson, SKIP Peru
[b]Megan Foo: What inspires you to direct and work with SKIP?[/b] [b]Liz Wilson:[/b] I think my ongoing motivation to work in SKIP is because the families we work with are truly some of the most courageous and wonderful people I have ever had the privilege of knowing. The past 5 years have been amazing and it has been incredible to see how the SKIP community; volunteers, families and staff, have all come together to create such a wonderful programme. [b]Megan Foo: How has SKIP fulfilled its mission of helping economically disadvantaged children in El Porvenir realize their right to education?[/b] [b]Liz Wilson:[/b] SKIP uses a holistic approach which means that we provide support in a range of areas in order to meet the many different challenges that families can face. Therefore, in addition to providing direct educational opportunities in the form of additional lessons and help with homework, we also support the entire family through programmes in social work, psychology and econom... -
29 AUG 2014
Featured Community Member: Ben Whelan, Tanzanian Children's Fund
[img]/images/user/4804_8355193348839106594.jpg[/img] Founded in 2004, TCF began supporting a home and family for a number of children living in impoverished circumstances. Today, TCF continues to support a loving home and family for 116 children living at RVCV, while running a number of successful community projects including two schools, a free clinic and a microfinance program for over 450 clients! [b]What inspires you to work with The Tanzanian Children’s Fund?[/b] Ben Whelan: A number of things, but the main one would have to be the integrity of TCF’s work. TCF sets realistic goals – based on the needs of the surrounding community – and then works diligently to achieve those goals. [b]How has The Tanzanian Children’s Fund fulfilled its mission of improving the lives of marginalized children in Tanzania?[/b] Ben Whelan: TCF has and continues to improve the lives of Tanzanian children in a number of ways. We improve their access to medical care, reducing a wide range of medical ma... -
13 AUG 2014
Featured Community Member: Kwabena Danso, The Yonso Project
[b]What inspires you to direct and work with The Yonso Project?[/b] [b]Kwabena Danso:[/b] As a poor child myself, I have always want to improve the lives of poor children in rural areas. My dream is to empower poor children and families so that they can also achieve their fullest potentials and live their lives as informed and active citizens. [b]How has The Yonso Project fulfilled its mission of increasing educational and economic opportunities in the developing world? [/b] [b]Kwabena Danso:[/b] The Yonso Project has provided the opportunities for several children to have access to quality education whilst at the same time, we have supported women entrepreneurs to set up and expand their businesses. We have also provided skills training and employment to several rural youth through our bamboo bicycle program. Over the past seven years,[color=#222222] [/color][color=#222222]over 200 rural children and youth have benefited from the scholarship program some of whom are now in the coun... -
12 JUN 2014
Givology Graduation Blog: Katy Ma, Community Manager and Newsletter Editor-in-Chief
[color=#222222][b]Where did you attend high school?[/b][/color] I went to Central Bucks West High School in Doylestown, Pennsylvania.[font=arial, sans-serif] [/font] [color=#222222][b]Which university will you be attending?[/b][/color] In August I'll be attending Wellesley College in Massachusetts. It's about half an hour outside Boston and I'm stoked to explore the city! [color=#222222][b]What are you looking forward to studying in university? What did you study in high school?[/b][/color] At Wellesley I'll either major in Economics and minor in Political Science, or major in both if I decide to later on. After taking AP Macroeconomics and AP Comparative Government in high school I realized that I'm really interested in economics and politics. These two classes were particularly fascinating to me because they taught me about how the world works in a way that felt so much more tangible and applicable than any course I've taken before. I was able to apply a lo... -
11 JUN 2014
Education Innovator Interview: Seif Abou Zaid, CEO of Tahrir Academy
[img]/images/user/4804_5267581991507056358.jpg[/img] Our CEO, Joyce, recently attended the 44th St. Gallen Symposium in Switzerland and met Seif Abou Zaid, CEO of [url=http://www.tahriracademy.org/]Tahrir Academy[/url] and an innovator who is truly transforming education as we know it. [url=http://www.tahriracademy.org/]Tahrir Academy[/url] boasts a promising impact model of crowdsourcing knowledge to make high quality content accessible to audiences across the world, and was once hailed as the "Best MOOC in the Developing World" by the University of Pennsylvania. With the mission of nurturing the next generation of "knowledge seekers, critical thinkers and future leaders", [url=http://www.tahriracademy.org/]Tahrir Academy[/url] aims to build the largest Arabic video library offering educational content to the 13-18 year-old Egyptian youth demographic, and has so far secured 82,000 unique followers! [b]Megan Foo: What does Tahrir Academy's business impact mod...