Following the hugely successful pilot in Rwanda last year, Akazi Kanoze Access is looking to scale up its network-building efforts in the country. The project, delivered in partnership with Future First Global, raised awareness among teachers of the importance of this factor in young people’s development. Both organisations believe that strengthening young people’s networks can …
An in-depth study of the Campaign for Female Education (CAMFED) Alumnae Association (CAMA). With nearly 140,000 members and elected leadership across sub-Saharan Africa, and running for over 20 years, this is an example of one of the best alumni networks we’ve come across. Foreword Over the past 25 years, CAMFED – the Campaign for Female …
CAMA: A powerful new force for development (2018) Read More »
Future First Global has appointed Abigail Nokes as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO), taking over from Kelvin Hughes who stepped down earlier this year. The appointment coincides with a broader period of growth and change at the organisation, with new appointments at board and staff level too. Abigail is the longest standing member of …
Being the newbie at Future First Global… My first 90 days… And it feels like I’ve been here forever! Which is definitely a positive thing! On Monday, it will be exactly three months since I arrived for my first day as Programme Officer for Future First Global. As with so many things, it feels both …
Guest Blog from Vicki Fowler from Westlake Boys High School Vicki is the Community Manager of Westlake Boys in Auckland, New Zealand. She is a long-time friend of FFG and sat on our advisory board since January 2016. Over the last ten years she has developed one of the most impressive alumni communities that Future …
Cabinet Secretary for the Ministry of Education signs off pledge to support his alma matter and launches the #GoBackGiveBack Campaign in Kenya We are excited to be able to announce that the Association of Alumni Communities in Kenya (AACK) (#AlumniCommunitiesKE) was launched on 29th May, 2017 at the Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development by Dr. …
Minister of Education Launches Association of Alumni Communities in Kenya! Read More »
T. S. Eliot says Home is where one starts from. Going back to Migori County, my place of birth, in order to promote alumni activities has been an amazing experience for me. I look forward to building the same platform at my motherland Homabay County, and more specifically at Rusinga Island from where I trace …
Back to School Week in Kenya: our very own Eddy Omondi goes back to his roots Read More »
As Back to School Week wraps up after a series of great events in Togo, Liberia, Kenya, Sierra Leone, and Cameroon, I spoke to Melki from JumpStart Academy who ran the campaign in Cameroon, about what impact the campaign had had in Cameroon and his thoughts about alumni engagement in the country. For Melki, the …
Our global campaign, Back to School Week, kicked off last week with a programme of events and activities running in schools across Togo, in West Africa. Back to School Week is all about building momentum and visibility for alumni work across the world, and sees weeks of intense activity of alumni going back to their …
It’s back! After our hugely successful campaign last year, Future First Global are launching this year’s Back to School campaign, and we need you! ‘Back to School Week’ is a global campaign running from May 8th to 26th in order to galvanize people around the world to think about how they can support their former schools. …
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