By Prerna Aswani In interviewing the founders of two diaspora networks, the Oliver Kamanzi from the Chicago based African Global Chamber of Commerce and Utkarsh Amitabh, from the global career exploration network, Network Capital, our colleague Prerna explores what binds diaspora networks together. At inHive, we often speak about harnessing the power of your hive, …
Today we share the final instalment in this month’s partner spotlight series. Following Hisham’s and Julie’s stories, this blog takes us to Toronto, where Emmanuela works for the Mastercard Foundation’s Scholars Program. Emmanuela joined the Foundation after leaving Kenya on a scholarship to study economics in Canada. She is a young leader who cares for and about young …
NOVEMBER SPOTLIGHT SERIES #3: Emmanuela Alimlim, Mastercard Foundation Read More »
Last week, we started our second annual campaign, in which we shine light on the work and lives of our colleagues and friends in partner organisations. In the first blog in the series, we heard from Hisham (PYCA), and today we welcome to the website Julie from Forum for African Women in Educationalists (FAWE). Our Senior Project Lead, Gemma, offers an introduction to inHive’s work with FAWE since February of this year. Julie’s blog then depict some of the issues in their sector and countries, …
November spotlight series #2: julie khamati, fawe Read More »
In November 2020 we launched a special month-long campaign in which we shone light on the work and lives of our colleagues and friends in partner organisations. Elie, Unaza and Pippa joined us as guest writers to reveal what their day-to-day work looks like as they mobilize various stakeholders for transformative change and to share …
November Spotlight Series #1: Hisham Khan, Pakistan Youth Change Advocates Read More »
In 2021, the inHive team started work with the Forum for African Women Educationalists (FAWE) to advise what steps the organization could take to advance its alumni network towards an engaged and self-sustaining community with a purpose of social transformation. The Forum for African Women Educationalists (FAWE) is a membership-based pan-African Non-Governmental Organisation that operates through 34 National Chapters in sub-Saharan Africa to promote girls’ and women’s education. FAWE’s vision, mission and …
Pilotprojekt für den Aufbau von Netzwerken und Aktivitäten an Schulen mit ehemaligen Schülerinnen und Schüler in Baden-Württemberg zum Abbau sozialer Ungleichheiten Alumni-Netzwerke – Vereine ehemaliger Schülerinnen und Schüler – sind im angelsächsischen Schulsystem weit verbreitet. Auch viele Hochschulen, Privatschulen und Gymnasien in Baden-Württemberg haben solche Vereine und nutzen die Kontakte zu ihren ehemaligen Schülerinnen und Schülern …
Fabretto’s mission is to empower underserved children and their families in Nicaragua to reach their full potential, improve their livelihoods, and take advantage of economic opportunity through education. At Fabretto, we believe in the power of education to enable children and youth—the future leaders of Nicaragua — to break the cycle of poverty. Our holistic approach …
By Muhammad Umair and Ján Michalko In this blog, Umair and Ján reflect on the experience working through the pandemic to complete a project between inHive and CARE Foundation to set up alumni networks in Pakistan. Funded by UKAID, the project turned towards online learning instead of in-person capacity building of school-based committees. They share …
Lights, Camera, (Masks) Action: Making Training Videos in Times of COVID Read More »
Education is a basic human right. It fosters human development, and provides not only knowledge but hope that a brighter future is possible. For communities affected by conflict, this is particularly important. For children and young people who are refugees and from the communities that host them, education is a means of protection against forced …
Musings on learning and transformation with an alumni lens (Part 2) By Ján Michalko with Ben, Dela, Isadora, Jess, and Tamzin This is the second instalment of a two-part essay series in which Ján reflects on the role of inter-generational dialogue and learning with the help of our friends and colleagues from around the world. Focusing on crises and transitions, it shows how schools and young people engage in difficult conversations on histories and social justice and …
