Last week we start a special month-long campaign. What makes it different from our previous blogs and stories, is that we have turned the spotlight on the work, skills and passions of our colleagues, who work at inHive’s partner organisations. These skilled project managers, team leaders and analysts from Pakistan, Rwanda and the UK are …
NOVEMBER SPOTLIGHT SERIES: #2. UNAZA USMAN, CARE FOUNDATION Read More »
Today we start a special month-long campaign. What makes it different from our previous blogs and stories, is that we are turning the spotlight on the work, skills and passions of our colleagues, who work at inHive’s partner organisations. These skilled project managers, team leaders and analysts from Pakistan, Rwanda and the UK are the …
November Spotlight Series: #1. Elie Mandela, the Mastercard Foundation. Read More »
The Lloyd’s Register Foundation is one of the leading supporters of engineering-related research, training and education worldwide. Established in 2012, its mission is to protect the safety of life and property and to advance transport and engineering education and research. InHive has been supporting the Foundation since February 2020, as it establishes a network of current and former …
The Royal National Children’s SpringBoard Foundation is the UK’s largest boarding school bursary charity. They provide life-transforming opportunities for disadvantaged and vulnerable children and young people in 100 state and independent boarding schools. To date they have supported more than 700 pupils, who embody the values of their boarding education well after they’ve left school, including a …
THE ROYAL NATIONAL CHILDREN’S SPRINGBOARD FOUNDATION Read More »
In 2018 inHive started its partnership with the leading Ugandan youth-focused non-profit organisation, the Private Education Development Network (PEDN), to introduce new ways of thinking about engaging former learners in 92 primary and secondary schools. Our project was funded through Opportunity International’s grant within the UKAID Girls’ Education Challenge (GEC-T) and enabled PEDN and inHive …
Police Now recruit and develop outstanding graduates and career changers to be inspirational detectives and police officers who transform communities and break the link between crime and deprivation in the UK. Since 2020, we have been supporting Police Now in their Connection for Life initiative, which will create a network of their participants and ambassadors …
Written by Ján Michalko, edited by Madeleine Harris In late August the Mastercard Foundation officially launched its first alumni network committees in Ghana, Rwanda and Uganda, after several months of recruiting and onboarding young people and supporting them as they plan activities and communications campaigns. In this blog our Senior Project Lead, Ján, reflects on …
By Pauline Wanja, CEO, Future First Kenya This guest blog by Pauline wraps up the week-long series on alumni engagement in Kenya in times of COVID. Reflecting on her journey with FFK, Pauline charts out the future of the organisation and the Association of Alumni Communities as a vehicle to drive change in the country’s …
Building Alumni Networks for Kenyan Public Schools: Why it Matters Read More »
By Ján Michalko (Faith’s story was part of the 2020 series on alumni association leaders in Kenya prepared by inHive in collaboration with Future First Kenya to commemorate the start of Term 3 of the school year, which was cancelled due to the COVID -19 pandemic) Know your past, to understand your future. This saying …
While a culture of Alumni community-building exists in Kenya, practice is sporadic and professional support is virtually non-existent. Alumni Communities, therefore, exist as loose social networks rather than purpose-driven groups that can be mobilised to support young Kenyans through the school to work transition, provide social, governance and financial capital to public schools and better …
