Vedis’ story: As a student, Vedis wished for someone to guide him, so now he works with other alumni to advise students at St George’s Sikri to set them up for success

By Ján Michalko (Vedis’ 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) Vedis messages me that he is running late for …

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Victoria’s story: Remembering the girl she was, Victoria mentors students at Mugoiri Girls’ High to deal with transitions and challenges of girlhood.

By Ján Michalko (Victoria’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) One of the many things that became part of …

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Alumni networks are for your school too

Written by Ján Michalko In this guest blog for the British Pakistan Foundation, Ján writes about alumni networks in the UK and Pakistan and introduces our work to members of the diaspora. He suggests that the networks are not limited to schools with substantial resources like Eton College in Berkshire or Aitchison College in Lahore. …

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Catalyst 2030

inHive recently contributed to the Catalyst 2030 Report: From Crisis To Systems Change. Read more about Catalyst 2030, their vision, and how a sector wide collaboration will accelerate the move towards the Sustainable Development Goals here.

IT TAKES A VILLAGE … OR A COMMITTEE

Words and photographs by Ján Michalko With large classes, not enough teaching materials and a mountain of caring responsibilities, teachers in low-resourced schools often find it difficult to dedicate time to support alumni engagement. As Ján writes in this blog, our approach to building networks of former students therefore relies on setting up committees at …

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Networks are no longer a nice-to-have

Quite rightly, COVID-19 is the top of all of our agendas. I’m sure I’m not the only one whose news feeds on all fronts are dominated by two particular narratives: The first of these is the scale of its impact, particularly the horrifying predictions, and already frightening realities for so many across the globe. The …

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