Building Alumni Networks for Kenyan Public Schools: Why it Matters
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 education system. When I joined Future First Kenya, my job description seemed straight forward: to pilot an alumni model in Kenyan schools, which was inspired by the success of a similar alumni engagement model in the UK. It was supported by a national survey …
Connecting Against Climate Change
Around the world, young people have been at the forefront in the fight against climate change. They are building alliances across borders and identity lines in order to protect the environment – their future inheritance. And as Ján found out from students in Lahore, alumni networks can provide support for these efforts too. Seatbelt fastened. Tray table in the upright position. Window blinds open. Then, within minutes, our flight leaves Islamabad and on a clear November day, we are lucky to see a beautiful scenery of mountain ranges and distant peaks covered in snow. But as the plane starts to descend, the …
UKAID Award for social mobility pilot in Pakistan
Future First Global and CARE Foundation have been awarded a grant from the Small Charities Challenge Fund (SCCF) to pilot an innovative approach to improving social mobility through Alumni Networks. The fund by UKAID supports charities to achieve sustained poverty reduction and the partnership between Future First Global and CARE was awarded £50,000. Future First Global are experts in building strong youth-centred networks and the CARE Foundation run a network of over 800 schools in Pakistan. Together they will pilot alumni communities at 100 schools in the country, aiming to improve social mobility by increasing young people’s access to strong …
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