Building a virtual community
Written by Prerna Aswani, Project Lead at inHive, in collaboration with Mastercard Foundation Alumni Network Committee Members. This time last year, inHive and the Youth Engagement team at the Mastercard Foundation were on-boarding the pilot committees of the Mastercard Foundation’s Alumni Network in Ghana, Uganda and Rwanda. When we started the planning process early 2020, little did we know the world was about to change in a fundamental way. We found ourselves, like other organisations, having to think about what it would mean to pivot in the reality of a virtual world. A year on, and together with members of …
November Spotlight Series: #1. Elie Mandela, the Mastercard Foundation.
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 hidden stars in our work. They are the doers, movers and shakers. They do it all: from the daily emails with alumni network leaders, to designing and delivering training, conducting surveys, and articulating the strategic vision of alumni networks. They are indispensable part of our …
Giving Options and Having Choices: How Young People Become the Focus of Alumni Committees
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 our experiences with putting young people at the center of the selection process and operationalizing our value commitment to being youth focused. It was close to 11 o’clock at night in California when I first met Zaharah for her interview to become one of the …
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