Faith’s story: Growing up with children of military servicemen, Faith and her fellow alumni of Moi Forces Academy return to the barracks to talk to young people about their future.
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 springs to my mind as Faith tells me about one of the online activities that she organised for the Moi Forces Academy (MFA) Alumni Association just a few weeks ago. The event showed the former students of the Academy the rich history of their school. …
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 our WhatsApp call. Nairobi traffic. That’s all he has to say. He is traveling back home from work at a warehouse, which stores medical supplies and pharmaceuticals. I imagine there is no shortage of work for him as COVID-19 spreads across Kenya and supplies need …
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. In contrary, he highlights that because they represent purposefully organised relationships with a shared vision, they can be set up around most school communities. What do you think of, when you hear ‘Eton’? Eton mess? The quintessentially British dessert with cream and strawberries. The town …
The ABCs of Defining Success for Alumni Networks
By: Dr Maria Gallo, Founder and Principal of KITE – Keep in Touch Education Our guest blogger and key note speaker of our most recent global network webinar on defining success for alumni networks shares her ABCs of defining what success means for an alumni network. When I accepted the invitation by InHive to speak on defining success for alumni networks, I wondered if I had set myself up for an impossible task. The trend of alumni networks outside of traditional higher education institutions has emerged of late along with the interest in understanding what exactly makes an alumni network …
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 each school to make alumni engagement a success. I must admit, I never wondered where the saying, ‘it takes a village’ came from. To me, it has become ago-to phrase which I often use to recognize that some challenges are simply beyond the possibilities of …
Small Charity Week 2020: Different Paths & Diverse Experiences
It’s the start of Small Charity Week 2020 in the UK, and we thought we’d celebrate by putting the spotlight on the diverse experience of one staff member of our small (but mighty) expert team in London, UK. In this blog, our Senior Project Lead, Madeleine, shares her thoughts on being part of an alumni panel at University College London, why she believes in unconventional career paths, and how being able to move forward in adversity is crucial to the future world of work … In late January, on the International Day of Education, I was invited to speak on …
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