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News
Educate! student Joseph Munyambanza accepted into
first class of African Leadership Academy.
A sure sign of the high level of achievement expected
of the extremely capable Educate! students, Joseph
Munyambanza, 18, will be a member of the very first
African Leadership Academy class when the school opens
its doors this September. Joseph will travel to South
Africa from Uganda to enroll in the innovative new
school that combines rigorous academics with leadership
training, African studies, and Community Service,
a school he hopes will bring him closer to his goals
of solving the problems he sees in his community,
country, and Africa as a whole. Read
more...
Educate!
Student, Marcel Bahati, Interviewed on Boulder Radio
Station KGNU
Marcel
Bahati, an Educate! student at Kyambogo University
in Kampala, Uganda; Lizzi Lombardi, the leader of
the Educate! student club at Boulder High School in
Colorado; and Marjorie and Dick McIntosh, two supporters
of Educate! who have taught in Uganda are interviewed
by KGNU in a program about education in Uganda and
the role of Educate!. Listen
here.
NY
Times Article About Social Entrepreneurship
Read
Nicholas Kristof's article
on social entrepreneurs, a movement Educate! considers
itself a part of.
2007
Educate! Trip to Uganda
Learn
about Educate!'s 2007 trip to Uganda by reading
Educate!'s blog. The trip laid the foundation
for Educate!'s strategic direction in the future and
led to the development of three new programs. Download
a
slide show about the trip.
Archived
Stories
2006
Educate! Internship is a Huge Success
This
June marked a large step forward for Educate!. Six
student volunteers, five from Amherst College and
one from Dartmouth, traveled to Uganda and Rwanda
to meet all the Educate! students in person and individually
select more students for Educate! to sponsor as it
expands. Read
more...
Adventures
in Kyangwali Refugee Camp - An Educate! Internship
Participant Recounts Her Experience
We
sat in a hut on little wooden benches while we waited
for Chimpaye Perus's younger brother to fetch her
from their small plot of land, where she was picking
beans. My guide for the day, a stand-out Educate!
student, Gaspari Innocent, brought me to her house
in Kinakyeitaka because he knew that she was a good
candidate for sponsorship. Read
more...
Educate!
Students Start Their Own Club at Kyangwali
Refugee
Camp
In
December, 2005, Educate! was proud to welcome another
club into its ranks, this one slightly different from
all the rest. Read
more...
Recent
Progress with Educate! Kenya
Educate!
Kenya is a branch of Educate! that was started at
the beginning last year at Fairvew High School. Vivian
Lu and Lulu Feingold, the club's founders, work with
Patrick Ngigi, the head of Recruitment and a resident
of Kenya. In addition to helping recruit and interview
prospective Educate! students, Patrick aids in distributing
the money to specific schools. Read
more...
Eric
on his Uganda Trip
Educate!
Gets Interviewed on the Radio
Eric
Glustrom, along with Amy LeMessurier and Julie Boedenchuck,
members of the Fairview and Boulder High clubs, respectively,
was interviewed by KGNU radio in Boulder, Colorado.
Listen...
Marcel
Bahati Elected Head Boy
Marcel
Bahati, a charismatic young man and Educate! Student,
was elected to be Head Boy of Sir Tito Winyi Secondary
School in Hoima, Uganda. Read
more...
Daniel
Muhwezi Selected Computer Lab Prefect
Daniel
Muhwezi, an Educate! Student, was selected to be the
Computer Lab Prefect by the teachers of his school,
Sir Tito Winyi Secondary School in Hoima, Uganda.
Read more...
Peak-to-Peak
Summer '05
Amy
LeMessurier, a member of the Educate! club at Fairview
High School, climbed Colorado's toughest mountain
peaks to raise money for Educate!. Read
more...
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