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"Links I Like" on Education
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One Home Many Hopes - Many Boston people may be familiar with this nonprofit started by Thomas Keown who goes to Park Street Church. OHMH is a novel approach to orphanages and works with girl orphans in Kenya. Three distinguishing characteristics : 1) create family units for girls through emotionally devoted caregivers 2) stresses, values, incorporates education into program 3) vision is to support girls through college and hopes the girls will be agents for change for their peers. #EDUCATION
(aside - I have been impressed with their grassroots financing model to build the orphanage home and their next project of a school. People creates teams of fundraisers in big cities like Boston, New York, Washington DC, and London. Amazing financial mobilization)
Books for Africa - since 1988, this nonprofit has worked with publishers, businesses, libraries, and individuals to bring books to Africa to fight illiteracy. Ship books in containers with a cost of $0.50/book. BFA selects books that are sensitive to Africa and do not perpetuate Western superiority. #EDUCATION
(aside - often wonder how ebooks will change literacy; imagine setting up "kindle libaries" in the developing world; through donations of amazon & publishers, set up small libraries of 20 tablets with basic books)
Breakthrough Collaborative – enrichment program for US students with a neat educational model with two prongs 1) teaching students but also 2) providing teacher training opportunities for high school & college students. Great sustainable element of teacher training providing future teachers that can in turn teach the students. Former housemate Andy Shin runs SF branch. #EDUCATION
Singularity University – new model of university started by Ray Kurzweil, Google, & other tech firms in Silicon Valley to push new technologies. #EDUCATION
