by akate | Jun 1, 2015 | Uncategorized
Every spring we hold the Kravis Prize Award Ceremony at Claremont McKenna College to honor the most recent recipient of the Henry R. Kravis Prize in Nonprofit Leadership. Over the years, this event has grown as we welcome back to campus all past Kravis Prize recipients to join in conversation with our Claremont community. This year, in celebration of the 10th Anniversary of the Kravis Prize, we asked our recipients to engage in a panel discussion, reflecting on how they have established their own entrepreneurial solutions to some of the world’s most pressing problems. Moderated by recent CMC alum, Kyra McAndrews, ’15, this discussion involved past Kravis Prize Recipients: Roy Prosterman (Landesa, 2006), Hendrina Doroba (FAWE, 2008), Sakena Yacoobi (Afghan Institute of Learning, 2009), Rukmini Banerji (Pratham, 2010), Vicky Colbert (Fundación Escuela Nueva, 2011), Robin Smalley (mothers2mothers 2012), Kathy Spahn (Helen Keller International, 2014).Tania Zapata and Zafer Younis also joined in the discussion, on behalf of the 2015 Kravis Prize Recipient, Endeavor, as two entrepreneurs that are part of Endeavor’s network of high-impact entrepreneurs. We began our conversation asking our panelists: “What does being a Changemaker meant to you?” See what they have to say....
by akate | May 27, 2015 | FAWE, Kravis Leadership Institute, Kravis Prize Intern
This is the second part of a two-part series. Click here to read about the first part of Juetzinia’s experience at FAWE as a Kravis Prize Intern. Interning with FAWE Zanzibar, though not stressful, was full of surprises that pushed our team to think collaboratively and creatively─which is something I really loved while interning there. Every day was challenging and different, allowing me to pursue leadership opportunities within the chapter. One particular experience that has impacted me greatly was the 3-day intensive teacher training I developed and co-taught at the Center of Excellence in the village of Kijini. While sitting in the office one day, the head teacher at the Center of Excellence stopped by to ask Khadija Shariff, the national director, for help assessing student mastery of material inside the classroom. Sitting at the table he welcomed me into the conversation and I offered holding a teacher professional development workshop that would teach Active Participation techniques that allow teachers to check for understanding throughout the lesson. From there, we began brainstorming the format of the workshop so that these teaching techniques would fit both the culture and context of the Center of Excellence. Teaching this workshop was not only a blast, but also taught me a lot about my own positionality coming into new contexts and how to work cross-culturally. I loved working on this project because the teachers were given the space to think through the issues they were having and problem solve creatively. Our role was to act as facilitators. Here, I was able to see the power of education and creativity in raw form, which...
by akate | May 13, 2015 | FAWE, Kravis Leadership Institute, Kravis Prize Intern
Throughout my academic career at Claremont McKenna College (CMC), I’ve had the privilege of working and interning in a variety of environments, all of which have shaped my dreams of being a life-long educator and advocate. My internship with Forum for African Women Educationalists (FAWE) Zanzibar, though, was an experience that has shaped who I am and who I want to be in more ways than I thought was possible. FAWE was the 2008 Kravis Prize recipient and is a wonderful organization dedicated to the empowerment of women and girls through gender-responsive education. I was able to be a part of this mission, and a lot more, while interning on the beautiful island of Zanzibar, Tanzania in the summer of 2013. Just thinking about Zanzibar puts a smile on my face, as my time with FAWE has reinforced my love for education and my dedication to fighting injustices I see in the world. As a sophomore, I did not completely know what I was doing at CMC. I was a math and spanish major with an interest in education and civic engagement, but had absolutely no idea what this actually could look like as a career or even an internship! (I still don’t, but this unknown now excites me.) When you think about it, my academic interests really don’t make that much “sense,” and looking at my peers who had a “clearer” trajectory at CMC made me question what I should be dedicating my time and summers to. However, hearing about the internship opportunity at FAWE Zanzibar reassured me that my academic interests and my choices at CMC DO...
by akate | Apr 29, 2015 | BRAC, Helen Keller International
Our thoughts are with Nepal right now as it reels in the aftermath of the 7.8-magnitude quake that rocked through the Kathmandu valley early Saturday morning. With death tolls mounting and tremors felt as far away as Bangladesh and some parts of India, the scale and destruction of this earthquake is tremendous. At the same time, we are constantly in awe of our Kravis Prize recipients as they leap to action in support of relief efforts worldwide. Kravis Prize recipient organizations are often the first on the frontlines and have the ability to mobilize their people quickly and efficiently in response to these disasters. We were reminded of this with Helen Keller International’s presence in West Africa last year during the Ebola breakout, and are humbled once again by the rapid response of BRAC in responding to the current emergency that is unfolding in Nepal. In a message that went out Monday from the BRAC team, they stated that they would be sending a team of their staff to provide 5,000-10,000 blankets, medical treatment, medicine, and food to earthquake victims. “Our core team will provide essential medical support to the victims in collaboration with the Nepalese government,” said Shahinul Hoque Ripon, a doctor from BRAC who will lead the team. Please consider supporting BRAC in their emergency response efforts as they lend a hand to a neighbor in need. Helen Keller International is also working in Nepal and merits your...
by akate | Mar 31, 2015 | Award Ceremony, CMC, Endeavor
10th Annual Kravis Prize – the Nobel for nonprofits – recognizes Endeavor for helping build companies generating 400,000 jobs in challenged economies around the world CLAREMONT, Calif., March 31, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — When Javier Okhuysen and Carlos Orellana wanted to help prevent avoidable blindness in Mexico through state-of-the art, low-cost cataract surgery and eye care, they turned to Endeavor to help develop their business, salaUno. When Leila Velez sought help to grow her afro-Brazilian hair care business, Endeavor provided her with the necessary business tools and mentoring to realize her dream. Today Beleza Natural operates a chain of 24 salons and employs over 1,000 women. And when Sugianto Tandio determined his mission was to solve the waste and pollution problems that Indonesia faces, Endeavor afforded him access to a network of experts, helping to turn his company, Tirta Marta, into a leader in next generation eco-friendly plastics using Indonesia’s natural resources. In recognition for its revolutionary work to provide support and mentorship to high-impact entrepreneurs such as Javier, Leila, and Sugianto, as well as some 1,000 others from 22 countries on five continents (including, most recently, two US cities), who in turn have stimulated local economies through the creation of hundreds of thousands of jobs, Endeavor has been named the recipient of the 10th Annual Henry R. Kravis Prize in Nonprofit Leadership. The Kravis Prize is among the world’s most prestigious awards for nonprofit leadership, akin to a Nobel geared specifically to this sector. Endeavor will receive the Kravis Prize and $250,000 award on April 23, 2015 at Claremont McKenna College as part of a special celebration of the Prize’s...
