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Inspiring Hope to Ignite Personal and Social Change

The Ihangane Project is conducting rigorous research to objectively evaluate the influence of hope among nurses and mothers on theSee more

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Gardens for Health International Skees Family Foundation

WebAddress: Rwanda. Description: Gardens for Health International works to provide sustainable agricultural solutions for chronic childhood malnutrition throughout Rwanda. …

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Save the Children Skees Family Foundation

WebAddress: Connecticut, United States Description: Save the Children works to help children in the United States and worldwide by providing them with basic needs and education. …

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StrongMinds Skees Family Foundation

WebDescription: StrongMinds is a social enterprise founded in early 2013 that provides life-changing mental health services to impoverished African women. They empower …

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Announcing THE HOPE INITIATIVE in Honor of Jonah Hinman: …

WebEditor’s Note: All around the world, members of our human family are suffering a silent epidemic of depression that decimates purpose, destroys relationships, and can even …

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About Us Skees Family Foundation

WebAbout Us. The Skees Family Foundation, a 501 (c)3 private charitable foundation (EIN#83-0411607), works with nonprofits (NPOs) and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) …

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“The People’s Chef” launches affordable, nutritious cooking classes …

Web“Breaking bread is so symbolic, all around the world. We’re going to have fun in this class and offer one new choice each day.”—Chef Anthony Head, “The People’s Chef” This …

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COVID-19: Self-Care and What You Can Do

WebPhoto courtesy of the United Nations COVID-19 Response on Unsplash. Editor’s Note: Last week we had the honor of hosting a Zoom meeting with several of our …

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Our Nonprofit Partners Skees Family Foundation

WebWe in the Skees family are living proof that any old person can launch a foundation. We believe in intention—and in the trying, even if we’re not Oprah or Mother Theresa or …

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KadAfrica: Understanding Trauma Skees Family Foundation

WebKadAfrica envisions an equal world in which rural smallholder farmers thrive. A world where both men and women farmers live prosperous, and healthy lives. KadAfrica is the …

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Mobile-Midwife Technology Delivers Health to Moms in West Africa

WebJoining the Mobile Midwife program is free to low-income moms such as Annan. It costs Grameen Foundation and its partners $12 a year per woman to deliver equipment, …

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Turning Philanthropy on Its Head in Haiti

WebHaiti is a place where you can fall “upside down” in love with the Haitian people and culture. It is also the place where everything you knew before—including about philanthropy and …

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Freedom From Hunger Skees Family Foundation

WebDescription: Freedom from Hunger worked through microfinance to bring education and healthcare services to the ultra poor, helping to empower women and families in nearly …

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Ending Poverty: There's an App for That!

WebEditor’s Note: Rural Africa presents changemakers with intractable challenges across sectors, but one American investor, Grameen Foundation, believes it all comes down to …

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JAAGO Foundation through the Jolkona Foundation

WebDescription: JAAGO Foundation works to provide quality education to many of the millions of children who live below the poverty line. They help these children turn from a future of …

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A Home for Everyone: WCCN Empowers Nicaragua’s Families

WebA typical “precarious” home in the Managua slums. Editor’s Note: This summer, our director, Suzanne Skees, traveled to Nicaragua with Working Capital for Community Needs …

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Grantmaking Skees Family Foundation

WebSeed Grants are two- to three-year grants with increasing amounts each year: $2,500 year one, $5,000 year two, and $7,500 year three, if the organization’s self-determined …

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A Lot to Be Thankful For: Gardens for Health Celebrates …

WebEditor’s Note: This Thanksgiving as we celebrate friends, family, and food in the United States, we want to bring you to a different part of the world where the same holiday has …

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Scooping International News While Empowering Women: Global …

WebAccording to the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, “a single foreign correspondent costs a newspaper around $250,000 a year.”. As a result, over the past …

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What Rural Africa Can Teach America About Healthcare

WebEditor’s Note: “Ihangane” means “to be patient” in Kinyarwanda, the native language of Rwanda. This week we feature a guest blog post by Wendy Leonard of The Ihangane …

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