Recently, IDP Foundation had the opportunity to attend the International Education Funders Group (IEFG) Spring Meeting in New Delhi, India, a week-long meeting that allows a network of foundations and donor-advised funders to come together and discuss how to best support education in the Global South.
Ashesi University Student Prince Kwarase on Volunteering with the IDP Rising Schools Program
February 11, 2016
During a recent visit to Ashesi, the IDP Foundation had the opportunity to meet one student who is using creative and critical thinking skills to improve basic education in Ghana. In addition to co-founding the TrimTab Network, Prince Kennedy Kwarase (Business Administration, ’17) interned for the IDP Foundation’s keystone initiative, the IDP Rising Schools Program, which aims to improve educational infrastructure in existing low-fee private schools serving the poor in Ghana.
IDP Rising Schools Program Success Story: Developing a Business Plan for Success
February 02, 2016
Comfort Amesawu is the proprietor of Bescal Jewels Academy in Tema, within Ghana’s Greater Accra region. Prior to enrolling in the IDP Rising Schools Program (IDPRS), Comfort did not have a written business plan for her school.
IDP Rising Schools Program Success Story: Focusing on Teacher Training
January 28, 2016
Christiana Adu Kyeremeh is the proprietor of Chris Academy in the Abesim community of Sunyani, Ghana. She participated in the IDP Rising Schools Program’s teacher and proprietor training in May 2014.
Happy New Year from IDP Foundation!
January 04, 2016
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2015 African Philanthropy Forum: Millennials Bring Down the House
November 30, 2015
The second African Philanthropy Forum (APF) convened in Kigali, Rwanda this past October. This year’s forum brought together over 150 of Africa’s current and emerging philanthropists and social investors to discuss the role of philanthropy in keeping a “Promise to the Next Generation” – a promise to leverage and further develop human capital and talent to achieve Africa’s potential.
IDP Foundation Attends SoCap 2015
October 20, 2015
The eighth annual SoCap (Social Capital Markets) conference recently took place in beautiful San Francisco, California, drawing a huge crowd of impact investors, foundations, social entrepreneurs and visionaries who gathered to discuss ways to increasing the flow of capital towards social good.
Dr. Patrick Awuah Named 2015 MacArthur Fellow
October 01, 2015
Congratulations to Ashesi University President, Dr. Patrick Awuah, who has recently been named as one of the twenty-four recipients of the 2015 MacArthur Foundation Fellowship!
IDP Visits Social Enterprise Alliance Summit 2015
September 29, 2015
The Social Enterprise Alliance is the national membership organization and key catalyst for the rapidly growing social enterprise movement in the United States.
IEFG Semi Annual Meeting: Raising the Quality of Teaching
April 24, 2015
The IDP Rising Schools Program attended the International Education Funders Group (IEFG) meeting in Portugal this week, to engage in a large group discussion on the importance of raising the quality of teaching at a global scale.