Articles & Interviews

Jacobs Research Fellows and Jacobs Social Entrepreneur Fellows met from 19 to 21 October in Half Moon Bay, California, to find out how each other’s unique expertise could best be of mutual benefit.

There is increasing demand for early childhood programs, and specifically for high-quality child care centers. As a result, many centers are seeking to position themselves favorably and to raise their profiles.

This year’s EFC Research Forum Conference, ‘‘Thinking beyond national borders – Research and funding across boundaries”, hosted by the Volkswagen Stiftung in Hanover on 17-18 October, explored international collaborations within the philanthropic sector.

Lucia Kossárová is the co-founder of the Slovakian program BUDDY. With this community based approach children who live in orphanages are able to build up a loving and strong relationship with a reliable and mature volunteer mentor.

James Urdang, founder and CEO of Education Africa, focuses on breaking the cycle of poverty and empowering a new generation of leaders through educational interventions.

Noreen Huni, founder and CEO of the Non-Profit organization REPSSI (Regional Psychosocial Support Initiative), is working to ensure that mental and psychosocial wellbeing for girls, boys and youth becomes standard in East and Southern Africa.

The Jacobs Foundation and Jacobs University Bremen are organizing an international challenge to find innovative and radical ideas for future higher education.

Luke Dowdney, founder of Fight for Peace (FFP), has developed a community-based response to the arming and employment of young people by drug trafficking gangs in Brazil.

Nathalia Mesa is the chairperson of aeioTU, a Colombian social enterprise promoting Early Childhood Development (ECD). With aeioTU she has mobilized national, state and city governments.