Articles & Interviews

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.

Selçuk R. S¸irin is professor in the Department of Applied Psychology at New York University. He led the first research team to document the educational and mental health needs of Syrian refugee children in Turkey.

Judy Stuart is the founder and CEO of Future Farmers, a South African foundation attracting and developing a new generation of predominantly black commercial farmers.

Boris Bulayev and his organization Educate! are reforming the secondary education in Africa to equip young people with the skills necessary to break the cycle of poverty.

On the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the Klaus J. Jacobs Awards, the Jacobs Foundation has awarded ten prizes to social innovators in the field of child and youth development.