Articles & Interviews

At the Swiss Economic Forum on June 8, 2018, Milan Prenosil, READY! cosponsor and chairman of the Confiserie Sprüngli AG Board of Management, spoke about “Education 4.0: Finding a balance between digital and analog.”

An interview with Tom Boyce from UCSF and Marla Sokolowski, University of Toronto prior to this year’s Jacobs Foundation Conference at Marbach Castle on Lake Constance, Germany.

Nathalia Mesa is the Chairperson of aeioTU, a Colombian social enterprise promoting Early Childhood Development (ECD). With aioTU she has mobilized national, state and city governments leading to a new national policy on ECD.

Lucia Kossarova 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.

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.

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. Since its founding in 2000, FFP has become a global youth development NGO.

Rana Dajani, Founder of the We love Reading program has developed an innovative model that provides a practical approach to increase reading levels among children.

What are the thematic priorities of the Jacobs Foundation? How can fellows engage and contribute to the Jacobs Network? The so-called Swiss Week will be answering those questions and beyond. It takes place in Zurich from May 28 to May 31, 2018.

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.