Articles & Interviews

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.

The Jacobs Foundation’s TRECC programme and the International Cocoa Initiative (ICI) are entering a partnership to promote innovation and knowledge in education and to increase ICI’s institutional capacity to drive collective learning processes.

There are hundreds of thousands of microfinance institutions operating around the world, yet the sector has fallen short of its fundamental goal of addressing poverty through sustainable business-led growth.

According to the United Nations, over 200 million children worldwide fail to reach their developmental potential in their early years. Some of the reasons behind this include malnutrition and lack of psycho-social care.

Early childhood plays a critical role in children’s later opportunities for development. Investments in this period yield higher educational returns and promote fair opportunities.

Wilfried Griebel is a psychologist at the State Institute of Early Childhood Research in Munich. His research focuses on transitions from preschool to the formal school system.

This years’ Jacobs Foundation Conference is themed “Exploring the Genomic & Environmental Headwaters of Early Brain Development”. It calls together leading international scientists and junior researchers from the field of child and youth development.