Articles & Interviews

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.

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.