Articles & Interviews

Our latest What We Learn newsletter includes updates about the Foundation in action, news from across our network, our insights, and a list of what we are reading. The Jacobs Foundation’s spring edition of their What We Learn newsletter is now available.

We are pleased to launch our “What We Learn” newsletter. We will share updates about the work we and our partners are doing to implement our Strategy 2030. The mailing will include lessons learned, impart insights and share inspiration from our network.

Are there wrong and right books to read to babies? A public service announcement produced by fellows of the LSX Fellowship offers interesting answers. The two year fellowship program brings 12 participants from science, journalism, entertainment and policy.

In this newsletter, we feature a particular initiative by Nestlé and their project to improve women’s literacy and numeracy levels, as implemented by the International Cocoa Initiative (ICI).

Farmers in Côte d’Ivoire often live below the poverty line and are hardly able to save money. Elizabeth is 31 years old and has 5 children. She took out a loan of 72 USD and is planning to buy cocoa seedlings to plant 1ha of cocoa farm with it. The loan was provided by the Village Savings and Loans project.