Community meeting at Waondo Primary School, Kenya © We’re pleased to share that our two Community-Driven Education pilot projects in Kenya are off to a great start! Global Partners believes community leadership is the key to responsible and sustainable development and that local people have the right to drive change in their [...]
Primary school students After the success of our 40th Anniversary event, this year we’ve decided to focus on putting your donations to work on the ground! In lieu of spending time and resources on planning an event, we’re asking you to support our work by donating at https://gpfd.org/donate/ or call us at 707-588-0550. One of my favorite [...]
We are thrilled to announce the 2019 GPFD/BCF Community-Driven Development Forum, which will be held on June 26th-28th in Arusha, Tanzania. With the theme of “Sustainable Development,” this event is possible due to a generous grant from the Brethren Community Foundation (BCF). The Forum presents an unparalleled opportunity for East Africans and Americans with a [...]
Global Partners believes every girl has the right to attend school, and the scholarships we fund inspire girls and young women to lead more productive lives and empower them to uplift and improve their communities. We support girls’ education through the funding of individual secondary school and tertiary level scholarships with the support of [...]
This Valentine's Day, we would like to share photos of a few of our staff members and partners with their loved ones. Pictured are Amon Tusingwire (one of the Women's Empowerment and Girls' Scholarship Coordinators in Uganda) with his wife and daughter, Maanda Ngoitiko (Executive Director of Pastoral Women's Council) with her husband, Malaki Mollel (Financial Coordinator in Tanzania) [...]
Laghanida community mapping We’re excited to announce the expansion our Community-Driven Education program into Kenya! Over the course of 2019, our team will select two communities in Homa Bay County, from one of four constituencies struggling with the lowest primary school test scores in the region, and work with them to identity [...]
Dora Achieng’ Okeyo As Global Partners for Development expands our Community-Driven Education program into Kenya, we’re thrilled to welcome Dora Achieng’ Okeyo to our team! Dora joins Global Partners as a Community Facilitator and will be based in Homa Bay County, Kenya, helping us to engage and empower communities there. She holds [...]
Ian meets with students “My visit to Kenya and Tanzania was a fascinating and humbling experience”. In June of 2018, Ian Wyatt and several others traveled with Global Partners for Development to Kenya and Tanzania. The group visited water and education projects in Kenya, made possible through our Vineyards to Villages program, [...]
Global Partners is thrilled to announce our 2019 fellows - Harrison Fuller and Piper Lowinger! Originating from a partnership between the Brethren Community Foundation, Global Partners, and Whittier College, the fellowship program is a one-of-a kind opportunity for talented and passionate students to experience authentic grassroots community-driven development in East Africa via the work of [...]
In 1989, a group of World Runners, namely Lisa and Ted Ruffner, Jani Ashmore, and me, traveled to Nairobi, Kenya to meet up with Dr. Barry Levy who was working there in an occupational health capacity. The idea came up a year before when we were all at the Moscow International Peace Marathon. Barry invited [...]