The Global Fund For Children

Lagos, Nigeria–My first night in Lagos, Nigeria, was kind of rough—a mouse sprinting around my hotel room, bugs clustered at a corner of the bed I was to sleep on. That was yesterday. Today was a new day. When I first saw everyone at the Kudirat Initiative for Democracy (KIND) in Lagos, it felt like [...]

Lagos, Nigeria–Temitope Tejuoso, Tope for short, is an Adobe Youth Voices (AYV) lead educator. She is part of Kudirat Initiative for Democracy (KIND), a Global Fund for Children grantee partner based in Lagos, Nigeria. KIND trains adolescent girls to become leaders in their communities. Most of the girls at KIND are between the ages of [...]

Lagos, Nigeria–The youth with whom Francesca Adeola Abiola works are between the ages of 12 and 18, and many of them are in secondary school. Some are Muslim, some are Christian, and they come from various socioeconomic backgrounds. Media Concern Initiative is a grantee partner of The Global Fund for Children and is dedicated to [...]

Jacmel, Haiti – Proud is a word that cannot begin to describe how I feel writing this blog from Jacmel, Haiti. After almost a year and a half of planning, with delays due to unexpected cancellations and visits from an angry Mother Nature, The Global Fund for Children’s first Knowledge Exchange for GFC’s Haitian and [...]

Washington, DC – I sat with my eyes glued to the screen for the 84th Academy Awards, anxiously awaiting the announcement of the best documentary short film. On the edge of my seat, I jumped up in excitement when Saving Face, directed by Daniel Junge and Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, was announced as the winner. The documentary [...]

Belgrade, Serbia–Modern-day Serbia borders three European Union (EU) member states, with another, Greece, just past Macedonia to the south, and a future member, Croatia (set to join in 2013), to the west. Serbia’s geographical position—nearly surrounded by, but currently lying outside of, the EU—has made it a major source, transit, and destination country in Central [...]

Washington, DC–Having the opportunity to interact with someone who spent most of his growing years in slavery was a powerful experience for me. [...]

Washington, DC–The hit show Glee depicts life in a high school where kids find both themselves and acceptance as part of a singing club. Each character is dealing with difference—sometimes socially awkward or less popular, perhaps a nonconformist, or just plain nerdy. These musical kids express themselves by performing lively covers of Madonna, Lady Gaga, [...]

Sofia, Bulgaria–After communism, Bulgaria gradually made its way politically and economically towards the European Union. However, like in many of the countries of the former communistic bloc, not all of Bulgaria’s people shared equally in the improved standard of living and benefits of the new post-communist system. Bulgaria’s Roma community (the largest by percentage in [...]

London, United Kingdom–The boroughs of Southwark and Lambeth in South London are some of the most ethnically diverse regions in all of the United Kingdom, but they are also some of the most deprived. [...]