Rising Schools: Mother-daughter team uses microenterprise approach to improve education in Ghana
By Sharon McGowan | July 2011 | View Full Text
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This is a feature article from Global Giving Matters, a newsletter on best practices and innovations in individual and family philanthropy and social investment. It is produced by Synergos for members of the Global Philanthropists Circle and other readers interested in global philanthropy.
This article looks at Irene and Liesel Pritzker’s work in schools in some of the poorest areas in Ghana. Working with experienced partners, the Pritzkers have used microenterprise to build capacity in the schools. They visit Ghana regularly to evaluate the impact of their approach and make adjustments in their work on the basis of their visits to schools and meetings with their partners. They are a model of actively engaged donors who listen and who also know that measuring impact is complicated and not always easy. Their work is also an example of how a mother and daughter can collaborate on an important philanthropic project.
Philanthropic Actors & Issues | Individual & Family Philanthropy | Africa (Sub-Saharan) | Ghana
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