by Elizabeth Gage | Sep 11, 2019 | Africa
When I first became involved with Project Redwood, the idea of becoming a sponsor seemed almost exotic to me. Grantees mainly seemed to be in distant places I knew little about. How would I ever come in contact with an organization that needed Project Redwood’s kind...
by Elizabeth Gage | Apr 6, 2019 | Africa, On The Ground, Partners Out and About
Project Redwood [PRW] Provides Funding, Expertise and Connections to Social Entrepreneurs Who Address the Challenge of Global Poverty. The funding part of Project Redwood’s mission has been straightforward. Right from the beginning, classmates came forward as partners...
by Elizabeth Gage | Feb 4, 2019 | Africa, In The News
Boris Bulayev, who founded Educate! in 2009 with Eric Glustrom and Angelica Towne, was awarded the CHF100,000 Jacobs Award for Social Engagement (worth over $100,000 US), along with representatives of nine other social entrepreneur organizations last November. Boris...
by PRW Admin | May 4, 2018 | Africa, In The News, On The Ground, Uncategorized
$1.25 million Skoll Foundation Award goes to 2016 and 2017 grantee myAgromyAgro EnrollmentThe Skoll Foundation’s stated mission is “investing in change agents whose innovations disrupt the status quo and accelerating their progress toward impact at scale.” It was...
by Laura Power | Sep 28, 2017 | Africa, In The News, Standard of Living
Former Project Redwood Grantee, Compatible Technology International (CTI) has been awarded a $2.2 million grant from the United States Agency for International Development. CTI spent several years working with locals in Senegal to develop a low cost thresher that...
by Laura Power | Jul 20, 2017 | Africa, Asia, In The News
What do Mia Hamm, Troy Aikman, and Kristi Yamaguchi have in common? All three are successful professional athletes, born with clubfoot. That’s a congenital condition that prevents sufferers from walking normally, or at all, because one or both feet are twisted inward,...
