My first day working on the Asante Shule campaign felt uncannily like my first day back at school. There was excitement, there was confusion, there was nostalgia, and there was a sense of novelty. The campaign, run by Future First Kenya, wants to encourage alumni to go back and give back to their former schools. […]
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Imagine if every school in the world was a community. Imagine if every young person had access to a network of relatable role models, work experience and mentors, all alumni of their school, from their communities; all ready to go back and give back. That is the vision of Future First Global. The ‘Back to
Our vision is to make Kenya the third country, after the UK and Germany, where national-scale support for alumni programming exists, focusing in this case on the communities most in need. In order to develop a national alumni strategy for Kenya and place alumni engagement at the heart of government policy, advocacy and campaigning is
By Pauline Wanja, Programme Manager in Kenya TumuTumu public High School for girls is a couple of hours outside Nairobi, in Kenya. Almost 900 students at the school came together on 8 March for an all-day careers event to hear from former students of their school about their careers and to discuss future options, life
By Pauline Wanja, Programme Manager in Kenya The concept of alumni volunteering is not alien in Kenyan Schools. Our initial national survey indicated that 78% of Kenyans would be willing to give back to their former school if asked and 1% percent had done so. For the past two years, Future First Global explored various ways
Reflections from Liberia by Pauline Wanja, Programme Manager in Kenya I am writing on a flight back home to Nairobi, after an exciting week in Liberia, discussing and planning for an “An alumni community for every school in Liberia”. The return flight is 12 hours and I have plenty of time to reflect on my
[gdlr_quote align=”center” ]“An engaged alumni community prepares the way for a brighter future” said Beyan Flomo Pewee, Executive Director of YOCEL.[/gdlr_quote] It is a brighter future for young people across Liberia, which a new joint initiative is aiming to achieve. The initiative, developed by Future First Global, in partnership with YOCEL, is being launched this
Today the UNESCO Global Monitoring report is launched in the UK. The report focuses on the progress, or lack thereof, countries have made on achieving the Education For All Goals. It further identifies lessons for the education sector as we finalize and start implementing a new framework. One thing the report highlights is that children
Future First Global Recognised For Innovative Secondary School Alumni Programmes Future First Global was recognised for its innovative school-to-work transition programme at the Bond International Development Awards yesterday, 1 June, in London. Now in their second year, the awards recognise the contributions of many of Bond’s member organisations, working in some of the most challenging
Position: Managing Director Based: London, United Kingdom Salary range: £40-£50k Future First Global is a recently established charity working to turn schools into communities around the world. We advise governments, school networks and NGOs on how to mobilise former students as careers and educational role models, work experience providers, mentors, school governors and more. When