by Kelly Brantner | May 19, 2022 | Education
The Canadian registered charity, Syrian Kids Foundation, announced this week that their school in Turkey is now recognized as a certified private Turkish school. Due to past changes in Turkish laws, Al Salam has been considered a “Temporary Syrian School” which came...
by Kelly Brantner | May 11, 2022 | Education
The Athari Group is now accepting applications to participate in their 2022 accelerator program that is designed for founders of nonprofits that are in the early stages of their development. Following the success of the 2021 in-take, the Athari Group are now busily...
by Kelly Brantner | Apr 6, 2022 | Community Development, Education, Volunteering
When BBS connected Bangkok based VERSO International School to Thai Child Development Foundation, we knew that it would be a meaningful relationship for all and that has proven to be the case indeed! VERSO’s incredible students are applying their design and...
by Kelly Brantner | Jan 27, 2022 | Community Development, Education, Youth
This update is courtesy of Literate Earth Project (LEP) and the photo with this update is from their partner Books for Africa. Now that Ugandan schools appear to be staying open for the first time in 85 weeks, LEP’s CEO is returning to visit their libraries. If...
by Kelly Brantner | Jan 26, 2022 | Education, Women's Advocacy
Fora is a global centre of excellence for young advocate’s leadership. Since 2010, the Global Summit (formerly called the G(irls)20 Summit) has brought together young leaders from across the globe to build leadership skills and a powerful network for advocacy and...
by Kelly Brantner | Dec 31, 2021 | BBS News, Education, Uncategorised, Youth
The following update is courtesy of The Literate Earth Project. While we all may have different thoughts on the policy responses to COVID-19, there should be no debate that children are very much feeling the impact. From massive spikes in youth suicide to the complete...