The EdGen Blog

  1. Eileen

    Condor Trust: Tackling Larger Issues

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    Written by Chris Patrick, Founder of The Condor Trust   When we set up the Condor Trust we did not think too deeply about larger issues. Over the seven years we’ve been funding students though, we’ve had plenty of time to reflect on the larger issues, to see the results of what we’re...
  2. Christina Wu

    Thanks Heather White for Seeing the Value in EdGen

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    We are so grateful that Heather White from 2020 Communications has generously donated 5% of all her earnings towards Education Generation. Learn about Heather, her approach to working with purpose, and her inspirations in life. Tell me about yourself and the work of 2020 Communications. Four years ago I started...
  3. Shawn

    The Deadline Warriors

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    Every once in a while we run into a situation when several students have the same funding deadline and we need to raise sizeable amounts of money in very little time to make sure every student in our site gets a scholarship. To make sure no student goes unfunded we...
  4. Eileen

    RTBTC Ecuador Bike Tour, in support of EdGen

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    “Nowhere else on earth will you find so much natural diversity – and all the fun that accompanies it – in so tiny a place.” – Lonely Planet Join us this May or August for the 2012 Riding to Break the Cycle Ecuador Tours. Take two weeks to immerse yourself...
  5. Eileen

    Bridging the Education Funding Gap

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    Written by guest blogger: Jocelyn Ling  www.jocelynling.com Education enhances lives. As a society, we’ve structured a good 20 years of our lives around this sector recognizing that it is crucial to our development as individuals and as societies. However, somewhere along the line, a disconnect has occurred. Between 1990 and...
  6. Eileen

    An interview with our very own Eileen Knowles

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    The below interview was taken from the blog of TAMK University of Applied Sciences International Media Programme Students (IMPs) who we met at the WSYA Winners Festival in Graz November 9-13 2011. I had the pleasure of meeting Heidi Mäenpää who wrote the interview  below. I had the greatest pleasure to...

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