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Condor Trust: Tackling Larger Issues
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... -
Sean’s birthday wish? Support 2 EdGen Scholarship Students
The Birthday Campaign! Here at EdGen we’re in the midst of developing a new campaign whereby community members “give up” their birthday in support of EdGen scholarship students. The plan for now is pretty simple – 1) you let us know if you’re interested (either via email or HERE!), 2)... -
Thanks Heather White for Seeing the Value in EdGen
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... -
The Deadline Warriors
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... -
My Reflections on Education and The Briefing Conference
I’m excited to be speaking at University of British Columbia’s student conference, The Briefing, tomorrow January 25, 2012. We’ll be sharing our story of EdGen, and the adventures and lessons learned from building a community that crowd funds for quality education all around the world. In preparing to share my... -
RTBTC Ecuador Bike Tour, in support of EdGen
“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... -
Bridging the Education Funding Gap
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... -
An interview with our very own Eileen Knowles
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... -
Reflections and a renewed energy from 2011 WSYA in Graz, Austria
Hello from Europe! It’s been a bit of a wild and amazing ride for Education Generation the last week or so. We were in Graz, Austria at the UN-affiliated 2011 World Summit Youth Awards (WSYA) and conference November 10-13. EdGen received an award for using new media and digital content to address... -
Thanks to everyone who joined us for the “1 to 10″ event in Vancouver
Thanks to everyone in Vancouver, Canada for making Education Generation’s very first event on November 3, the incredible success that it was! The HiVE was the perfect space to host “1 to 10: Stories that Shape the World”. We shared our stories of students and celebrated the launch of our...