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How to Keep Students Engaged Over the Holiday Break
At SKI Charities, we believe that education doesn’t stop when students leave school—that’s why when selecting our scholarship recipients, we take into consideration the support that these scholars will receive from their families at home. And while the end-of-year holiday school break should be a time where kids can have fun, spend time with family…
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5 Ways Schools Can Better Support Single Parents & Their Kids
Here at SKI Charities, we provide scholarships to young girls in Mutare, Zimbabwe, to ensure they can receive the education they deserve. Recently, we’ve shifted to focusing primarily on scholars from single-family homes, who face particular challenges when it comes to receiving a quality education. Just like children depend on their parents to support their…
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Why Vaccination Is Key to Our Education Efforts in Zimbabwe
Though our primary focus is economic empowerment and early childhood education, we are invested in the greater prosperity of the communities we serve. Sometimes that means broadening our reach to tackle some of the other challenges Zimbabweans have been facing due to the economic crisis the country is experiencing. “Historically, Zimbabwe has had a very…
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How We Choose Our Scholarship Recipients
In order to maximize our impact as an organization, we give early-stage scholarships to girls between the ages of four and five in and around Mutare, Zimbabwe. We believe that the earlier we can jumpstart a child’s education, the more successful they will be. But when you’re working with such young children, how do you…
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8 Ways Parents Can Support Their Child’s Education at Home
When we’re choosing girls to participate in our scholarship program, one of the most important factors we look for is their guardians’ commitment to education. We seek out parents and grandparents who will not only support their child as they begin their journey in education, but will go the extra mile by supplementing that education…
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How Our Programs Help Single Mothers
There’s a lot of stigma around single motherhood—after all, many mothers today choose to raise children on their own. And in the U.S. studies show that children raised by single mothers aren’t necessarily at a disadvantage to children from homes with two parents. But in Zimbabwe, where there’s an ongoing economic crisis, the financial hardship…
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Free to Play, Free to Learn
Part of what makes our scholarship program in Zimbabwe so successful is the quality of the schools we partner with. Without them, we couldn’t give our young scholars the education they deserve. We’re especially grateful that, like us, these schools believe that in addition to learning in the classroom, children need time to play. In…
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Bend the Tree While It’s Still Young
When many people think of scholarships, they imagine older students who’ve already proven themselves to be academically inclined. So we’re often asked why our SKIPGO program targets three to five year old girls. We’ve written about why we’ve chosen to give early-stage scholarships before—but we can’t reiterate enough why it’s important to “bend the tree…
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3 SKIPGO Parents on How Education is Transforming Their Daughters
In Mutare, Zimbabwe, our SKIPGO program is providing motivated, promising young girls with the education they deserve. But how do we identify girls who will benefit most from a quality education at such a young age? One way is by finding families who are as equally committed to education as we are. We asked three…
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How We Narrow Our Approach to Maximize Our Impact
“Less is more” is one of those oft-repeated sayings that, well, can get old. It’s trite, simple, and something we’ve all heard on countless occasions. It feels silly sometimes to bring up in conversation – but it’s often wildly true and important to keep in mind in both our personal and professional lives. When SKI…