January 12, 2016
By Tom Bode, President On January 26, Margaret and Vincent will begin their freshman year of high school in Nakuru, Kenya, thanks to support from World Scholarship Initiative. The two students – atten...
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December 25, 2015
By Tom Bode, President The 2015 WSI Holiday Trivia Fundraiser was a huge success. Fifty people came out on a rainy Monday night to Radio Room Bar in NE Portland to play trivia and support WSI. In all,...
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October 16, 2015
This December, we’re going to celebrate the education of the WSI students with an educational event of our own: bar trivia! Join us on December 21 at Radio Room Bar for a fun evening of trivia, raffle...
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September 23, 2015
On September 22, Ruby Buchholtz joined the World Scholarship Initiative Board of Directors. She brings to our group passion for our cause, talent, ambition, and experience serving in Peace Corps in th...
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May 21, 2015
By Tom Bode, President Lots of exciting events have taken place for WSI over the last several months. First, in February we took on two new students to sponsor! Lydia and Marion both did extremely we...
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February 23, 2015
World Scholarship Initiative and Amazon.com are partnering to allow you to shop online and AND support the charitable mission of WSI – at the same time! Everytime you make a purchase at Amazon using o...
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December 4, 2014
On December 11, World Scholarship Initiative will be taking part in the World Affair Council of Oregon’s International Development Showcase, an annual event that brings together locally based charitie...
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November 1, 2014
By Tom Bode, President Here’s a quick update on what’s happening at WSI: The Kenyan school year ends on November 14, at which point our five current students will have 3 weeks of extra tutoring (that ...
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August 29, 2014
By Tom Bode, President This week WSI is pleased to welcome Libby Martin as a new volunteer and member of the WSI team. Libby graduated from the University of Rochester in 2011 with a double major in a...
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August 1, 2014
By Tom Bode, President Today I received an unsolicited letter from the mother of one of the students that we sponsor. The heartfelt appreciation in it recharges my dedication to provide these students...
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July 16, 2014
Public transit in Kenya is largely an unregulated system of privately owned mini-buses, called Matatus. These mini buses pick up as many passengers as possible and compete fiercely for passengers. The...
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June 27, 2014
How much of your life can be attributed to the circumstances of your birth? Recently, New York Times Columnist Nick Krsitoff described a meeting between two young women, one a college student from Lon...
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