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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June 8, 2014
The Spring 2014 World Scholarship Initiative Newsletter shares some of the highlights of the past year: – Two boys started secondary school this January because of scholarships from WSI – Our three e...
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June 3, 2014
By Tom Bode Human rights issues like global women’s rights are on the rise in the public conscience. Here’s an article by New York Times columnist Nicholas Kirstoff about the benefits of educating gir...
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April 4, 2014
In December, Peris, Triza and Villitracia finished their first year of high school at Christ the King Girls Academy, an all-girl Catholic boarding school. It was an exciting year of changes. They tran...
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March 10, 2014
By Tom Bode, President Gidraf and Paul in their new school uniforms. On January 29, two boys started their first year at Loreto Nakuru Secondary School in Nakuru, Kenya on scholarships provided by Wor...
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January 15, 2014
By Tom Bode, President In Kenya, as other countries, girls face many obstacles to receiving education, so that by the time they finish primary school, girls on average score much lower than boys. Yet,...
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January 8, 2014
Students in Kenya received their scores this week that determine their entrance into secondary school. We heard from several students from St. Paul’s Primary School, who we intend to award secondary s...
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October 24, 2013
By Tom Bode, President UPDATE (8/20/2014): We have received our determination letter from the IRS stating that our 501c3 status is official! World Scholarship Initiative is now treated as being a 501c...
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October 13, 2013
By Tom Bode, President The second term of school is over and the three students have sent their grades and an update on their lives and studies to their sponsors. Triza and Peris improved their school...
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September 10, 2013
By Tom Bode, President August 24 was the end of the Maseno University Math Camp, which our students attended. It was difficult to organize the registration and attendance of the students from the Unit...
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