Adams: A Community Leader Embraces Teaching to Change Children’s Lives
The classroom where Adams teaches in Mossipanin, a rural community in southern Ghana, is surrounded by small farms and rough roads. Hours from Ghana’s second-largest city, Kumasi, most of Mossipanin’s residents are farmers. Each day, they walk to their plots of land...
Mignot: An Aspiring Doctor Learns to Read & Do Math
Over 200 miles south from Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa, a Luminos classroom is buzzing with learning. Out-of-school children who either never enrolled in school before or dropped out are taking their second chance at education and running with it. Mignot, a...
Luminos Publishes 2021 Annual Report
The Luminos Fund is proud to share our 2021 Annual Report. While COVID-19 has inflicted extraordinary damage on education for the most vulnerable children, Luminos is tackling this challenge head-on, bringing laser focus and commitment to ensure every child has a...
Luminos Recognized as Finalist for Klaus J. Jacobs Best Practice Prizes 2022
The Luminos Fund has been named a top 10 finalist for the Klaus J. Jacobs Best Practice Prizes 2022, a set of three awards each worth CHF 200,000 ($208,000) that honor outstanding achievement and practice in advancing quality education.
Africa Day: A New Dawn
In honor of Africa Day, we are sharing the story of a true African visionary and luminary in the education sector: Dr. Dzingai Mutumbuka. Dzingai served as the first Minister of Education and Culture for Zimbabwe upon its Independence from Britain from 1980 to 1988, and as Minister of Higher Education from 1988 to 1989.
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