Honoring Women Who Teach: Tegitu’s Story
“Education opens doors for changing one’s life. Education gives you multiple avenues to success. By education, it means for me every type of education – in and out of school. Anything new and useful that we learn will contribute to change our lives.”Tegitu, Second...
Ethiopia Rising: Exploring Education After COVID-19
Ethiopia: the second most populous country in Africa where over 63% of the population is under age 25 and there are more than 40 million school-aged children and adolescents (UIS). In 2000, nearly 60% of primary-school-age students were out of school in Ethiopia, a...
Hunger, Safety, and Aspirations: New Data on Student Well-Being During COVID-19 from Liberia
In the past year, COVID-19 has highlighted enormous gaps in our understanding of how best to support learners affected by a health emergency, especially the most vulnerable children. What we know from the Ebola epidemic and emerging evidence from COVID-19 suggests...
New Year, Same Mission, Greater Urgency
After a long, dark year, 2021 promises hope, joy, and possibility—the chance to start imagining the world both as what it used to be and what it can become. When the Luminos team gathered virtually for the first time this year, CEO Caitlin Baron asked everyone to...
Luminos welcomes new board members: Erin Ganju & George Kronnisanyon Werner
We are delighted to announce that two new members are joining our Board of Directors this month: Erin Ganju and George Kronnisanyon Werner. Erin Ganju is a Managing Director at Echidna Giving, one of the largest private funders in girls’ education in lower-income...
The Luminos Fund is a 501(c)(3), tax-exempt charitable organization registered in the United States (EIN 36-4817073).