by AOEF | Feb 17, 2021 | Breakfast on the Nile Newsletter
It has been almost exactly one year since our students were sent home from school due to a rapidly spreading global pandemic. This long season of COVID has been particularly challenging as we’ve watched our children in Africa stop learning all while their most basic...
by AOEF | Feb 17, 2021 | Breakfast on the Nile Newsletter
Since the onset of COVID-19, we have resorted to different modes of distance learning at all levels of education. During these tough times, we have had time to reflect on the importance of education in our own country, but how are students faring in the developing...
by AOEF | Feb 17, 2021 | Breakfast on the Nile Newsletter
In just 7 months, AOEF’s Youth Advisory Council and Young Friends of AOEF have made major contributions in support of our mission to educate children in Africa. Our African and American youth volunteers and young professionals have been meeting across time zones and...
by AOEF | Dec 24, 2020 | Breakfast on the Nile Newsletter
CLICK HERE to read some of the Poetry Slam entries. With little to no internet connectivity in the villages we serve and personal transportation strictly controlled during COVID, our cross-cultural Poetry Slam! presented some challenges. But those challenges were...
by AOEF | Dec 23, 2020 | Breakfast on the Nile Newsletter
In the midst of trying and unfamiliar times, the passion and will of the human spirit shine through. African Orphan Educational Foundation added 5 new educational sponsors at the height of the COVID-19 crisis. With schools closed tight, African nations on lockdown,...