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From Leadership to Legacy
AOEF's From Leadership to Legacy leadership curriculum was designed and developed with African youth leaders in mind. Our cohort of six youth leaders in Africa worked with AOEF mentors to explore leadership, complete weekly assignments, tap other students to mentor...
And…The Baton Is Passed!
The Chair position of AOEF's Youth Advisory Council was recently awarded to Eno Okpo. A staunch advocate for education with incredibly keen business and leadership insights, Eno has served AOEF's Youth Advisory Council faithfully for the past two years. Eno was...
There’s A Teacher Behind Every Good Work
An advocate for education, Damali Birungi volunteered with us and took the lead role in reviewing and suggesting edits for Mercy's Magnificent Dreams. She helped ensure the words, sentence structure and concepts in our story would be familiar to and resonate with...
Got-Rateng
"Got-Rateng" is a Luo word that translates to the "Black Hill". The school is neither located near a Hill nor is it Black in color to be clear. Got-Rateng is the school I was transferred to when I started performing poorly. My dad thought it was a good idea I have the...
AOEF & The Honda Classic
When you donate to African Orphan Educational Foundation through The Honda Classic Cares|Birdies For Children program, there are winners on all sides of the equation! Every donation to AOEF through The Honda Classic|Birdies For Children program earns an additional +5%...
Young Friends of AOEF Spotlight – The Promise of a Future
I was born preterm weighing just 2kg and all the odds were stacked against me medically, including the ability to read and write even if I should survive. Defying every medical diagnosis, I walked and ran, grew faster than my mates at the age of 7 months. My father...