THE LATEST
Awards ~ Recognition ~ Breaking News
For its efforts to educate and empower the next generation, Asante Africa has earned various awards and achieved international recognition. Many of our team members- the backbone of our organization- have been honored for their work in bringing education and opportunity to youth in rural East Africa. We are humbled by this recognition and more motivated more than ever to push for success.
RECENT HIGHLIGHTS
Asante Africa Foundation ~ Winner of the DIAR Awards for best NGO for Gender Equality ~ 2020/2021
Asante Africa alumni, Susan, has been selected as the winner of the Prince’s Trust Global Award, Kenya~ 2021
New partnership with the Embassy of Japan in Kenya to continue supporting children’s education in rural Kenya.~ 2021
We Received a Bronze Medal at the “Reimagine Education Awards” for our “Learn-Do-Teach Model” ~ 2020
IN THE NEWS
Prince’s Trust Global Award Winner Susan, Asante Africa Alumni
In March 2021 Susan was awarded the Global Award. Sponsored by the Aga Khan Foundation, the Global Award recognizes an outstanding young person on a Prince’s Trust programme across the world.
Erna Grasz On “Perspectives On Prosperity” For The “Real Leaders” Podcast
Erna Grasz On “Perspectives On Prosperity” For The “Real Leaders” Podcast Feb 1 2020 Erna Grasz, co-founder of Asante Africa Foundation, offers her insight on leadership and philanthropy in this inspiring podcast created in November 2020. Erna takes great pride in...
Creating Opportunity From Chaos – FHI 360
Creating Opportunity from Chaos: Reimagining education, equality, and community through leadership Oct 27, 2020 On October 13, 2020, FHI 360 held a virtual event in honor of the International Day of the Girl, called “Creating Opportunity from Chaos.” We are already...
PRESS RELEASES
Drucker Institute Names 2019 Drucker Prize Semifinalists
CLAREMONT, CALIF. (PRWEB) JUNE 03, 2019 The Drucker Institute at Claremont Graduate University has named the 50 semifinalists for the 2019 Drucker Prize. Of the 403 applicants, the organizations that first-round judges found best met Peter Drucker’s definition of...
Oakland Non-Profit Earns Young Women Transform Prize
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 19, 2018 USAID’s Youth Power Learning launched a prize competition on March 7, 2018, for innovations that help to remove barriers to young women’s economic empowerment. Youth-led and youth-serving organizations in low-and...
Asante Africa Foundation Joins Giving Tuesday To Raise Money for Girls Education
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 21, 2017 Contact: Meghan Tisinger Meghan@KeshoConsulting.com Oakland, CA — — Asante Africa Foundation’s a non-profit dedicated to educating the children of East Africa, will take part in #GivingTuesday, a global day dedicated to...
AWARDS & RECOGNITION
Attended the Girls Opportunity Alliance, Obama Foundation Leadership Summit
Drucker Institute Recognizes Asante Africa Foundation in Top 10 Global Innovative Practices
Asante Africa recieved a recognition prize by USAID’s YouthPower Learning Project for innovative strategies improving rural young girls’ economic empowerment.
We were privileged to join Girls Not Brides, the global partnership of over 1000, organizations seeking to end child marriage.
