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Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Akilah on Next Billion


Thank you to Bryan Farris for writing about Akilah on NextBillion! Read the full interview.

NextBillion.net: What is interesting to me is that you don’t just provide a crash course training in hospitality skills. Instead you provide a more tailored learning experience that focuses on the whole person. Can you speak to that?

Elizabeth Dearborn Davis: The reality in Rwanda that you’re dealing with is a seriously traumatized population.  A lot of these girls just didn’t have the confidence to stand up in front of a class of people and speak, let alone run a business. Their experience at Akilah changes that and we have watched this group of students undergo a profound transformation just in the first semester.

Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Women & Wine in Tampa

Thank you to the women of Tampa Bay who attended Women & Wine on Tuesday, June 22! The event was a great way for us to reconnect with existing supporters and celebrate the successful end of Akilah’s first semester! Over 90 women attended the event. Special thanks to Malanie Knight for opening her home to us, to Trish Santana for providing delicious foods and desert. See all the pictures of the evening on Flickr. Email Kelley@AkilahInstitute.org if you would like to get involved with the next Akilah event in Tampa on October 1.

Kelley

Kelley and Elizabeth with host Malanie Knight and her sister, Su Lee Place

Thursday, June 10, 2010

Elizabeth Debuts on Daytime!

Watch Daytime TV on Monday, June 14th to see Elizabeth speak about Akilah!

Thursday, June 3, 2010

“Women & Wine” Tampa, June 22

Join the Akilah team in South Tampa!

On Tuesday, June 22 please attend “Women & Wine”, an evening for Tampa women to learn more about Akilah.

Tuesday, June 22

6-8 pm

At the home of Malanie Knight

2900 Wallcraft Street, Tampa FL 33611

See this location on Google Maps


Saturday, May 1, 2010

Celebrate Mother’s Day by supporting Akilah!

At Akilah, we are dedicated to training the next generation of female leaders and entrepreneurs in Rwanda so they can impact their families and their communities in a positive way. Through extensive training, these women will gain the skills and knowledge to find meaningful employment and to lift themselves and their families from poverty.

Make a gift of $50 or more on behalf of a woman in your life and Akilah will send her a special Mother’s Day card.

This card will be sent on your behalf to a woman who has made an impact in your life

The text on the card: A ______ gift has been made in your name by _______ to celebrate the positive impact that you have made in the world as a woman and a mother. Akilah trains the next generation of female leaders and entrepreneurs in Rwanda. The women of Akilah will gain the skills and knowledge to find meaningful employment and to lift themselves and their families from poverty. www.AkilahInstitute.org

(We will mail this card the same day that your donation is made, but we cannot guarantee that it will arrive before Mother’s Day.)