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Expanding Drama-Based Education (DBE) to Kenya

  Interview with Sean Anderson in Kenya In 2017, our Drama-Based Education (DBE) teacher trainings in Rwanda will expand further and reach various new schools in Muhanga and Gasabo. And we're excited to also launch a second destination in East Africa - Kenya! The DBE work in East Africa is a partnership between GEI and the Anne Frank Project at SUNY-Buffalo State. In Kenya, the main hosts will be Woodland Star International School in Limuru near Nairobi as well as the Mara Naboisho ... Read More

Faculty-Led and Custom Programs

  Upcoming Programs in Africa and Asia Developing countries in Africa and Asia are becoming increasingly popular for faculty-led and custom experiential learning, service-learning and cultural immersion programs. At the same time, program developers and program leaders continue to face enormous and frequently unexpected challenges. As a result, a partnership with a regionally specialized third-party provider not only offers peace of mind and meets liability requirements but can also add ... Read More

Drama-Based Education in Rwanda

  Invitation: Join Prof. Drew Kahn in Rwanda In partnership with the Anne Frank Project (AFP) at SUNY-Buffalo State, we invite students and professionals in education, theater, social work, conflict mediation or related subjects to join a unique Drama-Based Education program. Participants travel to Rwanda and engage in a high-impact experiential and service-learning initiative. They acquire a Drama-Based Education certificate and work with Rwandan teachers at local schools. This program ... Read More

Drama-Based Education in practice in Rwanda

  Experience from a Rwandan teacher: Drama-Based Education in practice Have you wondered what our new Drama-Based Education capacity development program in Rwanda might look like in practice? Gilbert Bisengi, one of the Wellspring teacher-trainers whom our SUNY-Buffalo State delegation under the leadership of Prof. Drew Kahn certified in January, shared an incredibly inspiring email with us. While we had seen the impact of the curriculum in public schools in Buffalo and knew that it should ... Read More

Anne Frank in Rwanda

  Drama-Based Education training by SUNY-Buffalo State students by Melissa Lesage (GEI Country Manager, Rwanda)     2015 kicked off with a bang as we hosted our first Drama-Based Education group in partnership with Buffalo State University and the Anne Frank Project. Preparing this program has been really exciting and in fact, hosting the delegation has turned out to be a life changing experience for me. The Anne Frank Project began in 2009 and uses storytelling as a vehicle for ... Read More

Hamline University increases engagement in Rwanda

  The future is looking bright by Yvan Rubengebenge (Operations Manager, Rwanda)     In my position, I regularly take our visitors to Gashora, to learn about different government interventions to lift people out of poverty. I couldn’t imagine that one of those visits would change a life forever – the life of a girl from the Gashora Girls Academy of Science and Technology. Gashora is a sector located 60km southeast of Kigali in Bugesera District. Historically, Bugesera was ... Read More

Making a Difference (Malawi)

  An inspection visit to Malawi by Keira Powers (GEI Director, Southern Africa)     Malawi, a small and little known African destination bordered by Zambia, Tanzania and Mozambique, under-promises and over-delivers in every way. From the friendliness of its people, to the environmental concern of its formalized tourism industry, to its magnificent beauty of land and lake, no visitor will go unimpressed with this little landlocked country in southeastern Africa. Malawi is 118,000 ... Read More