Wednesday, July 25, 2012

Junior Achievement Kenya Feted




Junior Achievement Kenya was among 5 Junior Achievement organizations that received the 2012 MetLife Foundation “Sowing the Seeds of Entrepreneurship” Award. The 2012 winners were announced last Wednesday at Junior Achievement USA's National Leadership Conference held in Grand Rapids, Mich.

They each received grants worth $10,000 to advance their innovative, but untested program concepts. The 5 2012 MetLife Foundation “Sowing the Seeds of Entrepreneurship” Award winners were announced alongside eight, 2012 MetLife Foundation Entrepreneurial Award winners who received grants of $25,000.

Junior Achievement Kenya, “JA Mentors On Board (MOB)"

Mentors On Board aims to connect business experience to rural and disenfranchised schools in Kenya, mentoring one school at a time. Through the acquisition of a nine-passenger vehicle, JA Kenya will recruit mentors who will traverse rural Kenya, mentoring students via JA programs and sowing seeds of entrepreneurship in locations and schools JA would otherwise not reach due to limited capability.

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