by Amy Hulst | Nov 2, 2021 | Blog
The effects of war and conflict are exacting. They’re complex and can grind crucial national infrastructures to a screeching halt. Especially the damage it brings to education. Often school buildings and structures are reduced to rubble. Teachers flee to...
by Amy Hulst | Oct 6, 2021 | Blog, Christian Transformation, Peru, Training
Situated in South America, Peru is home to over 30 million people. The country is considerably young. Almost half the population is under the age of 30. Urbanization has caused nearly one-third of the entire population to live in its capital city of Lima, with 35...
by Amy Hulst | Sep 7, 2021 | Blog, Christian Transformation, Impact
A quick Google search will reveal that Rwanda has been recognized and heralded as a “success story in curbing COVID-19.” That they’ve enacted a “secret weapon of trust” to help stop the virus from spreading. Headlines spell out how the rest of the world would do well...
by Betsy Mueller | Aug 3, 2021 | Blog, Interns, Reflections
This summer, Edify launched our first-ever Summer Internship cohort. Three talented students from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill joined our Marketing and Communications Team for an 8-week internship. They worked on projects like marketing strategies,...
by Amy Hulst | Jul 6, 2021 | Blog, Christian Transformation
Sustainability is one of the pillars of Edify’s global mission. One of our targets is to help school proprietors run their schools as sustainable businesses by training them in best practices, bookkeeping, accounting practices, and more. Christian Transformation...
by Amy Hulst | Jun 1, 2021 | Blog, Education Technology, Impact, Technology
Burkina Faso’s Digital Inclusion Challenge Digital inclusion is quickly becoming both a challenge and solution amid the Coronavirus pandemic and in the near future of post-pandemic recovery. In countries where Internet access still remains low and device access...
by Amy Hulst | May 4, 2021 | Blog, Christian Transformation, Ghana, Impact
Watch these students and school leaders share their testimonies of how these materials have brought a deeper understanding of discipleship and salvation. New Growth After Reopenings in Ghana In January 2021, school doors across Ghana swung wide open to welcome back...
by Amy Hulst | Apr 6, 2021 | Blog, Dominican Republic
Across Africa, school doors have reopened. Students are flooding in to sit at their distanced desks and feel the thrill of a buzzing classroom. But for Guatemala and Peru, school doors remain shut. Students learn online while their countries battle a seemingly endless...
by Amy Hulst | Mar 4, 2021 | Blog, Rwanda
Guest Blog Post by Robert Sande, Rwanda Education Specialist With Edify’s footprint in 11 countries, we’ve had to navigate the numerous challenges of this past year. These challenges present themselves in hundreds of different contexts based on country,...
by Amy Hulst | Feb 2, 2021 | Blog
“These men who have turned the world upside down… saying that there is another king, Jesus.” (Acts 17:6-7, ESV) We all know the world’s turned upside down—everything from family gatherings to going to the grocery store has been turned on their head. It...
