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Reflections on Public Service by Firelight Executive Director
June 17, 2009--In the Summer 2009 edition of Commons, a publication produced by the Haas Center for Public Service at Stanford University, Firelight Executive Director and Stanford alumnus Peter Laugharn describes the important role that public service has played in his own career path. In his piece "Reflections from an Alum," Laugharn urges students and faculty to remember how vast the possibilities are "for serving globally" and how small local efforts can have huge global impacts. To read "Reflections," click here and scroll to page 13.
President & Founder of Firelight Grantee Girl Child Network Honored as 'CNN Hero'
June 8, 2009--A few days ago, CNN, CNN Headline News, CNN International, and CNN en Español premiered a feature story naming Betty Makoni--founder and president of Girl Child Network (GCN) in Zimbabwe--a 'CNN Hero' and drawing attention to her work "protecting the powerless". Ms. Makoni also appeared as a guest on the 'Larry King Live' show. A former high school teacher and abuse survivor, Betty established GCN in 1999 to protect girls from abuse and to empower them to stay in school despite overwhelming marginalization and violence in their communities.
Giving its first grant to the organization in 2001, the Firelight Foundation was one of GCN’s earliest supporters. Nearly a decade later, GCN works through a network of 500 clubs with some 35,000 members to advocate for girls’ rights; provide emergency services to abused girls; and train girls in HIV prevention, human rights, and income generation.
To view Betty's 'Heroes' page on CNN.com and watch her appearances on CNN News and 'Larry King Live,' click here.
Firelight Welcomes New Global AIDS Coordinator, Urging Focus on Children
SANTA CRUZ, May 12, 2009--The Coalition on Children Affected by AIDS (CCABA), the Firelight Foundation, the Children Affected by AIDS Foundation, The Consultative Group on Early Childhood Care and Development, The Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fund, Global Action for Children, the Health Psychology Unit, Royal Free and University College Medical School, London, and the Human Sciences Research Council congratulate Dr. Eric Goosby on his nomination to lead PEPFAR, the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, as the Ambassador at Large and Global AIDS Coordinator. More
Firelight March/April Events
Stanford University Symposium: No Small Issue (Palo Alto, California, April 2-3, 2009)—Stanford University’s Haas Center for Public Service, the Center for African Studies, the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, and the Firelight Foundation co-sponsored a free public event: NO SMALL ISSUE: African Communities Respond to the Impact of HIV/AIDS on Orphans and Vulnerable Children. The Symposium was held at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California, on Thursday, April 2, 2009. For more details on the event, click here.
Congressional Briefing: It Takes a Village (Washington D.C., March 26, 2009)— In cooperation with Representative Barbara Lee (D-CA), the Firelight Foundation and Global Action for Children sponsored an invitation-only briefing: IT TAKES A VILLAGE: Supporting Community Action at the Grassroots Level in Africa. The Briefing focused on what the U.S. is doing to support community action for orphans and vulnerable children through PEPFAR, and how PEPFAR partners and organizations like Firelight are getting resources to the grassroots. For more information, click here.
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LONDON, February 10, 2009— The Joint Learning Initiative on Children and HIV/AIDS (JLICA), a two-year, independent alliance of researchers, implementers, policymakers, activists, and people living with HIV, released its final report