Finding Connection Across Continents During the Covid-19 Pandemic
Finding Connection Across Continents During the Covid-19 Pandemic U.S. Students Mentoring Youth in Africa By: Miranda Barnard and Julie Arko When the pandemic hit, students around the country were suddenly left without the socio-developmental interactions they enjoyed and shared within the structures of their academic institutions. “The pandemic was unexpected and placed a huge […]
Varun Raja – Chief Product Officer
Varun wakes up every morning to improve the global quality of life and global access to education. He greatly believes in the Village Book Builders’ high-impact model and strives to scale it. He enjoys empowering disadvantaged children through mentoring and loves high-impact travels. His teams help facilitate the systems and processes of mentoring and learning […]
Kasey Beck- CGO
Kasey founded an online mentoring program with disadvantaged students in 2011 and has been active since then to grow the program and increase the number of children online mentoring benefits. He’s passionate about education’s role in empowering individuals to improve their own circumstances and help others around them. Kasey resides in Mapleton, Utah with his […]
Hamis Mugendawala PhD- VP Economic Policy
Hamis Mugendawala is a Ugandan Education Economist, a development planner, social worker and a project management expert with over 17 years of experience. Hamis holds a PhD from the University of Southampton (UK) and he is a PRINCE2® certified project management practitioner and a chartered member of the British Chartered Institute of IT. He has trained […]
Loren Derr – World Coordinator
After visiting/serving in Mexico, Peru, and Nepal, I realized that there are so many beautiful cultures and wonderful people around the world. I found a love for learning other languages and skills. But I also found an enormous appreciation for the many gifts that I’ve been given, and an overwhelming desire to share it with […]
Ethan Huffaker – World Coordinator
After serving in South America, Africa, and Asia, I have come to learn a few things: Traveling to different cultures grants you the opportunity to understand life from angles you have never imagined. It helps you appreciate the good things you already possess and through service, you get to help others experience a transformation that […]
