The latest news about our students and graduates, annual auction, new applicants, and more!
Anansi Education will hold its annual auction in Bellingham on October 12th. Here is a list of the very special items that will be available at the live auction portion of the event. There will also be additional items priced for direct sale, and some silent auction items. Please join us on October 12th at 5:00 PM, at […]
This year, Anansi Education will hold its first annual San Diego auction! Here is a list of the very special items that will be available at the live auction portion of the event on September 20th. There will also be additional items priced for direct sale, and some silent auction items. Please join us on […]
An update from Anansi founder Kathryn Roe: Greetings from Ghana. This report is an attempt to bring those of you who have been involved in our (as Bob McDonnell calls it) Ambitious Project up to date. I’ve been here in Mpeasem, Cape Coast, Ghana now for about a month and one half. Here is what […]
Madamfo (meaning “my friend” in Fanti) is a Netherlands-based nonprofit organization that is reconnecting with Anansi Education this year in a meaningful way. In a cooperative venture Madamfo has enrolled seven of our Anansi graduates in various University programs. Their financial commitment to these seven students will continue until their graduation from University. Madamfo has […]
Here is a list of the very special items that will be available at the live auction portion of the event on November 4th. There will also be additional items priced for direct sale, and some silent auction items. Please join us on November 4th at 4:30 PM, at the Encore Room at the Mt. […]
Christine Myers, a longtime friend of Anansi, recently visited Ghana and helped tutor in the Host & Teach workshops held for Anansi students. She wrote and shared the following essay about her experience. Thank you, Christine, for your energy, time, enthusiasm and generosity for Anansi Education and all our students. Ghanaian women in head […]
The first time I met Seidu Ibrahim he was a 17 year old surly teenager who in the company of his uncle Kwame said not one word to me. He just slumped on the sofa on my front porch with his feet and long skinny legs outstretched in front of him. Seidu’s life had changed […]
A crucial part of our Anansi selection process includes the “Home Visits.” We go to the remote villages where our students live and talk with the parents, the students, their teachers and visit their homes. I don’t know exactly how to share this experience with you as my words cannot paint an accurate picture, but I’ll try: […]
In the summer of 1970 when my son Stephen was in high school, he came home one night at 11 o’clock as excited as I’d only seen him once before when he first saw crashing ocean waves on a beach in Oregon. He had just learned how to program that huge computer taking up the space […]
Anansi Education Managing Director Daniel Osei has been doing some thorough analysis of Anansi’s scholarship and tutoring methods. He developed this presentation to showcase his analysis – please review, and if you have any follow-up questions, we would truly love to hear them! Download his analysis and presentation for yourself: ASSESSING THE ANANSI INTERVENTION