Original article featured on Forbes by Randall Lane
Building Tomorrow’s Founder & Chief Dreamer, George Srour, was recognized as one of Forbes 30 Under 30 Social [...]
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December 18, 2012 | No Comments
Forbes 30 Under 30: Social...
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December 13, 2012 | No Comments
Kabasegwa Updates
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Check out construction progress on the future Building Tomorrow Academy of Kabasegwa, supported by Kappa Kappa Gamma at the University of Texas-Austin!
December 10, 2012 | No Comments
Looking for an internship?
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Are you outgoing?
A go-getter?
A problem solver?
A think-on-your feet, up-to-the-challenge kind of person?
More importantly, do you believe in the power of education and the ability of [...]
December 7, 2012 | No Comments
What’s on your wishlist?
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Bricks?
Cement?
Desks?
A chalkboard, maybe?
Or how about a new school in Uganda?
Jackie, Annika, Abby and countless others have asked for just that.
Jackie has already surpassed her goal, [...]
December 3, 2012 | No Comments
Building Tomorrow Fundraises...
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original article by Thomas Davis, The Ramapo News
Building Tomorrow is a national organization aimed to provide students in Uganda with the same educational resources and [...]
November 30, 2012 | No Comments
‘Expired’
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20+ dads working their tails off at the future Building Tomorrow Academy of Kidula. In their words, their time has ‘expired,’ so it’s time to [...]
November 28, 2012 | No Comments
Who needs more stuff?
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This holiday season, give a gift that’s always useful, never goes out of style, and keeps on giving year after year: the gift of education [...]
November 5, 2012 | No Comments
Bear Hugs
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I’m a huge Alabama football fan. If you know me, you’re probably rolling your eyes right now. But I seriously just love the team, the [...]
November 2, 2012 | No Comments
Kabasegwa Construction
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Construction is definitely a community effort at the future Building Tomorrow Academy of Kabasegwa, supported by Kappa Kappa Gamma at the University of Texas-Austin.
October 24, 2012 | No Comments
You’re the missing piece
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Building Tomorrow’s work is only made possible by the cumulative efforts of countless individuals. In essence, our work is one big puzzle and we succeed [...]
October 22, 2012 | No Comments
Empowered
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Below is a guest post from Erin Owenby, Director of the Building Tomorrow chapter at UNC-Chapel Hill:
When I provide prospective members with information about joining [...]
October 17, 2012 | No Comments
Ready for the ring beam
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The first classroom block at the future Building Tomorrow Academy of Bugabo, jointly supported by Davidson College and Virginia Tech, is ready for the ring [...]
October 15, 2012 | No Comments
Reimagining Education in East...
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At the 2012 CGI Meeting President Clinton delivers a Commitment Announcement on behalf of Building Tomorrow, Chopper Trading, Masimo Corporation, and Torres Picón Foundation.
October 10, 2012 | No Comments
‘Bike to Uganda’ in the...
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By Jordan Bailey for The Daily Tarheel (originally posted 10/08/12 9:31pm)
Students started the more than 7,000-mile bike ride to Uganda on Monday.
In the same week [...]
October 2, 2012 | No Comments
Day 13 of my road trip!
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Today is one day before the 2 week mark of this crazy road trip. I’ve driven over 1600 miles, through 5 states, visiting 8 colleges [...]
September 24, 2012 | No Comments
HUGE news from CGI 2012
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Earlier this morning, right after Secretary Clinton addressed the crowd at the 2012 Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting in NYC, our very own George Srour [...]
September 21, 2012 | No Comments
Groundbreaking #14!
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Earlier today the community of Kabasegwa, Uganda celebrated the official groundbreaking of the future Building Tomorrow Academy of Kabasegwa, supported by Kappa Kappa Gamma at [...]
September 19, 2012 | No Comments
…and we’re off!
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And so the road trip has begun! I’m officially reporting from my first stop, Nashville, TN hanging out in the Vanderbilt bookstore before meeting with [...]
September 11, 2012 | No Comments
International Literacy Day
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This Saturday was International Literacy Day – celebrated by many with the act of snuggling up with a book. Following some great organizations on Twitter [...]
September 6, 2012 | No Comments
Apollo on Kyeitabya
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Last month, community members in the village of Kyeitabya, Uganda celebrated the completion & formal commissioning of their new school, the Building Tomorrow Academy of [...]
September 4, 2012 | 1 Comment
Updates from Lukindu
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Taken earlier today in Lwengo District, Uganda, masons are hard at work laying bricks for the walls of the future Building Tomorrow Academy of Lukindu, [...]
August 29, 2012 | No Comments
BT meets the South.
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Last semester, we switched things around in the office and I was invited into the role of “Chapter Person” – yes that’s what we really [...]
August 23, 2012 | No Comments
BT’s looking for an...
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Building Tomorrow is currently seeking an Engineer in Residence to oversee a significant scale-up in the construction of our academies. The position will be based [...]
August 15, 2012 | No Comments
Meet Allen
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Last but certainly not least, we bring to you the final student in our “10 People You Need to Know” series. We hope you’ve enjoyed [...]
August 13, 2012 | No Comments
Special Olympics Volunteer...
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by: guest blogger, Special Olympics via The Case Foundation
In June, we released what we believe are five elements to a fearless approach in solving some [...]
August 10, 2012 | No Comments
Meet Medie
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With the Olympics in full spring, it only seems appropriate to introduce Medie. When it comes to this sporting event, everyone tunes in. It’s not [...]
August 8, 2012 | No Comments
President Clinton is Building...
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President Clinton and his daughter Chelsea visited the Building Tomorrow Academy of Gita on July 20, 2012. The Academy of Gita was funded and designed [...]
August 6, 2012 | No Comments
Project Funded with One Day&...
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reposted from One Day’s Wages’ blog
Another fully funded project!
We love sharing news about funded projects. We’re proud to announce that our 35th project [...]
August 3, 2012 | 2 Comments
Nine & Ten
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Friday couldn’t have come soon enough, so the community of Kyeitabya decided to party early.
A kasiki—an overnight Bugandan celebration in anticipation of a big [...]
filed under: Headlines — Tags: acadmies, architecture, kyeitabya, Nakaseeta, notre dame, opening, uganda — admin @ 10:20 am
August 1, 2012 | No Comments
Meet Justine
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“I want to be a nurse,” said Justine.
Think of the nurses you know, friends, family members, or the lady who recently gave you a shot. [...]
July 30, 2012 | No Comments
News from UNC
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Hear from Julia Heelan, current Co-Director of the Building Tomorrow chapter at UNC-Chapel Hill, about why she got involved, what her chapter is up to [...]
July 26, 2012 | No Comments
‘Building Tomorrow’...
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By Chelsea Clinton, NBC News
KAMPALA, Uganda – The Building Tomorrow Academy of Gita, about an hour outside of Uganda’s capital city of Kampala, is an [...]
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July 25, 2012 | No Comments
Meet Moses
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Sweet.
That’s all I can think about when it comes to Moses. Now the word sweet can mean many things. I don’t mean sweet like, ‘Dude [...]
July 20, 2012 | 2 Comments
President Bill Clinton Visits...
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Visit highlights commitment to build 60 academies and provide improve quality of education.
KAMPALA, UGANDA—On his first trip to Uganda since 1998, President Bill Clinton and [...]
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July 19, 2012 | No Comments
Meet Ritah
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Sometimes when the word education is used, things like books, homework, lessons and exams are what come to mind. It’s so much more than that. [...]
July 16, 2012 | 1 Comment
President Clinton to Visit...
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Visit reinforces commitment to provide access to quality education in 60 academies by 2016
INDIANAPOLIS — On Friday, July 20, Building Tomorrow – a social-profit organization [...]
July 13, 2012 | No Comments
Meet Paul
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GOALLLLL!!
Ahh that magical moment when the soccer team you’re cheering for finally scores. Joy, overwhelming joy is what this moment is. Most of the time [...]
July 9, 2012 | No Comments
Have a summer birthday?
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So your birthday is coming up soon, you know the exact number of days until the special event arrives. Pure enjoyment pulses through your body [...]
July 6, 2012 | 1 Comment
Indianapolis for the summer&...
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I never imagined spending the summer after my Junior year of college in the cornfields, a.k.a Indianapolis. But here’s how I got here…
Watch this first.
My [...]
July 4, 2012 | No Comments
Meet Agnes
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1862 – Abbe Giovanna Caselli becomes the first person to transmit a still image over wires
1900 – Constantin Perskyi used the word “television” for the [...]
July 2, 2012 | No Comments
Commitment
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It’s hard to imagine what 20,000 hours of labor looks like.
Having been apart of the BT staff for 2 years now, I often point to [...]
June 29, 2012 | No Comments
News from Furman University,...
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Our chapter of BT at Furman University has just gotten started. I first heard about Building Tomorrow when George came to speak at Furman. [...]
June 28, 2012 | No Comments
Meet Ronald
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As the summer has officially begun, many people use this season to take a little time to travel. College students are in London studying and [...]
June 25, 2012 | No Comments
A Student’s Dream: Class...
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In the U.S. when our teachers decide to take class outside for the day, smiles and excited faces are the usual response. For Aisha it’s [...]
June 22, 2012 | No Comments
Kyeitabya – getting...
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The Building Tomorrow Academy of Kyeitabya is close to completion! The land is now full of freshly planted maize, ground-nuts and other crops. Another exciting [...]
June 20, 2012 | No Comments
Meet Elizebeth, aka ‘...
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Being a college student about to embark on my Senior year, I get asked this question all the time, ‘What are you going to do?’ [...]
June 18, 2012 | No Comments
Meet Mama Victor
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While the community donates the land and 20,000 hours of labor to the construction project of any of our BT academies, we’ve continued to see [...]
June 15, 2012 | No Comments
Cutie-pa-tutti
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As much as this adorable future BT student loved to smile, he wasn’t much for talking. What he did tell us is that his name [...]
June 13, 2012 | No Comments
10 People You Need To Know
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Many of you may be wondering who these children are that attend the Building Tomorrow Academies. Well you’re gonna find out! Our employee Maggie sat [...]
June 11, 2012 | No Comments
The Ultimate Community Man
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“I did it for the next generation.”
John, one of Christine’s twin sons, is a member of the generous family who donated the land for the [...]
June 8, 2012 | No Comments
I’m an idiot.
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Last week, our very own Financial Optimist, Liz Braden, traveled to Uganda with BT for the first time to check on our academies and put [...]
June 5, 2012 | No Comments
Vantage Point
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Looks like things are wrapping up well for our 10th Academy, the Building Tomorrow NA Barakat Academy of Nakaseeta! The roofs are finished and maize [...]
May 31, 2012 | No Comments
You Can Do It, Too
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Today is the last day for CH2M HILL Harambee Network R.E.A.CH.back Campaign. They’ve done a wonderful job raising money and are close to reaching their [...]
May 25, 2012 | No Comments
Never Stop Learning
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What are you doing this summer? In the past few months this question has been the topic of discussion for college students. Answers such as [...]
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May 18, 2012 | No Comments
2011 Annual Report
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Check out our 2011 Annual Report for stories, statistics, highlights, photos and financials from the last year!
filed under: Blog — Tags: annual report — admin @ 10:51 am
May 3, 2012 | No Comments
Introducing Kabasegwa
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Today marks the start of the future Building Tomorrow Academy of Kabasegwa (#14!), supported by Kappa Kappa Gamma at The University of Texas at Austin! [...]
April 30, 2012 | No Comments
Teacher housing, latrines,...
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Downtime is hard to come by for our team in Uganda. With latrine construction and teacher housing going up at Bubeezi, finishing touches and truss-work [...]
April 27, 2012 | No Comments
Hope Biked to Uganda!
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On Friday, April 20th, the Building Tomorrow chapter at Hope College in Holland, MI Biked to Uganda and raised $4,023 towards a new BT academy [...]
April 25, 2012 | 1 Comment
Reflections on CGI-U
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Liz Braden, my chapter advisor, sent me an e-mail asking if I wanted to spend the weekend in Washington D.C. with Bill Clinton. It took [...]
April 12, 2012 | No Comments
Building Tomorrow chapter...
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written by: Callie Cox l Staff Writer | Doane Line
Passion drives him to help women and children in Uganda, he is fluent in eight languages [...]
April 9, 2012 | No Comments
Pay it Forward
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A couple times each week, I field a phone call from our Country Director in Uganda, Joseph Kaliisa. He updates the construction progress at a [...]
April 6, 2012 | No Comments
Students bike to raise...
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originally in the Indiana Daily Student
written by Michael Majchrowicz
photo credit: Chet Strange, Indiana Daily Student
During the last two days, IU students traveled 7,500 miles without [...]
March 15, 2012 | No Comments
Health & Education
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“The best way to cyclically improve health is by giving children an education.”
We’ve always been big believers that getting involved and being involved in our [...]
March 13, 2012 | 1 Comment
Service Learning at Mercer
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“I want to experience the kind of happiness that comes from helping someone and getting nothing in return,”
wrote Brianne Bower, an honors student at [...]
March 6, 2012 | 1 Comment
Dream big!
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A couple of weeks ago we got an email, completely out of the blue, from Sydni, a youth director from St. Peter’s United Methodist Church [...]
February 22, 2012 | No Comments
Organization raising money to...
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By John Roberts, Newspage Editor & Erikah Haavie, Contributing Writer
Furman University Campus News
7,613 miles: The approximate distance between Greenville, S.C., and Kampala, Uganda. 3 miles: [...]
February 17, 2012 | 1 Comment
Patrick
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Got an email this week that made our day. Seriously. Here’s the gist:
It was from Empower African Children, an organization providing scholarships to Uganda’s top [...]
February 16, 2012 | No Comments
The Importance of Building...
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-Hayley Swindell
The Odyssey Online – Texas – Kappa Kappa Gamma
A reoccurring problem that our world seems to constantly be faced with is our twisted way [...]
January 30, 2012 | No Comments
#OneDaysEducation
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Last week, former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown released a report saying “the world is facing a hidden and silent emergency in education.” We couldn’t [...]
January 27, 2012 | No Comments
Bubeezi is open!
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The Building Tomorrow Academy of Bubeezi, supported by The Engage Network, officially opened this morning. Students will begin class at the start of the first [...]
January 24, 2012 | 1 Comment
Shotgun
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Chances are, you don’t remember the first time you rode in a car. In fact, unless you’ve just taken a newborn home from the hospital, [...]
