MCW Announces New Fund to Support Youth Advancing their Education in Africa NEW YORK, NY, November 11, 2011 – MCW (Miracle Corners of the World) announced today the creation of the George Sideris Memorial Scholarship Fund to support MCW community center leaders seeking to advance their education. The scholarship fund was established in memory of […]
TANZANIAN PRESIDENT H.E. JAKAYA M. KIKWETE CALLS FOR UNITED NATIONS SUMMIT ON NON-COMMUNICABLE DISEASES (NCDs) TO INCLUDE ORAL DISEASE Developmental and Dental Experts Agree that Oral Disease Needs to be Addressed Worldwide: Sponsored by the United Republic of Tanzania, with support from the World Health Organization, and co-sponsored by the Governments of Australia and Sweden […]
Rwandan Genocide Survivor Jacqueline Murekatete Returns to Rwanda with MCW New York, NEW YORK, August 12, 2011 – Jacqueline Murekatete, a survivor of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda and a human rights activist, departs for Rwanda tomorrow on a trip to support MCW’s community center. She will join a group of eleven from the USA, […]
MCW Welcomes New Director of Operations Khalid Elachi NEW YORK, NY, July 8, 2011– The Board of Directors of MCW, a nonprofit organization committed to empowering youth to be positive agents of change in their own communities, announced today the appointment of Khalid Elachi as Director of Operations. Elachi will be responsible for overseeing MCW’s […]
MCW TO HOLD 14TH ANNUAL LEADERSHIP RETREAT Youth from Around the World Become Change-makers through Storytelling: 2011 MCW Alumni Ventures Fund Recipient to be Announced at Open Doors Ceremony NEW YORK, July 6, 2011 — MCW announced today the opening of its 14th Annual Youth Leadership Retreat, beginning with a day of training for a […]
MCW HOLDS SECOND COMMUNITY LEADERS SEMINAR IN ZAMBIA 16 Youth from Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Tanzania and Zambia Attend the Event KAFUE, ZAMBIA, May 25, 2011– MCW organized the Second Community Leaders Seminar in the Zambian city of Kafue, 40 minutes south of Lusaka, from May 23-27, 2011. The event brought together the leadership of MCW’s […]
MCW OPENS SECOND COMMUNITY CENTER IN SIERRA LEONE Youth to Benefit from Entrepreneurial Training SIERRA LEONE, June 12, 2011—Miracle Corners Sierra Leone (MC-SL) opened its second community center in eastern Sierra Leone today. Based on the MCW community center model whose mission is to develop sustainable youth-focused learning centers as spaces for education, exchange and […]
Tanzanian Dental School Laboratory Technicians Visit the USA for Training with a Leading U.S. Dental Laboratory NEW YORK, New York, May 31, 2011 – Two dental school technicians from the Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences Dental School (MUHAS) in Tanzania recently wrapped up six weeks of training on how to repair and maintain […]
MCW to Help Establish First National Dental Laboratory at MUHAS in Tanzania with In-kind Support from Dental Laboratory Companies DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania, February 28, 2011 – MCW (Miracle Corners of the World) announced the arrival of a team from the United States to Tanzania’s business capital of Dar es Salaam on February 14, […]
