Goromonzi Project Educates Zimbabwe Orphans
The Goromonzi project, an organization created by Janet Shaw in 2005 out of taking Landmark Education's SELP program, helps educates thousands of Zimbabwe orphans.
Category: Africa
A Princess Found: New Book Details Culberson’s Amazing Journey
Landmark Education News has received word that Sarah Culberson has released a book titled "A Princess Found", which tells her story of going from being an ordinary American to an African princess helping to rebuild a wartorn country.
TIST Causes Sustainability and Empowerment
Vanessa and Ben Henneke took part in Landmark Education’s Self Expression and Leadership Program in 1997. In 1998, Anglican Bishop Simon Chiwanga of the Diocese of Mpwapwa in Tanzania invited […]
Building an Angolan University
Landmark Education News has received a report from architect Chris Turley, whose participation in Landmark Education's programs inspired him to become deeply involved in a project to build a university in the Angolan city of Kuito. This report, which thanks…
Rotary International Clubs Combine Forces to Donate $50,000 to Kwoposa Foundation
Clean water is a precious in many parts of Africa. One of those places is the Bumpe Chiefdom in Sierra Leone. Through the efforts of Sarah Culberson and the […]
Extravaganza Raises $4,500 for Cocoa Farmers
Shana Dressler’s Chocolate Extravaganza, a project previewed previously on Landmark News as the debut event for Dressler’s Global Giving Circle non-profit organization, was a smashing success, drawing 180 participants, far […]
Kposowa Blog Shows Bumpe Rebuilding
The Kposowa Foundation, co-founded by Landmark Education graduate Sarah Culberson out of her commitment to people of the town of Bumpe and the country of Sierra Leone has launched its […]
Chocolate Tasting Extravaganza Benefits African Cocoa Farmers
Shana Dressler, the Landmark Education graduate and photographer from New York City who raised money for the poor and awareness of the Indian deity Ganesh (see our previous story in […]
Yoga Event Aids Congolese Women
Allison Osborn knew from the outset of the Self-Expression and Leadership Program that she wanted to do something for the women of the Congo who have suffered violence in the […]
Kimani Recounts Journey in True Love
Valerie Kimani is well known in East Africa for winning the first season of its most prominent reality show, Project Fame, and for her talent as a singer. In an […]
Culberson, Long Lost Princess, Spearheads Home Town Rebuilding
Sarah Culberson’s story is known to many viewers of Good Morning America and CNN–How she had grown up adopted in West Virginia, used Landmark Education’s Landmark Forum program to get […]
Can I Come With You? A Guidebook to Furthering Social Justice
The new book of Amanda Koster, “Can I Come With You?” is being released September 16 at a special event at the Seattle Central Community College. Koster, whose photography based […]
Lost Princess Discovers her Past and Helps Rebuild Sierra Leone
In the Landmark Forum, aspiring Los Angeles Actor Sarah Culberson realized that she was terrified to find her biological father. Culberson was adopted and grew up in West Virginia, and […]
Powerful Women International Creates First Ever Kenyan Empowerment Event
Powerful Women International (PWI) has held its first Kenyan women’s empowerment and networking event at the Grand Regency in Nairobi, on June 28. The event was a landmark–PWI’s first ever outside […]
Joy2theWorld Goes Back to Ghana
Joy2theWorld is a one year-old non-profit microcredit provider to parts of Ghana, West Africa, founded by Kathleen Gibbs, who was inspired to create the organization through her participation in Landmark Education’s programs. […]
Sponsor a Mother Helps AIDS Orphans
Out of her Participation in Landmark Education’s Team Management Leadership Program (TMLP), London native Jo Lawrence has formed a project to assist AIDS orphans in the Sweetwaters community in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. […]
Graduates Fight Deportation of Endangered Mother; Spotlight on Female Genital Mutilation
Little did I know that my Self-Expression and Leadership Programme Project, World Community Day, which was held in Sligo, Ireland, in the Autumn of 2005, would have such far reaching […]
Colorado Graduate Raises Hope, Holds Gala Fundraiser for Malawi Orphans
When Corinne Hancock recently coached Landmark Education’s Self-Expression and Leadership program, her first thought was to do a small project. She was inspired about Raising Malawi, the organization founded two years ago by Michael […]
Rwandan Patchouli: First Fair Trade Fragrance From Africa
Celine Roche is the vice president of Sales and Marketing for natural ingredients at Mane, USA, the American division of a top global fragrance company. She is also a New York based graduate […]
Joy to the World: Microloans Empower Women in Ghana
Landmark Education graduate Kathleen Gibbs has founded Joy2theWorld.org, a non-profit microlending organization designed to empower women in Africa. Founded less than a year ago, Joy2theWorld has gone from being an […]
Landmark Graduate Takes on Providing Dental Care in Refugee Camps
Since 1992, Landmark Education graduate Dr. Christine Lathuras has travelled across the developing world to provide dental for those who lacked it. Recently she returned from two refugee camps in […]
Landmark Graduate Ends Vacation; Builds Schools in Kenya
Landmark graduate Paul Boutin went to Kenya for a 10-day safari. He didn’t make it through the first day. On that first morning, he noticed an unfinished building and asked […]
Self-effacing Landmark Education Graduate’s Charity Run is in it’s 14th Year
Lyle Smith is a Landmark Education Graduate and former coach in the Self Expression and Leadership Program. 14 years ago he while participating the Landmark Curriculum For Living, he created […]
Walking Dogs to raise funds for Johanesburg Paediatric Hospital
Eileen MacEochiadh has been a guide at Florence Court House for 6 years. On a recent visit to South Africa to see her son, she was moved by the work […]
Genesis At The Crossroads Goes To Morocco
For the first time Genesis At the Crossroads is bringing together Arab, Jewish and Persian musicians to share the same stage in a series of concerts around the world. Wendy […]
Cafe Gratitude: a New Restaurant Concept and Brainchild of Two Landmark Education Graduates
Landmark Education Graduates Matthew and Terece Engelhart created a unique restaurant concept that has become wildly popular. They have combined raw vegan dining with the concept of gratitude. Cafe Gratidute […]
Landmark Gradudate Creates Benefit Concert Where Kids Raise Money for Kids
Young Band Members Raising Funds for Kids” From the Grove Examiner, Calgary Alberta Canada Six local kids – united by their passion for music – are looking beyond their individual […]
Landmark Self-Expression and Leadership Project in Canada to Raise Money to Fight Maleria in Africa
Mother’s Day Bowling Event to Raise Money to Purchase Bednets From: Canadian Broadcasting Company More needs to be done to fight malaria, one of the biggest killers of children in […]
Landmark Forum Graduates and Filmakers Document Fair Trade Measures in Africa
240,000 Miles, $1,000 in Shots, Two Feet From Instant Death Jessica and Bill Kizorek are not strangers to international travel. They have been to a combined total of 200 countries, […]
New Zealand Landmark Education Graduates Bring Clean Water Project to Zambia
Bringing joy to the world … From the The Star Canterbury, New Zealand 14.03.2007 By AMANDA LEGGE Les and Bridgette Richards no longer have concerns about an empty future […]