We are pleased to share the news that Dr. Craig Paxton, our partner Axium Education’s Executive Director, has received the 2024 Harvard Graduate School of Education Alumni Council Award for Excellence in Education. This prestigious award has been given for 38 years. The Award recognizes Craig for “the longstanding impact...
The 2024 Walk in Their Shoes coincides with the 30th anniversary of the end of Apartheid in South Africa. Unfortunately, the children Axium Education serves are still living with the repercussions of that era’s devastating policies. A recent article in the Daily Maverick describes in detail the lack of transportation...
On May 4, 60 walkers in a parade of heathered purple t-shirts rivaled the vibrant spring blossoms at Carlisle’s Great Brook Farm State Park. Several others joined remotely from as far away as Scotland. Canine friends sporting South African flag-themed bandanas joined the Carlisle group in a 3.5 mile woodland...
I arrived back from a two-week trip to South Africa in mid-July. In contrast to the July heat in the US, it was a cold winter there, but the people were warm and welcoming as usual. I want to share some quick updates from the trip: ZITHULELE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL UPDATE:...