Leila de Bruyne is co-founder and U.S. Executive Director of Flying Kites, an organization based out of Kenya, that supports schools as they help raise the level of education and basic services available to children living in poverty.
In 2004, she traveled to Kenya to volunteer to teach economically-disadvantaged students in the capital city of Nairobi. She soon realized that unqualified, short-term volunteer-teachers were part of the problem. Inspired by a growing movement to ignite community-led development, she cofounded Flying Kites, at the center of which is her Teacher Training Center & Academy - an innovation hub for her community of teachers, and a model for her network of schools.
Flying Kites focusses on girls and her approach ensures that every girl has the opportunity to access critical information and resources related to her health as well as how to use any of their new-found skills in a way that is most relevant to her. De Bruyne works in partnership with Kenya’s Ministry of Education, to address critical barriers to learning, by launching School Meals Programs and investing in Water, Sanitation and Hygiene infrastructure.
She believes in inspired collaboration, helping those less privileged, and that “enough,” not just “something” is better than nothing.
CONTACT LEILA DE BRUYNE
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