The Building Fund Completes Library at YAIS  

With a donation from TBF the Young Apostles School of Daban Panin was able to construct tables, chairs and shelving to house the large donation of books from Books For Africa. The library officially opened on Friday, July 16, 2010. Click here to see pictures.

TBF Goes Live on Stuff Your Rucksack

TBF recently joined more than 100 projects across the globe on StuffYourRucksack.com. Stuff Your Rucksack is an online community that helps responsible travelers make a practical difference to the lives of those in developing countries that have so little, and deserve so much more.

Founder Featured in SCOPE Quarterly

Founder, Jessyca Dudley, was featured in the spring issue of SCOPE Quarterly. The article, profiling the work of Skidmore alumni in Africa, features The Building Fund and Jessyca's current work in South Africa with the U.S. Peace Corps. To read the article, please click here.

Winter News from The Building Fund

Happy New Year! I hope that you are all doing well and enjoying the end of winter! The Building Fund has exciting news to share as we move forward with our partnerships and the building of the community center at the Young Apostles International School in Ghana. Please click here to read more.

Press Release: TBF Awarded Google Grant

The Building Fund is happy to announce that it has been awarded a Google Grant providing Google AdWords services for the non-profit. The Google Grants program supports organizations sharing Google's philosophy of community service to help the world in areas such as science and technology, education, global public health, the environment, youth advocacy, and the arts. For the full press release click here.

Fall News from The Building Fund

It is certainly fall in Chicago as The Building Fund begins an exciting new venture to build a community center at The Young Apostles International School. We are happy to announce a new partnership with Architecture for Humanity and introduce our new fall interns, as well as new features on our website. Please click here to read more.

Press Release: TBF Partners with Architecture for Humanity

TBF is excited to announce a new partnership with Architecture for Humanity! The partnership will provide TBF with the opportunity to collaborate with Chicago area architects to draw plans for a community center housing a library, health center and public meeting space at The Young Apostles International School. Read the full press release here.

The Building Fund Seeks Fall Interns

Interested in working with The Building Fund? An internship with The Building Fund gives you an opportunity to learn first hand about our work while gaining valuable skills and experience.

TBF will offer two internships this fall, a communications internship and a development internship, both internships require a 10hr/week commitment. Please contact us for more information or click here to see our internship listings.

Founder Interviewed on The Phenomenal Woman Radio Show

On May 20th, 2008, TBF founder, Jessyca Dudley, was interviewed on The Phenomenal Woman Radio Show. The Phenomenal Woman Radio Show promotes the voices of women of color by providing them with the opportunity to discuss their work on the radio and on their website. To listen to Jessyca talk about her work with The Building Fund please click here, or visit itunes to download a podcast of the entire show.

Board Members Visit Ghana

Members of The Building Fund Board of Directors and Advisers recently returned from a trip to visit The Young Apostles International School and the Tuskegee International School. Along with donations for a new library, classrooms and scholarships, the trip brought over 100 lbs. of supplies to students at both schools.

Among the visitors Rachel Brill, Jesse Dudley, Virginia Lies-Dudley, and Jeremy Kotin were all making their first visit to Ghana and to the schools. Board member Rachel Brill remarked "when we first arrived at Tuskegee, I was struck by how well behaved the students were. There was no screaming or roughhousing going on - just quiet students diligently taking a test or listening to their teacher. You can see that the students really value their education and know how lucky they are to be at that school. During an independent reading session, I sat with a 5 year old girl who could read at a 3rd grade reading level! The children are so bright and dedicated - it is bittersweet to think about their potential and all they could achieve if they had more resources, a better school building, and well-trained teachers." Please visit our website to see pictures from the trip and hear more from our students and board members. Please click to view pictures of The Tuskegee International School and The Young Apostles International School.

Summer News from The Building Fund

Summer is well underway and we have just returned from an amazing trip to visit the Tuskegee International School and the Young Apostles International School in Ghana. There are lots of picutres to be seen and lots of news to share from both of the schools. Please click here to read more.

Press Release: TBF Will Build New Library

The Building Fund would like to announce that it will break ground on a new library at The Young Apostles International School In Kumasi, West Africa. Members of the Board of Advisers and Directors will be present at the school on July 13th, 2008 for the groundbreaking ceremony. For the full release, please click here.

Thank you for Joining Us at the Bon Voyage Night

Thank you to everyone who came out for our Bon Voyage Night and for all of the supplies that you brought for the students of our schools, we could barley carry them home! Your support is greatly appreciated and congratulations to Ali Marts winner of the two Mets tickets. If you are still interested in donating supplies for us to take to Ghana please contact us at info@thebuildingfund.org.

Spring News from The Building Fund

Happy Spring! There is a lot of news this season from The Building Fund including events, a grant and of course the upcoming trip to Ghana! Please click here.

Press Release: The Building Fund Awarded Grant

The Building Fund (TBF) announced today that it has received a $5,000 grant from The Nathan Cummings Foundation, a grant making organization based in New York, NY. The grant will be applied to supporting the capital and operating expenses of The Tuskegee International School and The Young Apostles International School both located in Ghana, West Africa. For the full release, click here.

Winter News from The Building Fund

New events and a new website are the highlights of this season's newsletter. Take a look and find out about all the work that we are doing! Please click here.

TBF forms Partnership with 6 Friends

The 6 Friends mission is to establish enduring relationships across distance and diversity and they accomplish this by connecting youth from the 6 populated continents in a Virtual Village where they create lasting relationships by learning more about one another and working together. The Tuskegee School recently joined the 6 Friends network aided by the donation of 4 computers from friends of The Building Fund. Already the students of Tuskegee have been able to connect with students of The Francis W. Parker School of Chicago (where our Tuskegee Trot Fundraiser was held). We look forward to the expanding opportunities that this partnership will be able to provide for the Tuskegee School.

Founder, Jessyca Dudley, Interviewed on FLiP

As a continuation of thier Young Founder series, Jessyca was interviewed by FLiP: Future Leaders in Philanthropy. Jessyca was asked to talk to FLiP about fundrasing at The Building Fund. For the full interview click here.

Fall News from The Building Fund

As we welcome a new board, celebrate a great fundraiser, and continue to grow in new and exciting ways we welcome you to join us and learn more about all the exciting news and updates that we have to share. Please click here to read the full Fall Newsletter!

Tuskegee Trot, Great Success!

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Thank you to everyone who supported The Tuskegee Trot. The generous support of students, parents, faculty, staff and friends of the Francis W. Parker School enabled The Building Fund to raise $6,000 in an effort to support The Tuskegee International School.

The Tuskegee Trot was held on Saturday May 12 - a sponsored walk, trot, run, to raise funds for the Tuskegee International School of Ghana, West Africa. Organized by Toni Hargis - a parent at the Francis W. Parker School - the event displayed the strong connection between students across the world and their excitement to create new educational opportunities. It was wonderful to see everyone walking and running together in support of education. Thank you for dedicating your time and efforts to improve conditions at the Tuskegee International School.

Tuskegee Trot Receives Great Support from the Parker Community

Parker teachers, parents and students joined together for the Tuskegee Trot on a mid-May Saturday to support The Building Fund (TBF), a charitable foundation formed by Parker alumna, Jessyca Dudley '02.

Please click here to read the complete article.