articles link to it . please introduce links to this page from related articles ; try the find link tool for suggestions . june 2010 aiducation international type non profit organization industry education founded 2007 headquarters kenya switzerland germany uk and united states key people jeremiah kiponda kambi co founder dr. florian kapitza co founder matthias meier dr. kristin kapitza co founder dr. hannes r st dr. kerstin hockmann marc blumenfeld jan rihak and dr. eva koeberl co founder website http www.aiducation.org aiducation international ai commonly known as aiducation founded in 2007 is an international for impact non profit organization npo in the field of education . it sources scholarships from private persons in developed countries the donors are called aidumakers and awards these scholarships on a merit basis to needy students in developing countries . its focus is on kenya and on the philippines . citation needed contents 1 need 2 information 3 awards 4 organization structure 4.1 switzerland ai schweiz 4.2 kenya ai kenya 4.3 germany ai deutschland 5 merit based scholarships 6 media coverage 7 external links 8 notes and references need edit while the kenyan population has access to free of charge primary education few families can afford secondary school education for their kids . every year this forces thousands of students to drop out of school . consequently talent creativity motivation and drive are lost potential needed for the economic social and political development of kenya . information edit aidumakers can award the scholarship to the student they believe in most . the scholarship is named after the aidumaker f.e. frank smith scholarship aiducation international has chapters on three continents . aiducation international spends more than 90 % of all scholarship donations directly on education . aiducation international was founded in 2006 . today aiducation international is run by volunteers called aiducators with chapters in germany kenya uk usa and switzerland . 2006 ai started as an ngo startup with roots in kenya . in february 2006 members of the kenyan civil society founded the organization pwani education welfare association pewa which soon became aiducation international kenya . 2007 ai schweiz was founded in september 2007 . in the same month and thanks to the first aidumakers aiducation was able to award the first two scholarships to poor but high performing students . 2008 the first mentorship academy took place in kenya . during the event scholars meet to network learn from guest speakers as well as from each other and participate in workshops on how to make their country a better place . 2009 chapters were opened in germany and singapore . the indirect impact of the scholars of aiducation international became visible for the first time as one of the scholars organized fundraising events against a famine in northern kenya . 1 since its inception aiducation has provided more than 300 kenyan students with scholarships . 2 awards edit venturekick award 3 reboot grant 4 procter & gamble alumni grant to finance mentorship academies in 2010 . organization structure edit aiducation international the umbrella organization has national chapters in developed as well as developing countries . the chapters in developed countries are for the purpose of raising scholarships as opposed to those in developing countries which exist to provide scholarships to bright and needy students . the scholarship raising chapters switzerland germany uk and singapore have contact with potential aidumakers and the talent raising chapters kenya have contact with potential scholars . the latter are responsible for the recruitment and pre selection of students as well as mentoring of scholars . ai is made up of aiducators and most of them work on a voluntarily basis . aiducators are typically students and young professionals who understand the importance of funding the education of a bright and needy student . switzerland ai schweiz edit chief executive officer matthias meier . ai schweiz was established in september 2007 functions as a scholarship raising arm for aiducation . kenya ai kenya edit chief executive officer jeremiah kiponda kambi . applications are subjected to a shortlisting and interview process by ai kenya and made available to potential donors and sponsors . germany ai deutschland edit chief executive officer matthias meier . ai deutschland began operations in early 2009 with a team of 15 aiducators in germany . it serves as a scholarship raising chapter for aiducation international . merit based scholarships edit aiducation international sources scholarships for bright and poor children to fund their secondary school education . typically these students called aidufellows are above average performers and would have dropped out of school due to financial constraints . donors to aiducation international who award these merit based scholarships are known as aidumakers . aidumakers can choose which student receives their scholarships from among aiducation s pool of applications and the scholarship is named after the aidumaker e.g. thomas smith scholarship . aiducation encourages its aidumakers to build a one to one relationship with the aidufellows they support and allows them to monitor the progress of the student through annual progress reports . media coverage edit aiducation international has received media coverage neue z rcher zeitung nzz 19 jun 2009 ein startup das die welt ver ndern will in german in this article and the associated podcast two of the founders describe the young history of aiducation international and about aiducation s way of helping people help themselves 20min 19 aug 2008 oberschulbildung f r alle in german the article is a general feature of the organization to the public ilsole24ore 15 mar 2009 impegno nel no profit per florian kowalke in italian an article describing how one of the founders florian kowalke became a founder of aiducation international neue z rcher zeitung nzz 20 oct 2009 ein kick f r eine gute sache in german the newspaper article is about one of the most important swiss startup prizes that aiducation won in 2009 die zeit 19 nov 2009 das k nnen wir tun in german the article uses the organization to exemplify useful approaches in modern development aid external links edit aiducation official website donate a scholarship get involved with aiducation an interview with dr. florian kowalke co founder of aiducation international notes and references edit see the article in the kenyan national newspaper the east african standard newly awarded scholarships are communicated on the facebook fanpage of aiducation zum ersten mal 130000 chf f r eine npo action grant aiducation retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title aiducation & oldid 729959332 categories international educational charitieseducational organisations in kenyaeducational charitiescharities based in kenyahidden categories 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