The Malaika Foundation

Bringing the World to Nebraska Schools

Founded in 1997, the Malaika Foundation, a  501(c)3, offers Nebraska primary and secondary teachers global educational resources and travel opportunities. Malaika is a partner with the Nebraska Department of Education which supports all initiatives to increase the international focus of our teachers.

Malaika, a Swahili word from Kenya, means “my angel”. Listen to the song.

Inspired by the late Dr. Robert Manley, an eminent Nebraska historian, Malaika also encourages an understanding of Nebraska history and place. As Dr. Manley encouraged,

“in order for people to have a future, they must first know they have a past.”

The Malaika Foundation continues to bring the world to Nebraska schools.

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Malaika Achievements:

• Global Education for 600 Nebraska Teachers

  Nebraska teachers received education resources while attending four symposia on Bringing the World to Your Classroom

• Global Education in Nebraska Colleges

  Eighty-eight representatives of 11 Nebraska Colleges of Education participated in the Going Global Symposium on Educational Strategies for International Learning in Nebraska .

• Nebraska Council on Global Education

  Malaika assisted the Nebraska Department of Education, in establishment of a public-private partnership with a mandate to review and expand global education in Nebraska schools.

• Educational Travel Opportunities for Nebraska Teachers

  In partnership with Fund for Teachers, 41 teachers traveled through the US and 21 countries on five continents.

  Kenneth Morrison Fellowships awarded to 15 teachers and three U of N students to explore Thailand, Cambodia, Italy and China, and three Midland University faculty to the Asia Society Conference, Washington D.C., Putting the World into World Class Education.

  Grants for teachers attending the Great Decisions Workshop, Foreign Policy Association, New York City.

• Hank Beachell Fellowships

  In collaboration with UNL College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, 26 students participated in the Global Youth Institute, Norman Borlaug World Food Prize Conference, Des Moines, Iowa.

• Outstanding Nebraska Global Educators Awards

  Recognizing Nebraska Teachers whose use of innovative global education has impacted their classrooms

• Maliaka Ambassadors for Global Education

  A network of Nebraska College of Education representatives that will expand global education and provide educational travel opportunities for faculty and students

• Malaika Partnerships

  J.C. and Jessie Seacrest Family Foundation to purchase books for Clinton Elementary, Lincoln.

  Museum of Nebraska Art, Kearney, establishing Listen to the Land Grants – Students a Historians.

  Great People’s of Nebraska Children’s book series through the University of Nebraska Press