Leila de Bruyne, co-Founder & Executive Director

In 2004, Leila traveled to Kenya to volunteer her time to teach bright, eager and economically-disadvantaged students in Nairobi.  It didn't take long for her to realize that unqualified, short-term volunteer-teachers were part of the problem, not the solution - and that children who rely on a model of “something’s better than nothing” charity efforts often aren’t able to carve a path out of poverty and build their best lives. Inspired by a growing movement to ignite community-led development, the Flying Kites team seeks to support schools as they work to raise the level of education and basic services available to children living in poverty.

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