How does a country that has lost 300,000 of its children to genocide consider the proposition of family planning? It’s a problem with nuances and contradictions that Laura Hoemeke, the director of a family planning and health project in Kigali, Rwanda, considers every day. Hoemeke, whose project is operated by the non-profit Intrahealth, works to …
“Foundations” is a series of informal question-and-answer sessions with employees of the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation to give them an opportunity to explain their work. Ward Heneveld is a program officer and Lynn Murphy a senior fellow with the Foundation’s Global Development Program. Together they are working in an unusual partnership with the Bill …
“Foundations” is a series of informal question-and-answer sessions with employees and others affiliated with The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation to give them an opportunity to explain their work. Koh Boon Hwee is the newest member of the Hewlett Foundation’s Board of Directors. Mr. Koh, 57, is a business entrepreneur with broad experience in Asia. …
Yale Law School Professor Paul Gewirtz was never a U.S. diplomat, but in the 1990s he was sure he had a worthy lesson for those who were. The professor’s idea, which he informally promoted among his friends for years, was simple: rather than addressing only diplomatic issues of direct interest to the United States, why …
With China poised to pass the United States in overall use of the Internet, it’s hard to imagine a better way to broaden access to education in China than to make free, high-quality educational materials available online. At the China Open Educational Resources site—or CORE, as it’s known by users—some of the world’s most prestigious …
Staggering levels of urban air pollution. Rising amounts of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere reshaping the planet’s climate. Strains on global energy supplies fueled by growing demand. Today China faces all of these environmental and developmental challenges as it transforms itself from an economy dominated by rural peasants into the world’s largest factory floor. Supporting …
MENLO PARK and SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – The Wallace Alexander Gerbode Foundation and The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation are pleased to announce six $50,000 grants for the creation and world premiere of six major new musical compositions by leading young California composers. Half of each award will be given as a commission fee to …
We are pleased to announce the January 4, 2008 launch of the California Cultural Data Project (California CDP). This project is the most ambitious and comprehensive effort ever to gather and analyze information about the contributions of the cultural sector to California’s economy and quality of life. During the coming year, applicants to many California …
From supporting China in its work to develop “green” cities to underwriting a project to share teacher lesson plans worldwide, the Board of Directors of The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation authorized $152.1 million in new grants to 229 organizations this fall. The new grants were a part of more than $480.6 million that the …
Barry Hessenius was worried about leadership. More specifically, as the former head of the California Arts Council, he was worried about where the next generation of leaders in arts organizations would come from. With baby boomers retiring and fewer workers in the succeeding generation, Hessenius foresaw a fight to recruit new leadership that often-cash-strapped arts …