About Us

The Rosemary Pencil Foundation was founded in 2005 and provides scholarships for students in Malawi, Zimbabwe and Zambia to attend secondary school. Our goal is to improve the education of children who need it most. We work closely with locally based NGO Children in the Wilderness, CITW. Together we work on other initiatives that include bringing ICTs to the classroom in the form of e-readers and assisting those wishing to go on to higher education, particularly teachers training. Recently we supported the launch of a publication created and written by students for their local community; sponsored an after-school program based on a PBS television series and launched an essay writing competition.

The President and Founder is Gillian Rose,  a Senior Vice President of NBC Universal, based in New York. Previously she was a SVP at European media company Sky as well as former International TV Industry Relationships Adviser for the African Public Broadcasters Foundation/. She is a former two-term Chair of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) New York and a regular juror for the International Emmy Awards.  Ms. Rose has a Masters Degree in Communication for Development.

The Rosemary Pencil Foundation was created in the memory of Rosemary Rose, a teacher and educator who believed that everyone deserves a good education