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 also 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 in teacher training. We piloted an essay writing competition across several secondary schools, fund an after-school program that focuses on conservation and the environment and are sponsoring a teacher at a school in Zimbabwe to help with student literacy.
The President and Founder is Gillian Rose, Executive Producer with Soho Moon, a European production company known for its high-end drama and documentaries. She continues to live in the US and before joining Dublin-based Soho Moon she was a Senior Vice President at NBC Universal in New York. She started her career as a journalist in her native England before moving to the US and spent several years with PBS and European media company Sky. She is a Director on the international Board of South African-based Radio Workshop, a non profit that trains youth reporters in radio and podcasting across Sub-Saharan Africa; a former two-term Chair of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) New York and on the Advisory board of the Alliance for Media Arts and Culture. 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.