FORGE

Kjerstin's Blog

Stories from africa — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 23:04:47 GMT

This is the blog of Kjerstin Erickson, founder and Executive Director of FORGE. See below for a short profile of Kjerstin and that of FORGE's Operations Director, Nicholas Talarico.

Nicholas' Bio

Stories from africa — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 23:09:57 GMT

Nicholas Talarico, FORGE's Operations Director, oversees logistical, accounting, fundraising & PR, and provides strategic insight to the Executive Director. After getting to know FORGE in 2005 during a Boston-area fundraiser, Nick traveled to Zambia to aid FORGE project management in Meheba Refugee Settlement. While there, Nick was so impressed by the results of FORGE's operational model that not long after his return, he sold his home, left his job, and joined the non-profit full time to further increase its efficiency, awareness, and donor base.

Kjerstin's Bio

Stories from africa — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 23:05:54 GMT

At just 23 years old, Kjerstin Erickson has headed an international non-profit for over three years. In 2003, as a twenty year-old junior at Stanford University, Kjerstin created FORGE to serve a dire need that no other non-profit was tackling: transforming the lives of refugees through education, empowerment, and economic self-sufficiency.

After traveling in more than forty countries across the globe and making eleven trips to Africa, Kjerstin is convinced of the urgent need for FORGE to expand its supremely effective community development programs and operational efficiency to every country requiring post-conflict solutions.