Tom Hanks Day 2021 Highlights
The 18th annual Tom Hanks Day might have been a virtual event, but it sure was fun!
Tom Hanks Day Eslia – For Girls Campaign
Having daily access to school lessons can make the difference between a girl passing, failing or being kept back a grade. It’s the difference between a future with options and choices and a future with few.
Introducing LESA Communications
Communicating the work of social entrepreneurs, NGOs and others requires a particular understanding of the space in which we live, work and dream of a better future. It is our unique understanding...
Why “Radio is You” for Women Farmers in Zambia
Radio is an ideal instrument to use for disseminating information to farmers in Zambia. Zambian farmers trust Information from the radio more than other means of information delivery.
25,000 Radio-Lights Excite School Children in Sierra Leone
We are thrilled to see our 25,000 Fenix radio-lights being distributed to school children in Sierra Leone. As children remain in lockdown, the radios enable students to listen to school lessons which are aligned with the national curriculum.
Tom Hanks Day 2020
Tom Hanks Day won’t be going according to the original plan* this year, because of COVID-19 social distancing. That doesn’t mean, however, that Hanks fans can’t come together to...
Radio-lights Distributed to Cyclone Survivors
We want to thank our extremely generous Tom Hanks Day supporters yet again. This time we’re thanking those who donated to the survivors of the cyclones and flooding that devastated parts of...
Tom Hanks Day 2019 Sends Radios to Cyclone Survivors
It started on April Fool’s Day, 16 years ago, with a bunch of students watching Tom Hanks movies on a double decker couch in Kalamazoo. (I know right?!) They enjoyed the day so much, they did it every year after that
Tom Hanks Day 2018 Highlights
The 15th annual International Tom Hanks Day was celebrated on the 07 April by more than 500 revellers. Everything was what it promised to be: loads of fun and fellowship, clips from Tom’s movies, Tom Hanks chants, a Tom Hanks shop, a costume contest, Tom Hanks memorabilia raffle, a band called what else, The Hanksters
