October 2023

Fundacion Academia Forum’s collaboration with the Ruben Dario Carles school began in 2014 starting with an initiative to set up a computer lab for students to develop technological skills and experience the digital world. Catalyzed by Mr. Ruben Dario Carles Grimaldo, affectionately known as Chinchorro, who spoke with his friend John Keffer about working together […]

Caption:University of Panama students practice taking their English exams online.  Promoting and advocating for greater student agency is a priority objective for Fundacion Academia Forum. Our staff and volunteers engage with students, in person, at school, and through online communications, encouraging them to use their voice, request resources, and ask questions. This school year several

Visiting Parents and students continues to be an essential part of FAF work in the field. Two women stand at the edge of a river. They roll up their pant legs. Adjusting their backpacks, shoes in hand, they prepare to cross the river. The river is low. Today it is safe. The rains have been

Our Founder, John Y. Keffer and Forum Foundation Vice President Janet Robinson, love books! From the very beginning of Forum Foundation’s Panama programs, John and Janet have endeavored to share their love of reading and inspire that same passion for learning and books in the hearts and minds of hundreds of student beneficiaries.  A wonderful