Our Team

MEMBERS

Our optimistic Teams

Phillip Haynes

Educational Leader with Degrees from Howard, Harvard, and UGA, Founding Member & Executive Director of Crimson Foundation.

Tammy Mann

Transformative Expert in Child Interventions, Bridging Research, Practice, and Policy for 20 Years, with Degrees from Spelman College and Michigan State University.

Berhane Zerom

Middle School Math Teacher at Buckingham Browne & Nichols School with Degrees from the University of Asmara.

Margie Gill

Psychologist with a Doctorate from the University of Georgia, Offering Counseling Expertise and Serving as a Professor at Brenau University.

MEMBERS

Our optimistic Teams

Phillip Haynes

Educational Leader with Degrees from Howard, Harvard, and UGA, Founding Member & Executive Director of Crimson Foundation.

Tammy Mann

Transformative Expert in Child Interventions, Bridging Research, Practice, and Policy for 20 Years, with Degrees from Spelman College and Michigan State University.

Berhane Zerom

Middle School Math Teacher at Buckingham Browne & Nichols School with Degrees from the University of Asmara.

Margie Gill

Psychologist with a Doctorate from the University of Georgia, Offering Counseling Expertise and Serving as a Professor at Brenau University.

Founding Story

Late Nelson Mandela once said : “Education is the great engine of personal development. It is through education that the daughter of a peasant can become a doctor, that the son of a mine worker can become the head of the mine, that a child of farm workers can become the president of a great nation.” Crimson Academy has proved that such dreams can be true, since the school has already impacted the lives of a big number of people living in Runda, Kamonyi District.

Founded in 2011, Crimson Academy is one of the highest performing schools in Kamonyi District on National Exams. The school is located in Kagina Cell, Runda Sector, Kamonyi District in the southern Province of Rwanda. Dr Phillip Haynes, The Executive Director of Crimson Foundation which owns the school, chose to build it in the cell where live the families categorized as historically marginalized groups Rwanda.

Crimson Academy was established with the aim of providing quality education for underserved populations. The school began with four classrooms educating 181 students. At that time, the school had no water nor electricity but worked tirelessly with community members to educate students. Since the school’s inception, Crimson Academy has grown and now has two full streams from Primary 1 through Primary 6 including nursery. The campus now has 15 classrooms, a library and computer lab. Some of the services the school offers now include transportation feeding, soccer, karate, and gymnastic programs. All facilities are equipped with water and electricity thanks to US donors and Rwandan municipality leaders.
 
Crimson Academy has a long track record of helping students matriculate to top secondary schools within the country. The school has been the top performing primary school in the Southern Province for 10 consecutive years based on national exam results. The graduates have attended some of the best secondary schools in the country. Recently in 2023, eighty percent of P6 students who took the national exam scored perfect marks. As noted by the Head Mistress, this is the best our students have performed thanks to the dedication for the teachers, parents and students. All P6 students were placed in secondary boarding schools.
 
Crimson Foundation is committed to increasing access to quality education in marginalized regions and populations around the globe. The target areas of development are located in East Africa, Central America, and Southeast Asia. More specifically, they have existing projects in Rwanda, Uganda, Tanzania and Nicaragua.
About Our Staff

Our Staff

Marie Claire Mukabirinda

HeadMistress

Jean Damascene Twizeyimana

Upper School Leader

Ashela Claire Ineza

Lower School Leader

Martha Niyotwagira

Nursery Leader

Jean Claude Twizeyimana

Accountant

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The mission of Crimson Foundation, Inc. is two fold; first to share the love of Jesus Christ; second to demonstrate the compassion of Christ by providing resources and services that give under-served populations opportunities. It is through compassion that we will extend our resources and abilities to serve an ever increasing world of lack. It is through service that we will act and build infrastructure to attain a better quality of life for those without.