IP moved “Past the Periphery” when members of its Advisory Board traveled to Kenya to help build a new primary school in the remote African village of Kyaani.

The Past the Periphery program began as a long-term vision of brothers Joshua and Justin Hernandez when they co-founded IP back on August 10, 2007. The goal of the program was to partner with international organizations to provide academic support and one-day build schools overseas, allowing students to expand their horizons by moving past the periphery.

Through the years, IP provided a grant to the Children’s Vision International “Beginning of Wisdom School” located in Bogota, Colombia, to pay for English language textbooks for its library. Other projects included sending school supplies to school children in Namibia, Africa.

“Even though it seemed far-fetched at the time, we never stopped believing in this program,” Joshua Hernandez said. “It’s something we have always been passionate about. We were just waiting for the right opportunity to help build a school, and that came this year when we were invited to Africa.”

The brothers, along with Advisory Board member Justin Stasney, partnered with local Kenyan nonprofit Inspire Spaces whose mission is "to provide the most vulnerable students in Kenya with access to education and an opportunity to pursue their dreams." It just so happened that the departure date for the trip fell on August 11, 2017,—exactly 10 years and one day from the founding date of IP.