What We Do
We partner with impoverished communities to implement four complementary programs:
Reading
trains teachers in effective reading instruction and provides them with quality children’s literature
Textbooks
provides textbooks to middle schools and trains teachers to use them effectively in the classroom
Computers
teaches students to use technology to solve real-world problems so they can secure better jobs
Youth Development
transforms young lives through youth development, social support, and scholarships
We measure and test our programs to make sure they do the job:
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Reading comprehension improves by 50%.
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Dropout rates fall by 40%.
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95% of graduates get a job or keep studying.
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53% of graduates pay for their siblings to go to school.
We use sustainable program models that work far into the future:
How do we do it? By investing in people, and by requiring them to make an investment, too.
As a result, more than 50 schools have been running some of our projects for over 20 years.