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Challenge: 53 percent of children in low- and middle-income countries cannot read and understand a simple story by the end of primary school. The Covid-19 pandemic has worsened educational [...]

Challenge: Over 60% of the population in Uganda is below the age of 30, and 74% of Ugandans between the ages of 15-25 are unemployed. The majority of them are young women who have either dropped [...]

Challenge:  In Uganda, attendance at the primary level has grown due to a universal primary education policy but the quality of teaching and learning needs significant improvement. Many children [...]

Challenge: In Tanzania, only 30% of youth 14–17 years are enrolled in secondary education, and only 3% are enrolled for the final two years of schooling. Less than 10% of primary school children [...]

Challenge: Millions of teachers in low-resource contexts aren’t getting the support they need to succeed in their classrooms. Without support, teachers struggle and as they lose motivation, their [...]

Challenge: In Paraguay, more than 30% of the population lives in poverty. Six out of ten young people with jobs have bad working conditions, lack of adequate protection, and low wages. This [...]

Challenge: The Liberian education system is emerging from long-standing impacts from the war, compounded by the 2015 school closure due to the Ebola Viral Disease (EVD) outbreak, and more recent [...]

Challenge:  According to the World Bank Human Capital project, a child born today in Malawi will be only 41 percent as productive as they could potentially be if they enjoyed complete and quality [...]

BUILD’s Challenge:  By 2030, 65% of all jobs in the United States will require post-secondary education and training beyond high school. As the economy evolves, job growth and a stagnant [...]

Problem Statement: In many rural and often isolated Indigenous communities in Mexico, a subsistence economy perpetuates poverty, gender inequality, and a lack of civic engagement opportunities [...]

Problem Statement: Uganda is one of the youngest countries globally, with 78% of the population under the age of 30. Less than 10% complete secondary school. In districts where the S.O.U.L. [...]

Problem Statement: More than 80,000 asylum seekers and refugees live in Nairobi, Kenya, mainly from Somalia, South Sudan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Ethiopia. Among the most [...]