Category: Project Summary
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Transforming Primary Education in Rural Kenya with Flying Kites
Project Type: Virtual or On-site When: Any Dates; April or August preferred The World Bank reports that only 35% of primary school teachers in rural kenya have been given the skills they need to demonstrate mastery of the curriculum they teach. The goal of Flying Kites Teacher Training Center is to help educators ensure that…
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University Virtual Summer Internship
During the summer of 2020, Team4Tech partnered with Middlebury College, Dartmouth College, and the University of California at Davis to provide a unique and impactful virtual summer internship for students interested in ed tech. The internship cohort included 17 students who worked with three of our nonprofit partners: the Gashora Girls Academy of Science and…
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Leveraging Technology to Empower Disadvantaged Youth in Kenya with NairoBits Trust
Youth aged between 15 to 24 make up 20% of Kenya’s population but are largely disadvantaged in terms of basic human needs, including access to education and skills development in various areas. Overwhelming evidence shows that people with lesser chances to access opportunities are not only often poverty stricken but also reside in worse areas.…
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Providing Pathways to Break the Poverty Cycle in Cambodia with PEPY Empowering Youth
In the rural and remote communities of Cambodia, young people and their families do not see many opportunities for themselves outside of construction, agriculture, or migrating to Thailand to create income. As a result, education is not valued and drop out rates are high, causing the cycle of poverty to repeat. In the wake of…
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Supporting High-quality STEM Education in Tanzania with Tanzania Education Corp
In 2018, the World Bank stated that secondary school enrollment for girls in Tanzania was only 30%. Today, if a female student falls pregnant, she is not permitted to continue with her education. Limited access to schooling undoubtedly causes significant long-term socio-economic ramifications for the nation as a whole. Tanzania Education Corp’s mission is to…
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Empower a Community through Education in Uganda with The African SOUP
With 70% of the Ugandan population under the age of 24, the students in primary school today are in the pipeline to become the next generation of leaders, entrepreneurs, and voices of Uganda. But with less than 20% of pupils advancing onto secondary school, there is a distinct demand by the Ugandan government to improve…
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Supporting Resilience Programs for Girls and Youth in India with CorStone
Cultivating personal resilience is a foundational step in helping youth to thrive – one which is often missing in global development programs. Research shows that fostering resilience in youth, or the ability to bounce back and thrive after challenge or crisis, improves a multitude of other positive outcomes. CorStone envisions a world that chooses love…
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Overcoming Cycles of Marginalization in South Africa with LEAP Science and Math Schools
Project Type: Virtual or On-site When: April to May, or July to mid-September South Africa is one of the most unequal societies in the world – more than a third of the country’s population live in need. Most schooling currently available to South African children is inadequate, perpetuating academic deficit and ignoring the development of…
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Activating the Potential of Impoverished Families in Paraguay with Fundación Paraguaya
Project Type: Virtual or On-Site (Short-term available) When: Flexible 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 disadvantage is due to the scarce opportunities and difficult access to specialized training and services…
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Pivoting to Remote Learning in Rwanda
Goal: Support Gashora Girls Academy of Science and Technology (GGAST) in Rwanda as they provide students and educational leaders with the tools and information they need to adjust to remote learning in wake of COVID-19. Background: In Rwanda, 97% of girls go to primary school, but less than 34% attend upper secondary school, and then,…
