Project Type: Education
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Empowering the Growth of Learners with Monitoring and Evaluation
Educating Young Girls Girls living in urban slum communities often have few rights and are barred from securing quality education. According to UNICEF, 129 million girls around the world are out of school where 32 million are primary school age. Due to that, they lack the access to self development tools and resources. Ek Tara…
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Bringing Digital Skills into Education
Strengthening Education Service Delivery In Arunachal Pradesh (India), 43% of the students and 90% of schools have limited access to digital devices and internet connectivity (India, (NAS 2021). This impedes teacher productivity and weakens the foundation of a child’s learning. Moreover, the limitations of getting real-time data hinder the ability of government officials to make…
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Expanding Opportunities in India with Barefoot College International
Employment Opportunities for Women Worldwide The World Bank estimates that globally, over 2.7 billion women are legally restricted from having the same job options as men. To provide people in low-resource contexts with the skills to thrive in the future – especially women – education is a critical development goal that goes beyond foundational skills…
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Technology Integration with Reap Benefit
Technology Solutions to Build Youth Engagement India will lose 34 million jobs by 2030 due to global warming. With that, 53% of adolescents will not be equipped to thrive in the evolving world due to the lack of 21st-century education and problem-solving skills. In India, 370 million youth need the support to navigate through the…
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Skill Advancement with Learners in Cambodia
Improving School Enrollment Rates Cambodia’s rural and low-income youth have low school enrollment rates, posing difficulties in integrating into the labor market due to limited education and training. Aside from poverty, remoteness, and limited access to technical resources and infrastructure, there are limited solutions to address the problem, resulting in an inability to equip students…
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Digital Literacy in Uganda with Far Away Friends
The Poverty Cycle in Rural Uganda While talent is distributed equally, opportunity is not. For children growing up in rural Uganda, where 75% of children will not continue onto high school, and 1 in 4 girls will become pregnant by age 19, this harsh reality keeps children locked in cycles of generational poverty. The Importance…
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CASME Learners Participate in Digital World
Inclusive Hybrid Learning Models in South Africa UNESCO claims that the current rates of educational access in sub-Saharan Africa are among the lowest in the world due to a shortage of technology and school equipment especially with the pandemic. The Centre for the Advancement of Science and Mathematics Education (CASME) is combating this by taking…
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STEM Training in Ghana’s Education System with Africa ICT Right
Ghana’s Digital Divide Underserved communities in Ghana face significant challenges in providing children and adolescents with the accessibility to personal computers, mobile phones, and internet technologies as the distribution of these tools are critical. Even more, UNICEF estimates that 2 in 3 children and young people aged 25 years or less do not have internet…
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Digitizing Education for Rwandan Students
Educational Challenges in Rwanda UNESCO estimates that only 18% of Rwandan youth complete upper secondary school and among those living in low-income households, that graduation rates drop to 4%. In 2020, the Rwandan Ministry of Education reports only 55% of secondary schools were equipped with technology. These limitations make it difficult for many Rwandan youth,…
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Design for Impact: Billtrust and Vietnet-ICT
Vietnet-ICT provides technical training to close the digital divide Vietnet-ICT, a Vietnam-based nonprofit, aims to close the digital gap by enabling organizations and communities with technical skills. Vietnet-ICT supports low-resourced Vietnamese communities to access and benefit from information technology and communication services. The nonprofit was established in 2007 and has reached over 1.5 million people…
