Project Type: Education
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Design for Impact: Adobe and Dost Education
Dost Education Fosters Early Childhood Development 90% of brain development occurs before age 6. Dost Education, an India-based nonprofit, knows that quality education must start early and at home. Their program supports a child’s caregivers through communication on mobile devices. These resources equip parents of any literacy level with the skills to nurture cognitive and…
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Accelerating Digital Curriculum at S.O.U.L. Foundation
S.O.U.L. Foundation Enables Sustainable Livelihoods S.O.U.L. Foundation partners with local Ugandan communities in breaking the cycle of poverty with programs that provide education and employment opportunities. Students develop marketable skills through digital literacy training, tailoring programs, and mentorship. S.O.U.L. also provides access to maternal health resources and workshops for women and families. Team4Tech’s first strategic…
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Scaling literacy and STEM for Girls in India with Learning Links Foundation
Digitizing Curriculum in STEM for girls in India: Foundational reading and mathematics skills are necessary for early learners to build life-long learning habits. In India, children in early primary school (grades 1-3) experienced almost two years of learning loss due to Covid. Many of these learners already struggled to read by age 10 even before…
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Improving Technical Skills in Rural Communities with DigitalNEST
DigitalNEST Helps Bridge the Digital Divide Team4Tech and DigitalNEST are partnering to develop technical skills in rural communities and create sustainable and scalable technology centers all over California. Historically, the rural, agricultural-based cities of Watsonville and Salinas did not benefit from the economic opportunity and digital innovation that tech brought to other California communities. As…
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Supporting Digital Reading in Ghana with Worldreader
Worldreader Addresses Child Literacy Rates 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 further worsened educational inequalities worldwide. Worldreader is a nonprofit organization that brings high-quality, affordable digital learning to children and youth in under-resourced communities. Team4Tech…
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Teacher Training in Uganda with The African SOUP
Supporting Primary Level Digital Education Ugandan primary school attendance has grown due to a universal primary education policy. However, the quality of teaching and learning needs significant improvement. Teacher training in Uganda lacks support. Many children do not complete their schooling nor have the competencies needed to do well in life. Only 1 in 4…
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Impacting Digital Literacy in Tanzania with Tanzania Education Corporation
Education Access and Digital Literacy in Tanzania In Tanzania, only 30% of youth 14–17 years enroll in secondary education. Past that, only 3% enroll in the final two years of schooling. Less than 10% of primary school children achieve foundational learning outcomes such as literacy, numeracy, and life skills needed for further education. Because of…
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Educator Support in Uganda with Inspiring Teachers
Teachers in Uganda Lack the Resources to Thrive Millions of teachers in low-resource contexts aren’t getting the support they need to succeed in their classrooms. Without educator support in Uganda, teachers struggle and as they lose motivation, their students fall behind. Before the pandemic, 190 million children were in school, but on track to leave…
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Empowering Entrepreneurship in Paraguay with Fundación Paraguaya
Access to Entrepreneurship in Paraguay 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. Thus, very few people have access to training for entrepreneurship in Paraguay. This disadvantage is due to the scarce opportunities…
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Digital Literacy in Liberia with EDUCARE
School Closures and Education Access in Liberia The Liberian education system is emerging from long-standing impacts from the war. More recent school closures due to the Ebola Viral Disease (EVD) oubreak and COVID-19 pandemic continue to take a toll on the fragile education system. Only 54% of children complete primary education. For those children who…
