Project Type: Equity & Inclusion
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Supporting Early Childhood Development at Home with Dost
Addressing the Generational Cycle of Illiteracy Many resource-constrained families struggle to give their children the best education, particularly in the early years. Experts agree on a cost-effective yet overlooked approach to address this cycle of illiteracy: empower parents to promote early childhood development at home. In India, there are still over 160 million illiterate women.…
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Refining an Online Learning Portal for Teachers in Kenya with Dignitas
Project Type: Virtual or On-site When: Dates flexible Mathare Valley, like many urban informal settlements in Kenya, and one of the largest in East Africa, struggles with extreme overpopulation, disease, and violence, with hundreds of thousands of people living within a three-mile radius. Among some of the community’s most pressing concerns is their inadequate education.…
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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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Supporting Unemployed College Graduates with COOP
Project type: Virtual/short term When: January to mid-March or mid-June to late August Nationwide, half of college grads (ages 21-27) are unemployed or underemployed, including more than two thirds of black college grads. Even in the digital economy, a bachelor’s degree is not enough. We need social capital—connections, casual favors, timely referrals—as much as we…
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Digital Skill Development for U.S. Students with BUILD
BUILD Brings Skill Development to Public High Schools By 2030, 65% of all jobs in the United States will require a post-secondary education and training beyond high school. As the economy evolves, job growth and a stagnant graduation rate will result in a shortage of 5 million skilled workers across the country. BUILD partners with…
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Capacity Building in Poverty Stoplight with Fundación Paraguaya
Fundación Paraguaya and the Poverty Stoplight Platform Poverty affects every family differently. For over 35 years, the Poverty Stoplight was both a metric and a methodology to enable families to assess their levels of poverty, restore their dignity, and carry out personalized strategies to overcome their specific deprivations. With this tool, Fundacion Paraguaya (FP) has…
