Location: Asia
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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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Adaptive Learning in Jordan with Questscope
Jordanian Children Lack Access to Educational Resources In Jordan, over 112,000 young people do not attend basic education, and an additional 40,000 children are at risk of dropping out every year (UNICEF). This leads to a large cohort of young people without sufficient education and means to pursue meaningful unemployment. Even more, adaptive learning in…
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STEAM Education in Cambodia with the CCF
Finding Community at a Former Garbage Dump For Sokry, a Cambodian teenager living in extreme poverty, college felt unimaginable. Just getting through the day was challenging enough. Sokry’s community outside Phnom Penh survived by scavenging at a garbage dump, collecting scraps to earn around $1 a day. The Steung Meanchey garbage dump in Phnom Penh is…
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Digital Training for Girls in India with CorStone
Education for At-Risk Women and Girls in India Married and pregnant before the age of 18 — it’s a reality for over half of women in impoverished Bihar, India. Early marriage sets a trajectory for women that limits prospects for life. These marginalized youth need resilience to self-advocate for their right to stay in school…
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Professional Development in India with Learning Links Foundation
Improving Education Quality through Teacher Training Even though access to education in India has improved, quality remains a concern. According to 2015 statistics, only 16% of Grade 10 students are at grade level in math and over half read below grade level. Subpar education means limited job prospects — only 2.3% of the Indian workforce…
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Supporting Technology Skills in Cambodia with PEPY
Bridging a Technology Gap for Cambodian Students Rural Cambodian youth have few income opportunities outside of construction, agriculture, or migrating to Thailand. As a result, education is undervalued and drop out rates are high, causing the cycle of poverty to repeat. The impact of Covid-19, however, only worsened the situation with many Cambodian youth losing…
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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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Four NPOs Engage in Strategic Growth with Deloitte
In March 2021, Team4Tech implemented strategic growth with Deloitte’s Building Bridges program to support four of Team4Tech’s nonprofit partners with pro bono consulting projects spanning strategy, technology, and human capital. Specifically, 20 Deloitte professionals: Supported Resilience Programs for Girls and Youth in India with CorStone CorStone develops and provides resilience programs to improve well-being for…
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Virtual Mentorship for the Cambodian Children’s Fund with Adobe
Cambodian Children’s Fund Supports Children and Families Since 2004, the Cambodian Children’s Fund (CCF) serves children and their families in extreme poverty who survive by scavenging at the (now closed) Steung Meanchey garbage dump. CCF provides holistic support for over 2,000 children and their families through education, healthcare, and vocational training. During the pandemic, Team4Tech…
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Women Empowerment in Vietnam: 2020 Project with Kidspire Vietnam
Kidspire Vietnam Enables Skill-building for Orphaned Children In Vietnam, there are over 2 million orphans who are struggling with poverty, violence and prejudice and even sex trafficking. Many spend most of their childhood years in government facilities and drop out of school. Few of these children graduate with basic computing skills, greatly limiting their employment…
