Location: India
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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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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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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 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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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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Advancing Quality Schooling in India with Learning Links Foundation
Project type: Virtual or On-site (Day of Service/Short-term available) When: Any Dates Although the education system, especially with regards to access, has significantly improved, the quality of education and attainment of grade-level competencies continues to be a serious cause of concern in India. The 2015 Indian National Achievement Survey showed that over 50% of grade…
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Cultivating Enriching Childhoods in India with Dost Education
Project type: Virtual or On-Site (Day of Service/Short-term available) When: April to September All parents are motivated to give their children the best education, but many resource-constrained families struggle to do so. Children with parents of low literacy levels have a 72% chance of being at the lowest reading level themselves. Unfortunately, it is extremely…
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Creating an Online Training Platform to Reach Teachers in India
Goal: Develop an online module for Learning Links Foundation’s Student Teacher Empowerment Program. Background: In India, over 50% of class 10 students are reading below grade level and only 16% of grade 10 students achieved grade-level competency in Mathematics (the National Achievement Survey 2015). Partner: Learning Links Foundation is one of the largest and most respected…