WONDEROPOLIS IS CHANGING LIVES
The following story is from our partners at the National Center for Family Literacy. It is one of many examples that show how you help children and...
For over two decades, a man named Joseph Kony and his rebel army have terrorized and displaced the people of northern Uganda. In an effort to combat the injustice done in this region, Invisible Children has launched innovative programs that advance education and create lasting stability.Working to help this war-affected area recover, Invisible Children addresses these core problems: poor access quality education and lack of economic opportunities. Rather than putting a band-aid on a gaping challenge, the organization uses long-term development methods to address the roots of the conflict and create sustainable life change for the people of Uganda.This project will provide newly resettled families with the educational opportunities they were denied during the conflict. Specifically, Invisible Children will provide comprehensive literacy training to 400 individuals returning from displaced camps. These 400 participants will use their literacy skills, paired with microfinance training, to help create and manage small businesses that will change the lives of their families, create opportunities for friends and neighbors, and advance the economic standing of their community at large.
Indigenous children in rural Guatemala suffer from low literacy and high dropout rates. They typically read three years below grade level; three out of four leave school by the sixth grade. Their poorly-trained teachers lack the ability to make learning meaningful for them. Without adequate reading skills, they remain targets of exploitation and injustice, and the cycle of poverty continues for them and their families.CoEd's Culture of Reading Program (CORP) delivers training in effective reading instruction to rural teachers and provides them with resources to facilitate reading in the classroom. Better-trained teachers help their students improve their reading and writing skills so that they can achieve more in school, continue their education longer, and overcome the challenges caused by low literacy.The program provides sustainable, ongoing support to beneficiaries. CORP delivers 60 hours of group instruction in effective reading pedagogy. Teachers also receive individual support and approximately 72 high-quality children's books.Support from Better World Books will help provide 65 primary-school teachers in rural Guatemala with training in effective reading instruction and 2,340 books for their classrooms.
Grant will support and strengthen 41 rural kindergartens that prepare the youngest students for their elementary schooling, and an adult literacy program that provides education for those beyond school age. These two programs “bookend” HOI's comprehensive cducation program by offering basic literacy education to two groups who would otherwise not have access to it. More Details
To Open Windows of Opportunity by offering Literacy skills to low-income children who are struggling readers. Literacy will be able to change their lives substantially, as well as have a positive long-term impact in the community.Assessment has shown less than 10% of 3rd - 6th grader’s are reading on grade level. Funds will focus on building comprehension. This will be accomplished through small group literacy instruction. More Details
This grant will help fund the sustainability of READ Global’s Adult Literacy Project at its Community Library and Resource Center in Bandipur, Nepal. As a result, approximately 12,000 people living in rural Nepal will improve their ability to read and gain access to valuable resources and services, which will empower them to build better lives for themselves and their families. More Details
PEPY's Child Friendly Libraries in Cambodia: The Right Books +The Right Tools + The Right Training= The Right Results, a Love of Learning. More Details
Project READS (Reading, Early Assistance in Developing Skills) READS provides literacy tutoring for Kindergarten, first, second, and third grade students. Students meet weekly with trained tutors to obtain one-to-one tutoring in reading. This program is offered at no cost to the participating families. The goal of Project READS is for all Allen County, Indiana, children to be able to read at grade level by the completion of third grade. More Details
We inspire disadvantaged children to read because we know it transforms their lives. The National Young Readers’ Programme helps children acquire the skills they need to develop as readers. The programme provides three free, new books for each child. These books are chosen by the children at special events, designed to be motivating and exciting. A love of reading that lasts a lifetime is the key to these children’s futures. More Details
We collect disused school textbooks throughout the UK; sort the books and send the most relevant, up-to-date, and high quality books to secondary schools in Tanzania and Uganda. Our grant project is to renovate libraries in the recipient schools. We provide an environment that inspires independent learning and reading for pleasure. You can help us give thousands of Tanzanian and Ugandan school children access to the quality education they deserve. More Details
The Robinson Community Learning Center (RCLC) recognizes that literacy improvement and enrichment is the job of families, educators and communities to prepare students to be successful in school, and later in life. More Details
By building a school and library using green technology in the South African Eshowe region, this project will meet two key needs of the area's rural Zulu children: access to a quality educational resource and a template for a sustainable building that will not deplete limited local resources. This template can serve as a model for the construction of future area schools, making environmental sensitivity and literacy partners in development. More Details
IkamvaYouth, a by-youth for-youth non-profit education organization enables disadvantaged youth to lift themselves out of poverty and into university or employment. Our model is holistic; township-based; predominantly volunteer-driven and achieves remarkable results through supplementary tutoring, literacy and winter school programmes. IkamvaYouth allows learners and tutors to become agents of change themselves - a real and sustainable example of grassroots empowerment where the community is both beneficiary and benefactor. More Details
Brazil's public schools are suffering from an educational crisis, and literacy is one of the country’s crucial areas of need. Worldfund’s Reading Circles program targets underprivileged public school adolescents from the slums of São Paulo. The program engages the high-risk youth in small group reading sessions, and has a proven track record in helping them expand their higher education and work opportunities. More Details
The grant will support the Literacy Council’s One-on-One Adult Tutoring Program. This program provides training for volunteer tutors with techniques and best practices for tutoring adult learners with the lowest literacy skills. Trained tutors are then matched with an adult learner and both are supported with books and materials at appropriate reading levels for the student. Ongoing assessment is provided to track student progress. More Details
Achieving rural literacy through collaborative and innovative Web 2.0 information and communication technology using a Functional Adult Literacy (FAL) and psychosocial support-based approach. More Details
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