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Children First was a five-year program funded by USAID that worked to mitigate the impact of HIV and AIDS on orphans and vulnerable children in Zimbabwe by developing, implementing, and improving proven models for care and support of vulnerable children. Through Children First, World Education used child-focused, community-driven comprehensive programming that addressed children's needs and…
The Ability to Benefit (ATB) provision in the Higher Education Act, which gives adults without a high school diploma or equivalent access to federal student aid under certain conditions, is a critical but underutilized strategy for ensuring equitable access to postsecondary education and – by extension – economic stability. Black, Indigenous, and other communities of color…
The Women's Leadership: Civic Leadership and Journalism project strengthened the presence and voice of women in the media as a way to develop community-level leadership roles for Senegalese women. The program built upon the popularity of community radio in Senegal to deliver messages and spread awareness about women's rights. The program targeted 13 rural communities, comprised of 543…
World Education provides technical advising and project management expertise to build the capacity of a local organization so it is able to lead and effectively monitor the literacy component of the World Food Programme (WFP) Food for Education project in northern Laos. Through workshops, trainings, and coaching, World Education is helping the organization conduct early grade…
World Education, Inc. and its sub-awardee Aide à L’Enfant du Désert et du Sahel (AEDS) are empowering local organizations to support the needs of conflict-affected communities in northern Mali's Gao, Menaka, and Kidal regions through the Baani Batto Conflict Prevention and Recovery Program, part of USAID’s Conflict Prevention and Recovery Program. The 2015 Algiers Accord between the Mali Government and…
World Education is improving policy development and decision-making in the education sector in Cote d'Ivoire by providing technical assistance to the Ministry of Education through the collection, analysis, and systematic use of relevant and high-quality educational data. This project, Establishment of Integrated Education Management and Information System (EMIS, or SIGE in French) and National and International Student…
Technology is built into nearly every aspect of our daily lives and how we learn and work. Today, digital resilience – the awareness, skills, agility, and confidence to be empowered users of new technologies and adapt to changing digital skill demands – is more important than ever for active participation in society and the economy….
Although the overall number of casualties caused by unexploded ordnance (UXO) in Laos has decreased in recent years, accidents still occur regularly, and each year, an average of 48% of all reported accident victims are children or youth. UXO accidents happen when children play in a forest, farmers tend to agriculture, scrap metal collectors scavenge for parts,…
A child is ready to learn when he or she has the physical, cognitive, socio-emotional, and behavioral competencies needed to learn at a developmentally appropriate level. In early childhood—ages 0-5 years old—the most important relationships are those within the family, especially between the parents and child. World Education completed a study in December 2021 in partnership…
The overall goal of this program is to improve lower-secondary education teacher performance in the regions of San Pedro and Gbeke, Côte d'Ivoire, by: developing the capacity of the École Normale Supérieure (ENS) to revise the lower secondary pre-service teacher training curriculum with the intent to improve student learning outcomes in reading, mathematics, and life skills;…