We work to help our clients achieve results that improve education around the world.
Since 2012, the Republic of Mali has faced a series of armed conflict in the northern regions of Timbuktu, Gao, and Kidal. These conflicts, precipitated by separatist groups and foreign terror organizations, have eroded government capacity and destabilized local communities. Over 300,000 people have been displaced, with more than a third yet to return to…
Global evidence suggests that adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) who develop financial goals and assets are more likely to make informed decisions about their health and wellbeing, reducing their vulnerability to HIV, gender-based violence (GBV), early marriage, and unplanned pregnancy. The Bantwana Initiative’s market-based Siyakha Girls model is designed to strengthen the economic resilience of…
The Bantwana Initiative is working in four priority districts to reach 18,612 vulnerable adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) and their caregivers with comprehensive DREAMS programming. While delivering key evidence-based curricula under the DREAMS primary package, Bantwana works from the ground up in communities. We build capacity to ensure that the most vulnerable young women…
COVID-19 has exacerbated the plight of vulnerable children and their families in Zimbabwe and strained the ability of child protection system to respond to a spike in cases. Pandemic-induced lockdowns have caused multiple disruptions for many households, decimating livelihoods, increasing vulnerabilities among children, and sparking a rise in violence against children (VAC), including sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV). Delivered…
Social, cultural, and religious norms place women and girls at high risk of gender-based violence (GBV) and harmful practices. Between one-third and one-half of women experience violence in the provinces of Zimbabwe where World Education's Bantwana Initiative is implementing UNICEF’s Spotlight Initiative. Fewer than half the survivors of such violence seek help and they rarely…
To advance digital equity, the EdTech Center @ World Education designed and leads Digital US, an ambitious, national collective impact initiative between over 25 organizations. Digital US partners coalesced in 2019 with a shared mission to ensure that all of us have the technology access and skills and digital resilience to thrive in work and…
Through its leadership of the Digital US Coalition, a collective impact effort focused on digital equity, the EdTech Center identified in 2018 the need for and worked with partners nationally to develop just-in-time supports to help them secure affordable internet access and/or devices and learn to use them to help meet their goals. With the…
Using education as a stimulus, World Education strives to facilitate positive, sustainable change in Cote d'Ivoire's cocoa growing regions. Working through Mondelez International’s Cocoa Life Initiative to empower communities, WEI supported education activities in cocoa farming communities including, functional literacy for women, kindergarten teacher training, and supporting communities to put in place and manage school canteens….
In Cote d’Ivoire, the Project of Access to Quality Education (Projet d’Accès à l’Education de Qualité – PAEQ) improved the quality education in the country’s cocoa growing regions. Through the project, World Education increased community involvement in schools and improved the quality of teaching within schools. World Education partnered with the Ministry of Education, local cocoa cooperatives,…
Through World Education’s management of the Massachusetts Adult Literacy Hotline, we support adults in advancing their personal, career, and educational goals by connecting them with adult education classes and programs in their communities. The Hotline provides information to adult learners and volunteers about adult basic education (reading, writing, and math), English for Speakers of Other…
World Education strives to build lasting relationships with partners across diverse geographic regions and technical sectors to produce better education outcomes for all.
