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There is a growing global recognition of the importance of early childhood education. In Cambodia, however, most children's access to quality early education remains extremely limited, and the most socio-economically disadvantaged children come to school the least equipped with the necessary competencies. Studies have shown that high-quality educational television shows, such as Sesame Street can…
Television ownership among rural Cambodian households has steadily increased, and at least 85% of the population regularly watches television. In Cambodia, where television is now ubiquitous even among the most disadvantaged and children lack access to appropriate early learning opportunities, television is an overlooked education opportunity. The Cambodia Educational Media Initiative (CEMI) promoted the use…
The Ana Patsogolo “Children First” Activity (APA) contributes to Malawi’s commitments toward the realization of zero new HIV infections, zero AIDS-related deaths, and zero discrimination, especially as they relate to the most vulnerable children and adolescent girls and young women. These two overlapping populations live with escalated and intersecting risks for HIV infection, gender-based violence…
The USAID-funded Uganda LARA activity improves learning outcomes and school retention and reduces school-related gender-based violence by improving instruction, building a positive school climate, and strengthening students’ social and emotional learning. WEI/Bantwana delivered the Village Child Case Management Committee (VCCMC) model at scale, bringing together teachers, communities, social welfare cadres and districts to prevent and…
Through the USDOL-funded African Youth Empowerment and Development Initiative (AYEDI), the Bantwana Initiative of World Education, Inc. delivered an alternative education and workforce readiness and livelihoods service package to 4277 out of school adolescent youth (ages 14-17) to mitigate the risks and impact of child labor on adolescents' healthy growth and development. By project end,…
More than half of the 17.1 million children under the age of 18 in Uganda live in situations that present significant risks to their physical, emotional, and/or mental wellbeing. The Government of Uganda estimates that up to 8.6 million children (50% of all Ugandan children) are moderately or critically vulnerable due to factors including high…
Home to approximately 27 million people, Mozambique is among the countries most affected by the HIV epidemic. More than half the population (54.7%) is living in poverty, and there are an estimated 1.8 million orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) who are made vulnerable due to their lack of access to quality education, health care, food, shelter,…
Children and adolescents in western Uganda face many threats to their well-being, safety, and development. Of particular concern is rate of sexual abuse, and related issues of teen pregnancy and forced marriage which deepen poverty and give rise to a host to lifelong obstacles to health and wellbeing, especially for girls. For the last 12 years, the…
Building the capacity of adult educators to deliver high quality, rigorous mathematics instruction is key to adult learner college and career success. The 2008 Adult Numeracy Instruction (ANI) professional development training (PD) materials have been updated as ANI 2.0 PD to reflect states’ current rigorous mathematical content standards. ANI 2.0 is a fully online professional development training that…
The two-year Mondelez-funded project builds community-run early childhood development centers, known as Centres d’Animation Communautaire pour l’Enfance (CACE); trains teachers on early childhood education approaches and pedagogy; and provides parental education for parents in the communities. The project works in 20 cocao producing communities in rural Cote d'Ivoire. World Education employs our proprietary Participatory Commuity…
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