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The African Youth Empowerment and Development Initiative’s (AYEDI) Integrated Functional Literacy for Youth (IFLY) Guide has been developed by World Education's Bantwana Initiative in partnership with the Government of Uganda’s Ministry of Gender, Labour, and Social Development. AYEDI guided adolescent youth through exercises and technical trainings that enabled self-discovery while teaching life skills, livelihoods, and…
In the adult literacy field, classroom assessments are essential for maintaining quality instruction and strengthening programs. Practitioners need them for accurately determining a student’s current skills and knowledge, learning strengths and challenges, educational gains, and readiness to move on to the next stage in the educational journey. Students need them to assure themselves that they…
This guide provides teaching resources that help students develop empathy and interest in others, learn about history and cultures different from their own, and reduce their fear of difference. The six structured learning activities foster positive interactions and dialogue among refugees, immigrants, and native-born students as they also teach language and academic skills. A companion…
A summary of the projects World Education Laos will implement in 2017.
The purpose of this guide is to enhance communication and, at the same time, help reduce the literacy demands patients face in hospitals and health centers. This guide focuses on key activities and tasks undertaken by both visitors and patients when they enter a healthcare facility. Patients and visitors will need to find their way…
Since 2011, World Education and the Alcatel-Lucent Foundation have worked in partnership to improve the lives of disadvantaged youth. ConnectEd uses a wide range of interventions to reach these goals, but a key driver in moving forward is the use of technology. The ConnectEd program has provided access to information and communication technology (ICT) to…
This study set out to examine the effectiveness of different persistence strategies. The process drew on existing research, primarily by the National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy (NCSALL) and associated promising strategies, and engaged adult education programs as research partners in adapting and testing those strategies for their program contexts. A…
We scale up service quality, reach, and retention across the HIV cascade through case management, upskilling networks of community volunteers, engaging health facilities, introducing viral load tracking tools, and sharing real-time data. We have upskilled 5,646 community volunteers and social workers, provided 96,156 individuals with HIV prevention education, created partnerships with 308 health facilities, and…
The 68% viral load suppression (VLS) rate for children and adolescents with HIV (C/ALHIV) lags behind adults (92%) (MOH 2021). Poor pediatric VLS is due to a complex set of clinical, structural and interpersonal dynamics that extend beyond the clinic and require close coordination with clinic partners and interventions at the community level. As the…
In Ghana, basic education is compulsory and free for every child. Beyond getting access to school, it is necessary to ask if children are accessing safe protective learning environments. Do we have functional systems, structures and protocols to ensure that the safety and wellbeing of our children are guaranteed when they go to school? At…