Education & Literacy

Your gift will directly stock the homes of an entire classroom of children in need with libraries of their very own brand new books. more

Your $100 gift will help provide a school sanitary block (total cost $5,000) in a rural Guatemalan school. This project will include water service, adequate, gender-sensitive sanitation facilities, and a hand-washing station to help children develop proper hygiene habits. more

Your gift has the potential to "teach students how to fish, rather than just giving them a fish." The digital divide grows daily as students in the US learn new digital media skills, while students in Africa are only passive recipients of low-end products and information produced outside their countries. more

Your gift enables one resident to participate in a six-week life skills course designed for single parents. more

Your gift will help us provide karaoke-style literacy assistance for one whole year to one million early-literate people in India. We add Same Language Subtitling (SLS) on Bollywood film songs on TV. Our annual cost of SLS per TV program is roughly $20,000. more

Your gift will provide new learning opportunities to impoverished children. This educational project helps train teachers in new teaching methods so they can educate children, especially girls, in poor areas of the Congo. more

Your gift enables five children to attend Mercy Housing after-school programs, including homework assistance, tutoring, computer classes and arts and crafts. more

A modest investment of just $12 pays for one month of school fees, books and school supplies for a Deaf high school student in Africa. more

Your gift of $5 will provide 14 meals to school children. You will be giving the gift of nourishment and making it easier for families to send their children to school. Your donation will enhance children’s capacity to retain knowledge and increase their problem-solving skills. more

By funding the participation of a West African woman for six months of Tostan’s Community Empowerment Program, you will change the life of one woman, her family, and her community through our respectful, positive methods of sustainable social transformation. more

Your gift will put five brand new books directly into the hands of children in need. more

Your gift will allow a classroom of children to learn from brand new books. more