Funding Area: Education
Educate! works to transform education in Africa to teach youth to solve poverty for themselves and their communities.
Educate! provides youth with skills training in leadership, entrepreneurship and workforce readiness along with mentorship to start real businesses at school, with the goal to make this practical, skills-based model part of national education systems.
In 2016, Educate! is working in 100 schools in Rwanda and 12% of secondary schools in Uganda (350 schools) reaching over 120,000 students. Educate!’s model was proven to have massive impact in a randomized controlled trial. Educate! Graduates earned DOUBLE the income of a control group and had a 64% increase in business creation.
Educate!’s vision is to reach one million students annually across 10 countries in Africa by 2024.
Our involvement: The Marty Tomberg Charitable Fund has financially supported this organization.
Projects We Support
Educate! Experience for Three Schools in Uganda
Educate!’s two-year leadership and social entrepreneurship program provides youth with skills training in leadership, entrepreneurship and workforce readiness along with mentorship to start real businesses at school. The model is delivered through practically-trained teachers and youth mentors. Funding supports Educate!’s program in three schools, reaching over 1,050 youth, with 120 students intensively impacted as Educate! Scholars.
Support Dates: March, 2012 – April, 2017
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- Student at Kampala High School shows Student Business Club garden project
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- Educate! lesson at Kampala High School
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- Educate! lesson (interactive game) at Kampala High School
Image descriptions (from top to bottom):
- Student at Kampala High School shows Student Business Club garden project.
- Educate! lesson (interactive game) at Kampala High School.
- Educate! lesson at Kampala High School.
Photos by Ashley Turner for Educate!
