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Poverty is everyone's problem. It cuts across any line you can name. - Kathleen Blanco |
Educate! seeks to unlock the potential of African youth to solve the greatest challenges facing their communities. Their model is exponential empowerment – investing long-term in youth so they can positively impact many others.
Educate! provides a proven mix of a social entrepreneurship and leadership course, long-term mentoring and an alumni program that helps high school students start enterprises. Today, Educate! is working with diverse youth across Uganda and developing a model that can be replicated across Africa.
Educate! will use funding from Project Redwood to deliver an individualized program to 75 new students at 3 schools in Kampala, Uganda. Their goal is to create "Change Makers," individuals who will start businesses or community initiatives that solve community problems or who work full time to do so. The grant will also be used to develop an entrepreneurship curriculum that will reach tens of thousands of high school students through the national education system.
For more information, visit: www.experienceeducate.org.