Our threefold education program seeks to enhance literacy and academic ability in poor communities; provide disease education to prevent the spread of infectious diseases; and provide students with a voice and platform to make a difference in their own community and abroad.
Our education goal is threefold:
- To enhance adult and youth literacy and academic ability within poor communities in the United States and Sub-Saharan Africa.
- Provide disease education to prevent the spread of infectious diseases among impoverished communities.
- To provide high school and college students with a timeless voice and unique platform to make a real difference in their own community as well as communities abroad through our student coalition.
Our global student coalition, Students with Empowering The Poor, Inc. aims to mobilize high school and college students in the United States and Africa around global poverty-related issues such as homelessness, malaria, HIV/AIDS, environmental issues, human trafficking, etc.
Past Education Projects
We have been fortunate enough to start making a real difference in villages in Africa thanks to generous donations from our contributors. Each project has been specifically targeted at accomplishing our three-fold goal. In 2006, our staff built two elementary school classrooms and then delivered school supplies to 26 students. In the same village, disease prevention is key to saving lives so our staff trained 25 men and women as community health agents to spread knowledge about problematic diseases like malaria.
Current Education Projects
We are accepting donations to complete the building of the first elementary school ever built in Tonhon, Cote D’Ivoire. The completed school will have a total of 12 fully-equipped classrooms, two of which were built in 2006. Along with classrooms, there will be a library with donated books and literary works. This school will serve five surrounding villages and will be staffed by government-appointed educators.
The construction of this school will cost approximately $122,000
We also plan to build the Timbuktu Learning Resource Center (TLRC) to provide a resourceful environment conducive to academic and literacy excellence. TLRC will provide tutorial services to children and adults, basic school supplies, a library, as well as health, financial, and general literacy courses.
TLRC will be built in Korhogo, Cote D’Ivoire also
We also beginning the 21st Century Leaders Program in Fredericksburg, VA. This program aims to enhance the academic and social well-being of refugee/impoverished children living in the Fredericksburg area. The program also includes community service events and ultimately scholarship funds for participants.
Tutorial services will be provided twice a week by trained staff
Empowering the Poor
Empowering the Poor, Inc. (ETP) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that travels worldwide to empower men, women and children with the resources they need to take control of their lives and prosper.
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