Programs

Programs that keep children learning.

From Denver to classrooms across East and West Africa, every program puts something real into a child's hands before the school bell rings.

Three pillars of lasting change

Education for Every Child

Education for Every Child

Community learning centers, scholarships, and school supplies that keep children in classrooms and dreaming bigger.

Health Within Reach

Health Within Reach

Mobile clinics, maternal care, and health education that bring essential services to the doorsteps of remote communities.

Women's Empowerment

Women's Empowerment

Skills training, micro-grants, and mentorship that help women build businesses and lead change in their communities.

Denver & Aurora, Colorado

United States

Children in our own neighborhoods, arriving ready and staying in class.

  • Backpacks & Supplies

    Uniforms, shoes, books and daily supplies for the first week of class.

  • Homework Club

    After-school tutoring and a warm snack, led by volunteer teachers.

  • Lunch Buddy Fund

    Covers the school-meal tab so no child ever sits out lunch.

  • Scholar Bridge Grants

    Small awards for testing, graduation fees and first-year costs.

  • Reading Circles

    Mothers and grandmothers read with children once a week.

Kenya · Uganda · Tanzania

East Africa

Classrooms that stay open — and girls who stay in them.

  • Adopt-a-Classroom

    Desks, roofing, paint and lighting for one room at a time.

  • Girls' Dignity Kits

    Hygiene supplies so girls never miss a term of school.

  • Clean Water at School

    Rainwater tanks, filters and handwashing stations.

  • Boarding Bursaries

    Fees, bed and uniform for students far from a secondary school.

  • Teacher Stipends

    Paying local teachers in villages no one else will staff.

Nigeria · Ghana

West Africa

Keeping the most vulnerable children learning — orphaned, displaced, or working too early.

  • School Fees for Orphans

    Full-term fees for children with no one else to pay them.

  • Uniform & Shoe Grants

    The one thing that keeps a child from being turned away at the gate.

  • Mobile Library Van

    Books, story hours and literacy games that travel between villages.

  • Digital Skills Lab

    Laptops, power and basic coding where there is no computer room.

  • Learn and Earn

    Trade training for older students so schooling pays them back.

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