For many young people in rural Honduras, a high school education remains out of reach. At educate., our scholarship programme – at the heart of a holistic model of student support – is helping change that reality.
Category: Fundraising and Events
Our 2022 Annual Report is out!
2022 truly surpassed all our expectations. We started off the year by launching our high school scholarship programme as schools reopened after more than two years of being closed due to the pandemic, we brought our Projects Coordinator Walter onto the team as a part-time paid employee, and we signed a contract with the Municipality … Continue reading Our 2022 Annual Report is out!
The Youth Center opens and the first year of educate.’s high school scholarship programme comes to an end!
Our High School scholarship programme educate. works to empower children and youth in Honduras through community-driven educational initiatives. In 2017 we started our university scholarship programme, which has been running since then. However, through conversations with families, local educators and young people, a clear need emerged for greater support towards access to high school as … Continue reading The Youth Center opens and the first year of educate.’s high school scholarship programme comes to an end!
educate. Talkshow on OT301 Radio
Last week, educate. had the pleasure of being on OT301 Radio for an hour long discussion about our work. We talked about Honduras, the structural issues of poverty, violence and inequality and the challenges in driving structural change in the area of education. We talked about the non-profit sector and its colonial roots, and how … Continue reading educate. Talkshow on OT301 Radio
educate. Global Giving Campaign Launches Today!
As followers of this page will know, we have spent the past four years working to set up and grow educate.’s work in Honduras, and it has been an incredibly exciting journey. This month, we have been selected to join the GlobalGiving Accelerator! GlobalGiving is a platform that will give us access to trainings, corporate … Continue reading educate. Global Giving Campaign Launches Today!
A long-term focus towards re-building after two major hurricanes
November was a challenging month for our communities, with two category 4 hurricanes passing through Honduras in as many weeks. For much of northern and central Honduras, this has meant floodwaters rising to rooftops, and raging rivers carrying away bridges and houses and destroying vast swathes of farmland. “The area where I live was flooded,” … Continue reading A long-term focus towards re-building after two major hurricanes
Food package support in Honduras as food insecurity becomes an ever-growing concern
Across Latin America, the socio-economic impacts of COVID-19 have been instrumental. While existing issues persist, food insecurity has risen dramatically - UN agencies, including the World Food Programme (WFP), estimate that around 14 million people across the region are at risk of severe food insecurity as COVID cases continue to rise, affecting food systems and … Continue reading Food package support in Honduras as food insecurity becomes an ever-growing concern
Covid-19: We need your support, now more than ever
Monday March 23rd was educate.'s third birthday. This exciting day came at a time full of challenges. With everything going on surrounding the coronavirus pandemic, there are shifts taking place all across our community. In Honduras, schools and universities have closed down, and in Amsterdam our teams have switched to virtual meetings. In the midst of it all, … Continue reading Covid-19: We need your support, now more than ever
Fiesta Bailable para Honduras en Delft
Last weekend, we had our biggest event to date: a Latin Dance Party (aka 'Fiesta Bailable'). The whole event was organised by an incredible group of Honduran women who cooked up a storm of traditional Honduran food that had the table legs creaking under its weight - everything from baleadas and pastelitos to yuca con … Continue reading Fiesta Bailable para Honduras en Delft
Terry McDonagh, Irish poet, supports educate.
Irish poet Terry McDonagh recently supported educate. by raising money through donations from his poetry books and talking about educate.'s work at an event at his town hall. Hearing about this wonderful initiative, so different from how we get most of our donations, we asked if he would like to write a short piece for … Continue reading Terry McDonagh, Irish poet, supports educate.
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