Tania becomes educate.’s first university graduate!

This week, our scholarship student Tania became our very first university graduate, achieving her degree in Industrial Engineering with honours! Born and raised in the coffee-growing town of Trinidad, Santa Bรกrbara, Tania grew up living with her mother, sister, grandparents, uncle and younger cousin, in a community on the outskirts of the town. She attended … Continue reading Tania becomes educate.’s first university graduate!

educate. busca Director(a) Ejecutiva/o en Honduras!

ยกEstamos increรญblemente emocionados de anunciar nuestra bรบsqueda de nuestro primer Director(a) Ejecutiva/o en el paรญs! Siga leyendo para conocer todos los detalles: LA ORGANIZACIร“N educate. es una ONG innovadora ubicada en Trinidad, Santa Bรกrbara que trabaja para empoderar a niรฑos, niรฑas y jรณvenes en Honduras a travรฉs de la educaciรณn. Fundada en 2017, somos una … Continue reading educate. busca Director(a) Ejecutiva/o en Honduras!

The Youth Center opens and the first year of educate.โ€™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.โ€™s high school scholarship programme comes to an end!

Bringing STEM education into educate. libraries: an internet pilot at Las Lagunas primary school

In many classrooms world-wide, the internet has become an indispensable tool in education โ€“ a tool that connects students with a variety of sources and opportunities to learn. Through the Internet Pilot Project, we and our partners at Hebbian have made access to this resource possible for the children of rural Las Lagunas primary school … Continue reading Bringing STEM education into educate. libraries: an internet pilot at Las Lagunas primary school

Meet our High School Scholars!

We'd like to introduce you to this first cohort of educate. High School Scholars! Meet Darnella, Rosa, Robin, Gerson, Cindy, Nely, Sandra, Glendy and Cleverson. In the โ€œzonas cafetalerasโ€ (coffee zones) of Trinidad, Santa Bรกrbara, most schools only go up to 6th grade. According to the World Bank, only 43% of students in Honduras finish … Continue reading Meet our High School Scholars!

In Las Delicias, dedicated teachers have made all the difference

Written by Antonia McGrath, educate. Director and Co-Founder The Las Delicias school is located on the outskirts of Trinidad. Situated under the lofty branches of the surrounding trees, the school has three spacious classrooms as well as their new library. What makes the project stand out however, is Profe Gueyby. Profe Gueybyย is an astonishingly dedicated … Continue reading In Las Delicias, dedicated teachers have made all the difference

Two years into the pandemic, the desire to learn has not declined

(Version en espaรฑol abajo) After almost two years, Honduran schools have begunย a gradual return to classroom learning. However, in recent weeks a significant increase in positive COVID-19 cases associated with the Omicron variant has been detected. With the new school year set to start in February, we will have to wait to see what is … Continue reading Two years into the pandemic, the desire to learn has not declined

The Making of The American Fraud: A Story of Honduran Migrants and the Country they Flee

This article was originally published in PanDam Magazine. You can read the original article here. On Wednesday July 29thย at 20:00 pm Amsterdam time, there is aย live online screeningย taking place of the documentary film โ€˜The American Fraudโ€™. Antonia McGrath, one of the filmโ€™s directors and co-founder of the Amsterdam-based non-profit organisationย educate., will also give a short … Continue reading The Making of The American Fraud: A Story of Honduran Migrants and the Country they Flee