Our Work
For Youth Successful School-To-Work Transitions and Responsible Leadership, we raise the standard of education and performance, help youth identify and create sustainable livelihoods, and develop servant and intercultural leaders. We implement the following programs to ensure that more young people reach their fullest possible potential without having to leave Guinea.
Our Programs
PBL
Powerful Blended Learning - Engaging students' hearts and spirits in their education through face-to-face and digital training.
SLIC
Sustainable Livelihood Identification and Creation - Enabling youth to prosper in place while improving their environment.
IDLES
Intercultural, Digital Literacy, and English Skills - Ensuring youth participate in the digital economy equitably and successfully.
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Initiating 60 Teachers to PBL
In December 2023, Digital Promise and our team piloted a BPL course, a product we developed with the institution. This pilot project profoundly impacted the twenty educators from Dalaba who participated in the training. In FY2024-25, we plan to continue supporting each of these teachers, monitoring their progress, and helping them assemble their PBL toolboxes. After completing the pilot project, we will use the resources and lessons learned to extend the PBL training and resources to 40 more teachers in Dalaba and its surrounding cities. By the end of the fiscal year, we would have enabled 60 teachers to run BPL classes effectively.
- Goal: Equip sixty teachers with practical knowledge of PBL and the resources to run PBL courses successfully.
- Activity 1: We are supporting the 20 teachers who participated in the PBL in assembling their PBL toolboxes.
- Activity 2: We will use resources and lessons from the pilot project to extend the PBL training to 40 more teachers in Dalaba and its surrounding cities.
Relevant Digital Content for Middle and high School
In FY 2024-25, we will complete building the digital format of the high and middle school curriculums. Previously, between 2016 and 2018, with the support of the U.S. Embassy in Guinea, the Resonate Global Missions, and individual donors, we trained a team of young professionals in e-learning content design. Between 2019 and 2022, the team developed the key math and science courses at the high school level in Guinea and made them available through a progressive web application called Jeune Espoir. During FY 2023-24, our team built about half the key math and science courses at the middle school level.
- Goal: Middle and high school students and their teachers in Guinea have access to the digital format of their key math and science courses
- Activity 1: Build 50 digital lessons, with two to five quizzes for each lesson.
Our First SLIC Cohort FY: 2024-25
In FY2023-24, we identified and took a group of local entrepreneurs through some of our SLIC material: Life Economics and 32 Advice. Due to a lack of time and resources, we could not take the group through all the program phases. We select entrepreneurs struggling to make a difference in their lives and communities. In FY 2024-25, we will take these entrepreneurs through all four stages of our program.
Goal: Four out of six youths identify and create prosperous and environmentally conscious businesses.
Activity 1: Have the cohort review the principles of economic life and Gaelle Chanson's 32 pieces of advice for managing resources.
Activity 2: Train the cohort in basic accounting and help them research practical business ideas for sub-Saharan Africa.
Activity 3: Guide each participant in choosing and designing their entrepreneurial business.
Activity 4: Launch participant business idea on Jeune Espoir Fundraising Platform.
Activity 5: Help participants develop strategies for sustainable success through one-on-one mentorship.
Teaching English with the U.S. Embassy and the RGM
JE received two grants and an online TESOL training opportunity from the US Embassy (2015) to begin teaching English classes for quality education and employment in the globalized digital economy. Through the first grant ($3,000), from November 2015 to January 2016, 34 youths completed each one of the five levels of the NewBridges ESL program. This led to a significant improvement in their English language skills, with many of them being able to engage in daily English conversations and read complex text in English. Through the second grant ($5,000), from August 2016 to Feb 2017, 95 youths completed each one of the five levels of the New Bridges program, further enhancing their language proficiency. Between these two projects, the staff of JE received funds from Resonate Global Mission to take 38 youths each through one of the levels of the New Bridges program. As a result of these projects, over 150 rural youth are now global citizens, with some finding English language-related jobs and others continuing their education in English settings. We are looking for donors to allow more youth to experience similar language skill improvements and be effective participants in the global economy.
- Goal: Introduce participants to key intercultural skills (adaptation, equity, sympathy, inclusivity, etc.) through evidence-based English language learning resources.
- Activity 1: After-school English training using the New Bridges Program (Connecting People Through Language and Culture) and holding leadership workshops.
Access Program
We have been selected to implement the English Access Scholarship Program, commonly known as the "Access Program" or "Access," a U.S. Department of State-sponsored program. Jeune Espoir will receive 25k USD for two years to implement the program, which began in July 2024 and ends in June 2026.
- Goal: Give 48 underserved students aged 13 to 20 a foundation of English language, leadership, and professional skills and exposure to U.S. culture and values.
- Activity 1: After-school English classes using the New Bridges Program (Connecting People Through Language and Culture) and holding leadership workshops.
- Activity 2: Enhancement activities, including creating Leadership Development Plans, participatory research, and computer training.
- Activity 3: Intensive activities, including creating presentations where participants talk about themselves (bios), their families, and the city.
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