Education Costa Rica Project #11964

Develop Leaders in At-Risk Communities, Costa Rica

by Boy With a Ball

Develop Leaders in At-Risk Communities, Costa Rica

Project Report | Mar 17, 2014
Summary of 2013

By Jose Arias, | Executive Director

Tutoring 1

Results Obtained in 2013

7 Volunteering partnerships with local Costa Rican Universities
Most of the programs Boy With a Ball (BWAB) has are lead by local leaders trained in the organization.
Leaders in formation went from 6 to 23 people in a year.
Dropout rate is lower than 5% in the kids that attend our tutoring classes.
Beneficiaries in Los Cuadros in the tutoring program went from 25-50 a week.
BWAB won a social innovation award 2013 given by the Interamerican Development Bank (IDB)
- http://www.elsalvadornoticias.net/2013/10/21/bid-inicia-programa-de-innovacion-social-con-25-jovenes-americanos/
English classes started at the communities given by Máximo Nivel Institute
Other news
- School supplies give away: 300 hundred packages of school supplies

Tutoring 2

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