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Causes: Down Syndrome, Education, Health, Job Training, Scholarships, Scholarships & Student Financial Aid, Vocational Counseling
Mission: Making the Grade is a charitable, youth oriented, educational and medical organization with the purpose of aiding young people in obtaining an excellent education that will ultimately lead to personal autonomy. We work with students age 7-25 with the greatest cluster in the 15-21 year old bracket. Our target country is Ethiopia.
Results: Since its founding in 2013, Making the Grade: Hope for African Youth has focused on promoting gender equality through education and empowerment. Our mission is to support underprivileged African youth, with a special emphasis on girls, by providing the resources and training they need to succeed academically and become leaders in their communities. Over the past 10 years, we have successfully implemented numerous programs that have improved educational outcomes for girls, reducing dropout rates, and increasing female participation in higher education. In the past year, we have also added a small business loan program, successfully starting our first female owned business. We provided school funding and all support necessary for successful completion of each grade, serving over 100 students. We also started a Down syndrome surgical program providing life saving surgeries for 10 children with continuous post surgical follow up. We built showers in Soddo at a school for the blind and helped create a small business for the school. We have provided famine relief for 1000 families. These are the highlights
Target demographics: Helping young people receive education, life skills, medical care, housing and other services that lead to personal autonomy
Direct beneficiaries per year: 85 students receive education and their families receive famine relief, 500 families with food through familne relieve projects, 6 babies with Down Syndrome receive life saving surgeries, 15 female students receive female emplowement training, one business started with a former student
Geographic areas served: Ethiopia
Programs: housing, food, clothing, medical care, mentoring and funding for education and supplies.
Making the Grade: Hope for African Youth has been a beacon of hope in Ethiopia for over a decade. MTG’s unwavering commitment has transformed the lives of countless young people, turning hopeless, family-less children into self-reliant, educated, and independent individuals. MTG’s impact is immeasurable, creating a new generation of empowered youth who now have a future filled with promise. Truly a #LifeChanger.
