My Nonprofit Reviews

I have been a volunteer ESL tutor for this organization for about 16 years and it has been one of the most rewarding experiences in my life. Teaching English to adult learners who are so in need of better language skills has helped give me a much greater appreciation of how difficult it is for people who have taken the unbelievably brave step of leaving behind their native cultures to try and make a better life for themselves and their families. I have come to know so many of their life stories and have learned from them at least as much as I have taught them. I have helped mothers and fathers gain the confidence and courage to connect to their new communities with a better knowledge of our language.

It is a huge step, for so many of them, to be able to make an appointment with a doctor or dentist, to be able to help their children do their homework, to attend an open house at their kid's school and speak to the teacher. To help teach basic things which most of us take for granted like not being afraid to ask directions from a stranger or to ask an employee at some business for help in finding an item or getting some kind of service. It is such a wonderful feeling to hear that one of my students can now bargain for a price or for a raise in their wages or to ask for extra instruction at their work so they can advance to a higher paid position. Helping others to be able to help themselves is a thing that one cannot put a price on and by passing along our compassion and love, we make ourselves better people as well. Literacy Delaware has enabled me to do truly meaningful work in my life and I tell everyone I know that it is one of the most soul fulfilling experiences of my life.

The employees and other volunteers who I have met in this organization are some of the most caring and giving people who I have ever met and I am so proud to be associated with them.

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