Think Creative Fall 2024

Dispatches

updates from around our world

Creative’s programs support people around the world to create positive change in their families, communities and beyond. By investing in education, stability, social cohesion, businesses and the workforce, we are moving towards a brighter, more peaceful world. Explore the impact of four projects implemented by Creative and its partners in Africa and Central America. Our Impact

ETHIOPIA USAID | READ II Education Recovery Activity

6 years (2018-2024) | $76,895,236

READ II began as an early grade reading program but pivoted to respond to the pandemic and Northern Ethiopia Conflict by helping students, teachers and schools return to learning.

primary students reached in 4,998 primary schools and 7 regions 4 M+

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youth trained in art & advocacy, to participate in community decision-making

reading camps established 5,986

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women trained as legal promoters, supporting victims of gender-based violence 141

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formerly gang controlled public spaces rehabilitated

EL SALVADOR, GUATEMALA, HONDURAS USAID/Office of Transition Initiatives (OTI) | Central America Regional Initiative (CARI)

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3 years (2021-2024) | $54,638,384

volunteer community literacy leaders trained 11,656

CARI supports local partners to increase community resilience and foster a sense of rootedness and hope for the future in communities with high out-migration rates.

Photo by Erick Gibson

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