At OLE, we are passionate about helping communities empower their members to reach their full potential. This mission is at the core of our work, and we are grateful to have found like-minded partners in MIT Solve. Our partnership with MIT Solve has been instrumental in driving our vision forward. We are excited to share…
Continue ReadingAccess to Education, Access to Growth – OLE Nepal
OLE Nepal is a social benefit organization with the motive to improve access to quality education and meaningful learning. There is a vast disparity in the education system in Nepal across population groups and socioeconomic strata. By integrating technology in classrooms and home-learning environments, OLE Nepal aims to close this gap. Why Accessibility? We started…
Continue ReadingFROM OLE MADAGASCAR Planet Learning has “fundamentally changed the way this community has thought about libraries.”
Sitting in the small concrete community library of Ranomafana, Madagascar with six community leaders ––business owners and elders––we witness the power of grassroots development empowered by technology. Eight months ago, in this same room PIVOT Works donated ten tablets and an Open Learning Exchange digital library that has since fundamentally changed the way this community…
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Amina M. is 17 years old and is from a poor family that lives in the Ifo camp in Dadaab
Open Learning Exchange is working with our Somali partners at the Dagahaley, Hagadera and Ifo refugee camps in Dadaab, Kenya, where Planet Learning has been in use for the past three years. During this time, the platform has been used by more than 5,000 young people within the Community Learning Centres that are run by UNHCR. Amina…
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Rahma is 19 and lives in the Hagadera camp in Dadaab
Open Learning Exchange is working with our Somali partners at the Dagahaley, Hagadera and Ifo refugee camps in Dadaab, Kenya, where Planet Learning has been in use for the past three years. During this time, the platform has been used by more than 5,000 young people within the Community Learning Centres that are run by UNHCR. Rahma…
Continue ReadingDuale, a 20 year old youth living in the Ifo refugee camp told the Ifo team: “Open Learning Exchange has transformed my life, and brought hope world wide.”
Open Learning Exchange is working with our Somali partners at the Dagahaley, Hagadera and Ifo refugee camps in Dadaab, Kenya, where Planet Learning has been in use for the past three years. During this time, the platform has been used by more than 5,000 young people within the Community Learning Centres that are run by UNHCR. Duale…
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