USAID

Fact sheet. The Supérate Program was founded by the Sagrera Palomo Foundation in El Salvador in 2004. With private sector funding, Supérate serves underprivileged students from public schools, ages 13 through18, who have demonstrated high academic performance and who have a high desire and potential for self-improvement.

Fact sheet. "USAID’s $25 million Education for Children and Youth project provides access to quality education for over 370,000 lower secondary (7th to 9th grade) students in 750 schools located in high crime communities. The project contributes to USAID’s Global Education Strategy to increase equitable access to education in crisis and conflict environments for 15 million learners."

Fact sheet. Higher Education for Economic Growth project builds partnerships between industry sectors and higher education institutions to develop demand-driven educational programs and research, as well as to train highly qualified faculty members to build professionals who contribute to industry growth and productivity and stimulate economic and social development.

Since the founding of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) in 1961, the Office of American Schools and Hospitals Abroad (ASHA) has proudly contributed to the achievement of the Agency’s goals as articulated in its recently adopted mission statement: “We partner to end extreme poverty and promote resilient, democratic societies while advancing our security and prosperity.”

Despite unprecedented increases in school enrollment over the last decade, there is still a global learning crisis—worldwide, 250 million children are not acquiring basic literacy and numeracy skills, 130 million of whom have attended at least four years of school.

La Agencia de los Estados Unidos para el Desarrollo Internacional (USAID) y la empresa Cisco, bajo su programa Cisco Networking Academy, anunciaron hoy una nueva alianza para promover la capacitación de jóvenes en tecnologías de la información, así como el emprendimiento, la productividad y el crecimiento económico en El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras y Nicaragua.