Lasting Impact through Education
Each outreach site presents with varying degrees of need in areas of medical, dental, pharmacology, wellness and economic development. One of our sustainability initiatives is accomplished through education.
Our team offers an education component during each outreach opportunity. This ensures the community needs are met by way of training locals to create support that continues long after the Bridges team’s departure.
Examples of education provided to outreach communities includes, but is not limited to:
Hand hygiene
Basic first aid interventions
Dental hygiene
Feminine hygiene
Monitoring of blood pressure & glucose (equipment supplied)
Administration of respiratory breathing treatments
Sustainable clean water
Facts
- In most emerging countries, few children graduate from secondary school and many don’t even finish primary school, very few students continue on to secondary school.
- Very few children complete the fifth grade, and of those, less than half can comprehend a simple paragraph.
- Many kids drop out before finishing school for numerous reasons, including the difficulty of getting to school and the cost of schooling. Even when tuition is free, there are often expenses for lunch, uniforms, and examination fees.
- Children forgo educational opportunities to produce income working on the family farm or selling in the marketplace.
- Job prospects for most people in the developing world are poor, and staying in school past fifth grade, or even through 10th grade, does not improve them significantly.
- In impoverished regions, the vast majority will not secure formal employment and will be supported primarily through subsistence level agriculture and trading.
- Educational programs typically adopt traditional Western models of education, with an emphasis on math, science, language, and social studies- topics that may provide intellectual stimulation, but have little relevance in the lives of impoverished children.
- There are no higher levels of schooling or professional job opportunities awaiting most of these children; they will likely end up working on family or neighborhood farms or starting their own small enterprises.
What We Do
Provide educational materials
- We provided educational materials such as books, notebooks and pencils to hundreds of children
- Provide educational equipment
- We provided wood desks for children to work on. We constructed blackboards for several schools.
Our Impact
- By providing basic materials for learning, we have provided an environment more conducive for study and teaching.
- Our commitment to education has paved the way for independent follow-up by team members to continue and oversee the progress of our programs.
How Can You Help
- Donate today and help us provide the training and education needed in the villages and areas of our mission trips.
DONATE NOW
Facts
- In most emerging countries, few children graduate from secondary school and many don’t even finish primary school, very few students continue on to secondary school.
- Very few children complete the fifth grade, and of those, less than half can comprehend a simple paragraph.
- Many kids drop out before finishing school for numerous reasons, including the difficulty of getting to school and the cost of schooling. Even when tuition is free, there are often expenses for lunch, uniforms, and examination fees.
- Children forgo educational opportunities to produce income working on the family farm or selling in the marketplace.
- Job prospects for most people in the developing world are poor, and staying in school past fifth grade, or even through 10th grade, does not improve them significantly.
- In impoverished regions, the vast majority will not secure formal employment and will be supported primarily through subsistence level agriculture and trading.
- Educational programs typically adopt traditional Western models of education, with an emphasis on math, science, language, and social studies- topics that may provide intellectual stimulation, but have little relevance in the lives of impoverished children.
- There are no higher levels of schooling or professional job opportunities awaiting most of these children; they will likely end up working on family or neighborhood farms or starting their own small enterprises.
What We Do
Provide educational materials
- We provided educational materials such as books, notebooks and pencils to hundreds of children
- Provide educational equipment
- We provided wood desks for children to work on. We constructed blackboards for several schools.
Our Impact
- By providing basic materials for learning, we have provided an environment more conducive for study and teaching.
- Our commitment to education has paved the way for independent follow-up by team members to continue and oversee the progress of our programs.
How Can You Help
- Donate today and help us provide the training and education needed in the villages and areas of our mission trips.
DONATE NOW