Teaching at the Right Level CHALLENGE; Ethiopia
PROVEN INTERVENTION TO BE DISTRIBUTED
ConnectEd Education Program
Learn more about the ConnectEd Challenge and how a high-access, low-cost phone-based innovation can deliver remedial education to underserved primary-aged learners.
DISTRIBUTION MODEL INNOVATION
Ethio-ConnectEd empowers children whose education has been disrupted by crisis to rebuild their learning, strengthen essential skills, and unlock brighter futures.
Ethio-ConnectEd delivers phone-based tutoring to children whose education has been disrupted by conflict and natural disasters. The pilot is based in the Tigray region, reaching 200 disadvantaged primary school children with numeracy-focused support. By customizing materials to local languages and education systems, and working through capacitated local teams, they ensure that learning is accessible and culturally relevant. What sets them apart is their ability to combine rigorous research with practical, low-cost delivery, creating solutions that can be scaled to reach tens of thousands of children across Ethiopia.
ConnectEd was launched in 2023 as a pilot project in partnership with Youth Impact, Botswana. Building on the success and demonstrated impact of the pilot, Gidisa Lachisa Tato, the Founder, is establishing a standalone organization in Ethiopia, named Ethio-ConnectEd.
PILOT AND SCALING GOALS
Reach 200 most disadvantaged children in remote and conflict-affected areas in the Tigray region.
Using 14 well-trained teachers, provide 6 weeks of phone-based numeracy tutoring for 200 children.
For intervention scale-up, fundraise an additional USD 50,000 from new donors or affiliate partner organisations.
FOUNDING TEAM
Dr Gidisa Lachisa Tato - Founder