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Latin America and the Caribbean
Creating basic education and workforce programs that chart a course for a better future
In Honduras, EDC programs provide job training for hundreds of young people.
In collaboration with education and industry partners across Latin America and the Caribbean, EDC creates basic education and workforce development programs that are relevant and tailored to respond to community needs.
Our basic education programs use interactive audio instruction—a concept we pioneered—to reach learners in settings that are both remote and lacking in necessary resources. Our workforce development programs prepare young people for available market opportunities, and we design and implement evidence-based interventions to offer young people a new, more positive course.
Projects
Resources
Here are a few of our resources on Latin America and the Caribbean. To see more, visit our Resources section.
Reports
Technology has proven to be one of the missing links in order to guarantee educational and workforce improvement in developing countries.
Reports
This report analyzes survey data from 200 participants in USAID-funded, EDC-implemented youth programs in North East Kenya and Honduras.
Reports
Drawing on its extensive work in fragile environments, EDC developed this set of case studies that chronicles best practices, lessons learned, and stories of success.
Reports
This Employability Study was conducted in Honduras to better understand the characteristics of those youth that are receiving the Career Readiness Certification (CRC) and to what extent youth have
Websites
English for Latin America (ELA) is an interactive audio instruction program created by EDC for use in schools in Latin America.
Reports
This paper explores the potential of interactive audio instruction (IAI) as a cost-effective strategy for improving the resiliency of education systems.
Reports
Honduran youths have the ability to generate strategies that can solve problems in the national context.
Reports
This guide provides a conceptual framework, instruments, and tools for designing and implementing youth assessments in developing countries.
Reports
These three stories highlight recent successes from the Honduras Reading Activity (HRA). HRA builds a stronger bond between families and their schools to strengthen community resilience and cohesion, retain children in school, and reduce irregular migration.
Fact sheets
As part of EDC’s Work Ready Now (WRN) program, WRN Biz builds youths’ core skills in business planning, business start-up, and ongoing business management.