Forging Opportunities for Refugees in America Inc NFP

Pre-pandemic, we served 30 formerly illiterate Rohingya, Afghani and Syrian children every day, providing each child with 520 hours per year of customized intensive instruction in reading and math with a 2-to-1 student-tutor ratio using professional teachers and paraprofessionals (and lowering the ratio even further with volunteers). In March 2020, we transitioned all of our programs to operate virtually, using pedagogically sound reading and math software platforms. We were able to begin accepting volunteers from all across the country, which allowed us to accept 30 additional students, and we now serve 60 children with 2 hours a day of 1:1 online tutoring, for a total of 2,640 hours a month of tutoring. All tutors undergo legally mandated background checks and are monitored and mentored one hour every ten days.