Mission
United World Schools-USA’s mission is to partner with and support the global operations of United World Schools (UK). Our shared global mission is to improve life opportunities for children living in some of the world’s most remote and marginalized areas through free access to inclusive education. We accomplish our mission through the construction and management of free. quality primary-aged schools in remote global communities without access to other schooling options. Our US International Service Learning and School Partnerships Program is an experiential study program for US-based teachers and schools developed to channel student’s passions and energies in the service of helping others.
Notes from the nonprofit
Since 2008, UWS has provided classrooms for 48,000 children in rural global communities who would not otherwise have a chance to attend schools. In 2020, UWS opened a US-based operational hub to pursue new opportunities for program-growth and funding. While UWS-USA is the official US-arm of United World Schools, it maintains an independent Board of Directors and separate financials to ensure compliance with its 501(c)(3) charitable status. The UK-based headquarters (UWS-UK) has an annual budget of approximately $3.5m (USD) and undergoes annual audits which are available at www.unitedworldschools.org. On average, more than 85 cents of every dollar goes directly to in-country program implementation. With a pioneering model that builds primary-education schools for less than $35,000, UWS has grown to more than 280 schools across Myanmar, Nepal, Madagascar, and Cambodia.
Ruling year
2020
Board and Executive Director
Mr. Gregory Houston
Main address
45 L Street SW Box 70327
Washington, DC 20024 USA
EIN
84-4415835
NTEE code
Fund Raising and/or Fund Distribution (B12)
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Communication
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
More than 100,000,000 primary-aged children do not have access to quality classrooms. In developing countries, budgets and distance often combine to exclude already-underserved populations. National systems often are not equipped to hire and manage teachers in rural communities; translate curricula into local languages and dialects; and work with communities and families to find a workable school/chore balance for students.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Center for Service Learning and Partnerships
The UWS Service Learning and School Partnerships Program is a Service Learning program designed to channel children's passions and energies in the service of helping others, with lifelong results.
Our Partner Schools include public and private schools from around the world that engage in global awareness and philanthropic activities in their communities in support of children in our UWS schools. Students learn why UWS exists and share their learnings with their communities. They launch innovative fundraising campaigns in an effort to help United World Schools build and operate our schools, providing school days for children who otherwise would have no schools to attend.
UWS-USA supports its Partner Schools with learning materials that include K-12 lesson plans, reading, research and video materials as well as fundraising and marketing toolkits. Learning materials focus on what is happening with students living in the remote regions where we build and operate schools.
UWS School Building Program
United World Schools (UWS), the parent NGO of UWS-USA, believes every child deserves access to quality, inclusive classrooms. With a pioneering model that builds primary-education schools in remotes global communities for less than $35,000, we have grown to more than 260 schools across Myanmar, Nepal, Madagascar, and Cambodia. With an average operating budget under $10,000 per school, our scale has grown steadily while maintaining quality that exceeds national standards in performance, gender equity, attendance, and progresion.
In 2019, UWS received the WISE Award from Qatar Foundation for contributions to global education, in 2020, the UNESCO Literacy Prize for work improving literacy rates in Myanmar and in 2021, the Moni Sarapoin Mohaserey Wat Award from King Sihamoni of Cambodia
As UWS looks to expand its UN Award-winning model to exponentially more communities and countries, we opened our US offices to amplify and extend our mission to new countries and regions.
Where we work
Awards
Wise Award for Contributions to Global Education 2019
WISE / Qatar Foundaiton
Affiliations & memberships
United World Schools - www.unitedworldschools.org 2019
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Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Number of girls, on average, for every 100 enrolled students
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
UWS School Building Program
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Holding steady
Number of schools built
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
UWS School Building Program
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Teacher Attendance (%)
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
UWS School Building Program
Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Holding steady
Our Sustainable Development Goals
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Goals & Strategy
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Charting impact
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What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
We develop flexible solutions for building quality educational facilities at less than $35,000 per site. Our schools seek to find the most efficient, scalable models to ensure life-changing impact for students and their families. Our goals including proven levels of student performance, progression, and post-school opportunities meet or exceed national standards; and 50/50 gender balance is maintained.
We seek to reduce levels of dropouts by running dropout prevention programs targeting students at-risk of early marriage, entering the labor pool, trafficking, hunger, and inaccessibility due to distance.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
We...
Follow UNICEF, World Bank, and national educational strategies
Train local populations to be on-site teachers
Have regional teams to monitor and ensure teacher attendance and performance
Work with local communities to manage and partner in the development and operations of each school
Build dorms, food programs, and health programs in communities as needed
Ensure libraries and learning materials are designed and tailored for each school
Run drop-out prevention programs targeting students at-risk of leaving schools
Perform external monitoring and program review
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
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United World Schools USA Inc
Board of directorsas of 11/17/2022
David Klaus
Attorney
Chris Outram
OC&C Consulting
Term: 2019 - 2022
Jennifer Lau
Cindy Leggett-Flynn
Jennifer Hamm
Stuart Johnson
Kiran Chetry
Philippe Delourviere
Andy Prozes
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