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Our Stories
Behind each and every one of our 1,400+ students, mentees and benefactors is a name; a life story with every word and comma deserving of compassion, care and humanity.
Within each story, EFA serves to reveal the strength of simple and pure hope for a world where the poverty cycle does not claim the voices and futures of potential young scholars, innovators and passionate entrepreneurs from 900 million 'left-behind-children'.
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Mengxin's Hidden Mangoes
Mengxin and her family’s challenges with poverty reflect the same experience of 70 million other left-behind children across rural China.
Jeremy Chan
Aug 12, 2021
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Ye Baolong — Yesterday’s struggles, tomorrow’s hope
Meet 14 year old Ye Baolong (叶宝龙), one of our students from Yanglin Primary School. This is her story of struggle and hardship –– and hope.
Emily Ing
Aug 3, 2021
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Taking the First Step: Introducing EFA’s ESL Program
We are excited to announce the planned launch of our ESL program (English as a Second Language) this September 2021-2022 school year, which
EFA Team
Jun 26, 2021
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Mark Inflation: A Student’s Friend or Foe?
Every year, high school seniors hailing from all kinds of schools, social classes, and races apply to universities with big hopes and...
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Aug 6, 2020
139
Private schools or public schools? The reality behind both.
For most, it simply isn’t sensical to compare the elite academia of private schools to that of public schools. For parents with the...
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Aug 6, 2020
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5 Organizations leading “fem, is the new STEM”
While women account for half of the workforce, they make up barely 24 percent of jobs in the STEM field. This definitely not old news....
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Aug 6, 2020
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How COVID-19 has Impacted Education Around the World
For students around the globe, the closure of schools means a complete migration to the digital environment in order to continue their...
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Aug 6, 2020
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How to approach education for students in poverty
Could the solution being sought out simply be to just treat underprivileged youth with the same tough love everyone else receives?
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Aug 6, 2020
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July Volunteers of the Month
Read to learn about our two volunteers of this month, Eecho Yuan and Emily Ing! Although Eecho only joined the EFA team two months ago,...
EFA Team
Aug 1, 2020
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June Volunteers of the Month
Read more about our two volunteers of the month: Sunny and Sophia! Sunny is one of our oldest volunteers and has been with EFA since our...
EFA Team
Aug 1, 2020
139
Gender Disparity in Education and in the Workforce
Thanks for reading! This is part 3 of 3 infographics of our third series, which will be covering diversity in education. We are posting...
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Jun 24, 2020
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Recognizing Diversity in a Learning Environment
Sources https://web.uri.edu/teach/multicultural/ https://online.queens.edu/online-programs/medl/resources/benefits-of-diversity-in-school...
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Jun 16, 2020
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The Racialization of African-Americans in Education
To read more about the history of segregation in education, check out this website that details an outline of major events. EFA will be...
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Jun 9, 2020
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How COVID-19 has Impacted Education Around the World
Read more details in our Medium article HERE! Thanks for reading! This is part 3 of 3 infographics of our second series, which will be...
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May 31, 2020
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The Progressive Approach to Education
Read the rest on this topic here! Thanks for reading! This is part 2 of 3 infographics of our second series, which will be covering...
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May 25, 2020
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May Volunteers of the Month
For the month of May, we have two Volunteers of the month, Jessie and Annabelle! Jessie has been volunteering with EFA for close to a...
EFA Team
May 23, 2020
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Online Learning
This is the start of our second series where we will be covering different approaches to education! This first infographic will cover...
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May 21, 2020
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Exploring the Solutions for Education Inequality
Thanks for reading! This is part 3 of 3 infographics of our first series, which will tackle the relationship between education and...
Laura
Apr 30, 2020
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Educational Disparity & Development in China
Thanks for reading! This is part 2 of 3 infographics of our first series, which will tackle the relationship between education and...
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Apr 21, 2020
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Why Education is Crucial to Alleviating Poverty
Thanks for reading! This is part 1 of 3 infographics of our first series, which will tackle the relationship between education and...
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Apr 14, 2020
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