| Worldfund | |
| Founded Date: | 2002 |
| Founder: | Luanne Zurlo |
| Headquarters: | New York, New York |
| Area Served: | Latin America |
| Focus: | Education |
| Method: | Donations, Grants and Partnerships |
The World Education and Development Fund, doing business initially as Worldfund and later as Educando by Worldfund is a non-profit organization founded in 2002 that delivers training and ongoing support educators from underserved schools in Latin America. In that time, it has operated 3 leadership and in-service professional development programs for educators in Latin America: IAPE, for English teachers in Mexico; STEM Brasil and STEM Mexico, for science and math teachers; and LISTO, for school directors in Mexico. Nearly 8,000 principals and teachers have participated in Worldfund programming. [1]
The Inter-American Partnership for Education (IAPE) trained, empowered, and supported a network of English language educators in Mexico's most underserved public schools, in association with Dartmouth College's Rassias Center. IAPE operated from 2007 until the outset of the global COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.
This program addresses the urgent increasing need for professionals in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and math. The STEM Brasil methodology complements the school curriculum. The program engages students with their own teachers during the school day, unlike extracurricular programs.
Worldfund is currently developing the infrastructure to implement its STEM program within Mexico's public schools. Anticipated launch date is 2018.
