Our Impact
Since launching our first education program in 2017, Kurandza has been providing holistic schooling for over 250 girls who wouldn’t have access otherwise. As our team and community continue to grow each year, so does our impact.
The education of 1 girl will impact 100 people in her lifetime.
Every girl who is educated creates a better future not only for herself, but for her immediate family, her neighbors, and her own children.
By the numbers
Take a look at the impact you’ve helped create in 2023 alone.
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12
Women employed
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255
Children with educational sponsorships
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302
Hours of literacy sessions
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909
Social support home visits
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25,500+
Lives impacted in the community
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248,938+
Miles of walking to school saved through transportation
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48,339+
Days of school funded
MAKING A DIFFERENCE
A look into our EDUCATE program
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Educate
With scholarships covering school supplies, uniforms, backpacks, and school fees, Kurandza students gain access to a life-changing education. In addition to school, children participate in literacy sessions taught by the Kurandza team to ensure literacy levels surpass the national standards for reading and writing. Meanwhile, we work with parents, teaching them financial literacy, budgeting, and community saving so they can become empowered to take over their child's schooling expenses after the 6th grade.
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Equip
Our Program Vision:
The next step in the Kurandza journey, this new holistic program helps secondary school students build a strong foundation of practical life skills by taking courses in: financial literacy, public speaking, nutrition, health and hygiene, agriculture, self defense, first aid, leadership, self-confidence and everything in between.
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Empower
Our Program Vision:
Our goal is to open this program up to our 10th, 11th, and 12th graders, along with parents of the Kurandza community. This program teaches essential business skills including market analysis, feasibility studies, community needs assessments, and business plan development to nurture innovative entrepreneurial ideas that will uplift the entire community.
THE IMPACT OF OUR PROGRAMS
Providing over 250 girls with the skills, tools, and resources necessary to become empowered.
For a girl in Mozambique, an education is the path forward and an important step in breaking the cycle of generational poverty. Attending school will provide her with greater employment opportunities later in life and teach her important skills like reading, writing, and problem solving.
STORIES FROM THE GIRLS
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Mara
AGE: 10 | GRADE: 4TH
Mara, a diligent 4th grader, finds joy in studying natural sciences and reading the Bible. Inspired by her 2nd-grade teacher, Julieta, she dreams of becoming a teacher one day! Her free time is spent playing with her five siblings at home.
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Teura
AGE: 5 | GRADE: PRE-SCHOOL
Teura is a playful preschooler who enjoys drawing and the company of her doll. Eager to learn the alphabet, she engages wholeheartedly in her schoolwork, with the hopes to be a teacher someday, impacting the lives of future children.
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Crechúlia
AGE: 21 | GRADE: 10TH
Crechúlia, an intelligent 10th grader with a unique story. Her two brothers live far from home and her father recently passed, leaving her and her mother to tend to their home and farm. She dreams of becoming an accountant and is grateful for the support Kurandza provides to her and her family.
LEARN ABOUT IMPACT
Kurandza’s 2023
Impact Report
Transparency is of the utmost importance to us, and we strive to always measure and evaluate the genuine impact of our work. To read about how we fulfilled our mission and drove positive change in Mozambique last year, download our full-length 2023 Impact Report.
MEET A FEW OF OUR LEADERS
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"I love working at Kurandza, because I feel like I'm living my purpose in life. When I'm working I renew my hope that I'm contributing in some way to better someone's life. For me, education and empowerment are important because they open new horizons, enlighten a person's mind and thinking, not only to behave in a way that contributes to their success, improvement and personal satisfaction, but also to their community and others. Furthermore, education develops the human personality, dealing with others and preparing people for life experiences. I believe in Kurandza's mission because I believe in a better world, where girls have equal treatment and opportunities that education offers."
- Kátia, Operations Assistant
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"What motivates me most about being part of Kurandza is knowing that I have the opportunity to contribute to the education of girls, helping them to chart their own path by challenging the socio-cultural environment in which they live. For me, education means freedom, empowerment means contributing to the growth and improvement of a nation's living conditions, because empowering a woman means empowering a family. As a member of this community, and knowing from experience the reality and challenges faced by communities regarding access to education, I feel it is my duty to contribute to changing this reality by helping to empower women to assume their role as leaders in the community and that starts with education, so Kurandza's mission is also my mission."
- Sofia, Project Manager
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"I love working at Kurandza because its principles are in common with mine, that the main thing is love. By loving we are capable of great achievements and that is the inspiration I have at Kurandza. Education is important as it is the basis for the development process of a human being, empowerment reinforces this issue of education, as it is a component of education. I believe in Kurandza's mission, because it intends to improve the conditions and life situation of girls in the community, with a foundation in education."
- Mariazinha, Programs Manager
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"I love to work with these young girls. I feel that I'm building a generation of empowered, informed, educated and leading women. I feel that we are somehow contributing to change the system and I am part of this change and I am leaving my mark. Education is the basis for the economic, social, and personal development of society! Education is as important as the air we breathe and the water we drink. I dare say that without education there is no life. And this is the importance of education. Kurandza's mission is a noble one: to provide education for girls. With this, Kurandza is forming and educating an entire nation, because to form a woman is to form a nation."
- Mónica, Education Programs Assistant
