No Congolese Child Left Behind

Due to conflict and poverty, young people in this context face several challenges in terms of integration into society. These include lack of access to education, limited job opportunities, and a lack of recreational spaces. As a result, many youth become marginalized and engage in harmful behaviors such as theft, participation in violent groups, substance abuse, prostitution, and other negative activities. These challenges are rooted in factors such as inability to pay for school, displacement, and other issues.build a philanthropic platform

The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 was a U.S. Act of Congress that reauthorized the Elementary and Secondary Education Act; it included Title I provisions applying to disadvantaged students. Congo Bomoko adopted this program because of the result. It embodies the four principles of President George W. Bush's education reform plan: stronger accountability for results, expanded flexibility and local control, expanded options for parents, and an emphasis on teaching methods that have been proven to work.

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has made significant strides towards universal access to primary education over the past few decades. The net attendance rate has increased from 52% in 2001 to 78% in 2018, but 7.6 million children aged 5-17 are still out of school

National data indicate that only 67 percent of children who enter first grade will complete sixth grade. Of those who reach 6th grade, only 75 percent will pass the exit exam..

Congo Bomoko is dedicated to support Youth Congolese Education

We are funding a groundbreaking, in next five-year our education program will empower teachers to focus on reading outcomes to support the Government of DRC’s 2016 – 2025 education and training strategy. This will improve the reading outcomes of thousands grade 1-4 students in French and their local language. We will employ professional development approaches for teachers that use local languages to help young children learn to read, consistent with the new curriculum. The program will reach 150,000 out-of-school children to improve retention in primary grades by 30 percent in target schools, and work at the provincial level to improve education governance and accountability

As violence continue in DRC, we identified six key education goals which aim to meet the learning needs of all children, youth and adults of Congo by 2027. The six goals are: (1) expand and improve comprehensive early childhood care and education, especially for the most vulnerable and disadvantaged children; (2) ensure that by 2027 all children, particularly girls, those in difficult circumstances, and those belonging to ethnic minorities, have access to and complete, free and compulsory primary education of good quality; (3) ensure that the learning needs of all young people and adults are met through equitable access to appropriate learning and life-skills programmes; (4) achieve a 30% improvement in adult literacy by 2027, especially for women, and equitable access to basic and continuing education for all adults; (5) eliminate gender disparities in primary and secondary education by 2025, and achieve gender equality in education by 2030, with a focus on ensuring girls' full and equal access to and achievement in basic education of good quality; and (6) improve all aspects of the quality of education and ensure the excellence of all so that recognized and measurable learning outcomes are achieved by all, especially in literacy, numeracy and essential life skills..

In Congo Bomoko we understand the real goal of education, and of school is becoming a “good” person and becoming a more capable person than when you started. Learning is nothing but a means of accomplishing that goal, and it is dangerous to confuse the ends with the means. Congo Bomoko is planning to build around Congolese communities Teaching & Learning Center (TLC) to inspire and support effective and innovative learner-centered and scholarly teaching for all members of Congo Bomoko "Each One Teach One" community. The TLC seeks to promote faculty, staff, and administration in cultivating an institutional climate that encourages and rewards teaching excellence.

As young adults Congolese, we have had a positive impact through our work with YES!. We work to implement local and statewide policy and changes that impact our communities and improve adolescent health outcomes. We also provide extensive training to our peers on how to implement sustainable solutions based on the needs they identify in their own communities