Global Reach

Latin America and the Caribbean

Creating basic education and workforce programs that chart a course for a better future
A young man in Honduras gets job training

In Honduras, EDC programs provide job training for hundreds of young people.

In collaboration with education and industry partners across Latin America and the Caribbean, EDC creates basic education and workforce development programs that are relevant and tailored to respond to community needs.

Our basic education programs use interactive audio instruction—a concept we pioneered—to reach learners in settings that are both remote and lacking in necessary resources. Our workforce development programs prepare young people for available market opportunities, and we design and implement evidence-based interventions to offer young people a new, more positive course.


Resources

Here are a few of our resources on Latin America and the Caribbean. To see more, visit our Resources section.
Reports
Lessons Learned from Moving the Haitian Out-Of-School Youth Livelihood Initiative

This report is part of a series of publications summarizing what is being learned “on the ground” from projects in more than a dozen countries, and is the product of the pilot phase of the first EQ
Reports
Understanding Youth Crime and Violence in Honduras: Summary Report Findings

EDC’s Proyecto METAS conducted a survey in three at-risk urban communities in Honduras between March and May 2013.
Reports
Proyecto METAS: Employability Study

This Employability Study was conducted in Honduras to better understand the characteristics of those youth that are receiving the Career Readiness Certification (CRC) and to what extent youth have

Reports
Technology Applications for the Global Education Community (METAS Learning Series)

Technology has proven to be one of the missing links in order to guarantee educational and workforce improvement in developing countries.
Toolkits
Distance Education for Teacher Training: Modes, Models, and Methods

This resource focuses on building high-quality teaching and learning within a distance-based system.
Reports
Promising Youth Development Strategies: Community Youth Mapping

This document highlights lessons learned in implementing the youth mapping development model internationally.
Toolkits
Learning at Home in Times of Crisis Using Radio

Interactive audio instruction (IAI) is a distance-learning technology that provides educational services, often to schools and school systems worldwide.
White papers
Fostering Early Math Comprehension: Experimental Evidence from Paraguay

This article explores the effects of EDC’s Tikichuela early childhood mathematics initiative, developed with the government of Paraguay.
Reports
Understanding Youth Crime and Violence in Honduras

The assessment was conducted between March and May 2013 in three at-risk communities in each of the three main urban areas of Honduras: Tegucigalpa, San Pedro Sula, and La Ceiba.
Reports
USAID Honduras Reading Activity Success Stories

These three stories highlight recent successes from the Honduras Reading Activity (HRA). HRA builds a stronger bond between families and their schools to strengthen community resilience and cohesion, retain children in school, and reduce irregular migration.