Future Leaders Today

Future Leaders Today: $2,000 to initiate a program providing training for K-12 teachers in the Dominican Republic to enable them to provide entrepreneurial education to children in the 6-12 age range. Monies awarded provided the program with the computer and internet service necessary to complete its training module online.   Ultimately, 50 instructors will be trained in entrepreneurial principles and grounded in techniques to institutionalize this information at the elementary and middle school levels in the home province of the program. Long-term, the program will enhance the education system in DR by providing better professional development for teachers and administrators, while offering students the opportunity to move from dependence on charity to self-sustenance while avoiding exposure to drug and human traffickers.