Meet 12-year-old Edna, one of the students who visits the Library on Community Day. Edna has been visiting the library since she was nine years old; she remembers that she and her friends heard about the library from students in the grade above and followed them to our door.
Years Later!
Alex is a very jovial 19-year-old boy who lives next to Impact One. Despite attending public school, by 6th grade, Alex still could not read or write. With no books to use, it became a constant struggle to keep up with school. When he started middle school, he began regular self-study with a Bible, the only book available to him at home. Even though he didn’t understand most of the words, he would use it to practice spelling.
"I want to read everything!"
When one teacher changes everything
After years of attending school, the door to reading has finally been unlocked for Helen. Despite attending class on a regular basis, she struggled to grasp what was being taught, and she was too shy to approach the teacher to ask for help. So year after year, she went through the motions without ever learning how to read fluently. And as the years passed, it became more and more embarrassing for her to see how far behind she was falling.
But her 6th grade teacher changed it all.
A dream come true!
We opened our initial library in 2018, and within the first year of operations, it was already clear that we would need more space. The community interest in our Library was growing each week, and our small room couldn’t accommodate all of the children who would come. We also knew that some day, we would expand our program into more schools and be more serving more children and teachers on a weekly basis.
So the dream for a bigger Center was planted in 2019,
And the journey begins
The Ripple Effect
Technology is rarely used in community schools. So when the parents at Joy Grace saw the teachers on tablets and smartphones during class, they thought they were neglecting their children and just playing on social media. They began to complain to the school’s director who had to call a school-wide meeting and explain to the parents that the teachers were using educational apps to help their children learn.
For one parent, that wasn’t the end of the story.
Passion + Skill = Impact
When you walk into Memory's classroom, you can tell she loves teaching. Brightly decorated walls, a beaming smile, and joyful noises are all evidence of that. But dig a little deeper into her own story, and you're even more convinced that nothing can keep her from her calling as a teacher.
Memory has always dreamed of teaching children. She enrolled in a local college to see that dream come true, but unfortunately she had to drop out after just a few months because her parents weren't able to pay the tuition fees.
But instead of giving up, Memory pressed on to follow her heart.
Phase 1 of Expanding our Center
We are in the process of inviting more schools to join our program. And in order to serve them well, we need more space at our Center to accommodate more students, teachers, and educational resources. Having purchased land back in 2019, the time has finally come to begin our expansion project.
This month, we launched Phase 1 of our project. The goal was to demolish the old structure and lay the foundation for a new one.
