World Leadership Foundation Inc.

“WLF Keystone Initiatives for 2015 World Leadership Foundation continues in its mission to "unleash the potential of global communities through technology, learning and collaboration." We fulfill our mission in two primary ways. First, World Leadership Foundation raised in 2014 $74,192 in student donations that were invested in a total of 28 community projects at our partner schools in Asia, Africa, Latin America and the US. The projects include building critical school infrastructure such as classrooms, bathrooms, rainwater collection systems, playgrounds and sustainable community gardens. A specific list of all of our 2015 projects is here: http://www.worldleadershipfoundation.org/community-projects/ Second, World Leadership Foundation raised an additional $69,645 in donations from corporations, grants and non-student donors. Of this money, we used $23,440 in administrative expenses, including a salary for a Program Director, marketing, board meeting expenses and legal fees for a trademark on behalf of TabLab. The rest of the funds was used to continue our expansion of TabLab (www.tablabeducation.org), an initiative to transform the quality of rural education. TabLab is focused on the issue that 250 million kids around the world cannot read, write or do basic math. Most of these kids are in rural schools that lack electricity and internet. Building computer labs in schools, and training large numbers of teachers, is very expensive. Large-scale technology initiatives for rural schools have failed because they do not provide long-term teacher training and support, nor do they address the long-term costs of operating a computer lab. Schools enrolled in TabLab receive a mobile tablet lab, which needs neither electricity or internet", plus a teacher trainer for two years. Our experience has shown that technology integration and teacher training is a gradual, long-term process. We adapt our strategies to suit the needs of the school, ensure that teachers and administrators are the principal agents of change, and use data to measure our impact. TabLab's goal is to transform our partner schools. Teachers start using technology for traditional learning and, over time, transition to student-centered approaches such as Project-Based Learning. During a 6-month pilot in Costa Rica, students showed gains in reading, writing and a 29 percent increase in the comprehension of complex concepts.”

“Description;Amount^Project Costs;117697|Insurance;1328|Bank Fees;193|Travel;2095|Administration;365^Total;121678^”

“Description;Amount^contributions;3917^Total;3917^”

“Description;EOY Amount^Project Advance;3620^Total;3620^”