2018 IMPACT REPORT
MANY STORIES ONE WORLD
In the 1970s, the organization began putting decades beyond a “single story” to gain a broader understanding of experience into practice around the world through of the world its nonprofit global development and exchange ■■ Three foreign policy experts who discovered on an division, World Learning, which works with individuals, excursion to Zimbabwe that each of their impressive communities, and institutions to find comprehensive careers sprang out of their transformative experiences solutions to some of the world’s most pressing through SIT Study Abroad challenges, such as poverty, conflict, and inequality. Everyone ■■ A young English teacher in Myanmar who learned his Combined, the three unique branches of World Learning language skills and realized his calling through a World Inc. form a singular story, one that is experiential and Learning training program global. People aren’t the subjects of our programs. They has a story to tell. are creating their own narratives that are woven together We believe storytelling is a powerful way to bring people to create a more peaceful and just world. together, illuminate the world, and inspire change. For more than 85 years, World Learning Inc. — a nonprofit In the pages ahead, you’ll read stories about some of There are many stories yet to be told. With your support, organization dedicated to global education, sustainable these changemakers including: we look forward to sharing them for years to come.
development, and international exchange — has helped ■■ A high school student whose summer with The Experiment Leadership Institute taught her to look global citizens from countries tell 162 their stories. It all started in 1932 when Dr.Donald Watt founded The Experiment in International Living. Our flagship program, The Experiment now sends high school students abroad to immerse themselves in new cultures through homestays and other adventures that help them develop cross-cultural understanding and build leadership skills. In the early 1960s, Sargent Shriver, founding director of the Peace Corps and an Experiment alumnus, tapped The Experiment to train the first class of Peace Corps volunteers, World Learning Inc. works giving birth to the School for International Training (SIT), which now offers accredited with citizens from across the undergraduate semester and summer abroad programs and internationally focused master’s world. The countries in green degrees, certificates, and professional development programs. represent where we have programs or participants.
2 | WORLD LEARNING INC. | WORLDLEARNINGINC.ORG 2018 IMPACT REPORT | 3 A LETTER FROM OUR CEO CAROL JENKINS
Welcome to our 2018 Impact Report. This year, I was honored countries directly impacted by those critical issues. SIT Study to be named CEO of World Learning Inc. I’m excited to lead Abroad also expanded, now sending undergraduate students this amazing organization, which is dedicated to building a across all seven continents. more sustainable, peaceful, and just world. My vision is One And, as they have for more than 85 years, The Experiment in World Learning, building on the strength of all our programs International Living’s immersive programs allow high school to maximize our impact and make the world better today and students to explore the world in authentic and impactful for generations to come. TABLE OF CONTENTS ways, while developing enduring friendships through cultural Our work, grounded in our experiential approach to learning, experiences and homestays. In 2018, The Experiment offered helps people become the best version of themselves. 30 programs in 23 countries around the world, including A LETTER FROM OUR CEO 5 By offering opportunities for people to learn about and a new U.S.-based program focused on human rights and experience the world and develop their skills, confidence, college discovery. and understanding, we create leaders who effect positive I hope you will discover, in the pages to follow, how change in their communities and around the world. As both GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT & EXCHANGE 8 World Learning Inc. creates leaders and changemakers an accredited academic institution and an international to make this world more sustainable, peaceful, and just. nongovernmental organization (NGO), we offer the best of I invite you to join us on this journey. SCHOOL FOR INTERNATIONAL TRAINING 28 theory and practice to individuals and institutions in 162 countries. We are guided by our core values of integrity, respect, innovation, engagement, and life-long learning. THE EXPERIMENT IN INTERNATIONAL LIVING 44 World Learning’s development and exchange programs remain dedicated to supporting individuals and institutions Carol Jenkins, CEO, World Learning Inc. as they address the world’s most pressing problems — from FINANCIALS, BOARD, & PHILANTHROPY 58 conflict to inequity — across all 93 of its global programs. In 2018, World Learning led the development community to move beyond diversity and toward a more radical inclusivity with the launch of the Transforming Agency, Access, and Power (TAAP) initiative. Under the leadership of Dr. Sophia Howlett, the School for International Training (SIT) continues to be a leader in global education, with inclusion, social justice, and reciprocity among its values. This year SIT Graduate Institute launched a new global master’s degree format in which students research climate change or humanitarian assistance while living in 4 | WORLD LEARNING INC. | WORLDLEARNINGINC.ORG 2018 IMPACT REPORT | 5 WORLD LEARNING INC. AT A GLANCE
FY18 FOUNDED IN PROGRAMS BY DIVISION
STAFF WORLDWIDE HIGH SCHOOL SUMMER ACTIVE DEVELOPMENT AND 1932 30 ABROAD PROGRAMS 79 EXCHANGE PROGRAMS
OPERATING IN 1,242
60 HEADQUARTERS UNDERGRADUATE STUDY ABROAD PROGRAMS COUNTRIES WORLDWIDE WASHINGTON, DC 72 BRATTLEBORO, VT GRADUATE DEGREE AND PARTICIPANTS FROM 12 CERTIFICATE PROGRAMS 162 ANNUAL REVENUE COUNTRIES $137.4M CREATING A MORE PEACEFUL AND JUST WORLD
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employers as they develop hard and soft skills such as WHEN PEOPLE WORK communication that are critical in the workplace. TOGETHER, THEY CAN World Learning also draws upon more than 85 years of experience in creating international exchange programs SOLVE THE WORLD’S MOST that transform how people see the world and connect to new professional and academic opportunities. PRESSING PROBLEMS. Our people-to-people exchange programs provide a platform on which young people, university students, and World Learning — the nonprofit global development and professionals build a truly global community. exchange division of World Learning Inc. — is building We couldn’t do it without our partners. In addition to our the foundations to make that possible. In 2018, our 79 generous individual donors, we work with governments global programs helped young people and professionals and corporations on projects worldwide. In 2018, World alike find their voices, connect with their communities, Learning launched Kids Can Code, a program that teaches build relationships across cultures, and unlock their own basic coding and English language skills to children living life stories. They come together in pursuit of solutions to in a refugee camp in Iraq. This innovative program is critical issues like poverty, conflict, and inequality. supported by Kano, a technology company; our local Change begins with education. World Learning’s literacy partner, Kurdistan Save the Children; and our funder, the initiatives in Lebanon and Pakistan lay the groundwork Catalyst Foundation for Universal Education. And there are for long-lasting and sustainable change by working so many other examples like this. with ministries of education and local governments Whether they’re government officials reshaping the face to strengthen their ability to tackle the global literacy of education in their country or young artists sharing crisis. And our English language programs open up new the importance of Deaf heritage, people who participate possibilities for students in Myanmar and beyond. in World Learning’s global development and exchange Our youth workforce and entrepreneurship programs help programs are all actively seeking to build a more peaceful people cultivate the skills they need for the 21st century and just world — together. economy. In El Salvador, our career center development programs connect university students with potential
10 | WORLD LEARNING INC. | WORLDLEARNING.ORG 2018 IMPACT REPORT | 11 LITERACY AT WORLD LEARNING WE BELIEVE EVERYONE HAS THE RIGHT TO Improving literacy is a critical come overnight — and that each country context global challenge. Approximately has its own unique challenges. World Learning A HIGH-QUALITY 250 million children across the employs USAID’s Collaborating, Learning, and world don’t have — and struggle to Adapting set of practices, ensuring that we can EDUCATION. access — basic reading skills. adjust as necessary to create sustainable change. World Learning is working to change that. Finally, our programs are deeply rooted in the QITABI BY THE NUMBERS Our global education team is building reading skills principles of experiential learning and inclusion, among children in Pakistan and Lebanon through two of World Learning’s hallmarks. We encourage the Pakistan Reading Project (PRP) and the Quality teachers to shift from lecture-based learning to Instruction Towards Access and Basic Education hands-on activities, role-play, and other exercises Improvement (QITABI) program, funded by the U.S. that immerse students in their learning. And we 73K 6K Agency for International Development (USAID). make sure everything we do reaches all students, Students benefiting Vulnerable students particularly those from vulnerable populations. from reading gaining access World Learning’s approach makes a difference. intervention to education To create long-lasting change, we focus on “We believe everyone has the right to a high-quality strengthening education systems, working with education,” says World Learning Director of Global ministries of education and local governments Education Rajani Shrestha. “If we want kids to to build their capacity to tackle literacy. We train prepare for the 21st century, literacy is essential.” and coach their trainers and teacher mentors and provide them with tools — like learning resource kits with lesson 2.2K 4.8K Public school Classrooms equipped plans and books teachers trained with Arabic libraries targeted to students’ reading Funded by the UK Department for International Development levels — to put (DFID), Jasoosan Sheeba and the them in charge Private Detectives is a series of 36 educational comic books for of their own emerging readers in grades 2–5. transformation. “When we want kids to read, we want kids to have materials to We’re also agile read,” Shrestha explains. 580K 1.5K Leveled and Parents attending in our approach, understanding read-aloud books parent reading circles that results won’t
12 | WORLD LEARNING INC. | WORLDLEARNING.ORG 2018 IMPACT REPORT | 13 CONNECTING STUDENTS TO WORK IN EL SALVADOR FROM ZERO TO HERO IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Searching for work was once a challenge Since late 2016, World Learning’s university partners Kaung Sett was disappointed when HIGHER EDUCATION for students at the Universidad Centro have created a total of 312 connections with local he took his high school exams, NOW I’VE BECOME A FOR ECONOMIC Americana José Simeón Canas (UCA). employers. having scored lower than he hoped GROWTH HERO IN MY CAREER. Though the university had relationships UCA, in particular, has doubled the number of on English language. But the with local employers, its staff didn’t always understand internship and job opportunities for students young student from Myanmar was determined to improve. So when program, ELP has helped approximately 4,685 young the difficulties students were having in finding jobs — and increased its employer partnerships by 127 people, ages 16 and up, gain language skills. or what employers were looking for in new hires. percent. Major companies like Unilever now he heard about a program at the American Center in Yangon, he decided to apply. “Level 1 totally changed my life,” Kaung Sett says. He That changed in 2017. send staff to lecture at the university, conduct recruiting activities on campus, and bring students Seven years later, Kaung Sett not only speaks English discovered that learning can be an active experience. World Learning worked with five Salvadoran on tours of their technical sites. Students return fluently, he is the head teacher at a private English Rather than simply giving lectures, his teacher universities to establish career development with a newfound understanding of the technical language school. encouraged students to engage in their education centers (CDCs) as part of the USAID-funded Higher skills employers desire, which helps the university through exercises and field trips. “My life started at zero English, but now I’ve become Education for Economic Growth Project. These improve its curricula. “I didn’t learn only about English,” he says. “I also centers provide connections to the local job a hero in my career,” he says. World Learning also worked with the university to learned teaching strategies.” market and prepare students for careers through World Learning manages the English Language develop new practices to develop students’ soft skills trainings. Program (ELP) — hosted at the American Center in Kaung Sett developed his passion for teaching as skills. Now, counselors at the career center employ Yangon as well as the Jefferson Center in Mandalay a facilitator for a student reading group during his “World Learning had a way of customizing their role-playing techniques to help students practice — in collaboration with the U.S. Embassy in Yangon. second year. He watched proudly as the participants global experience to fit the reality of El Salvador,” for job interviews and offer personal attention to Since World Learning began implementing the progressed. And so, upon completing Level 6, Kaung says Mario Dimas, director of the university’s CDC. students developing their resumes. Sett found a teaching position at the George English “Students must go beyond what they Training Centre language school in Yangon. learn in their technical abilities,” Dimas Now, at 23, he has won two teaching awards and says, explaining that companies are landed the coveted spot as head teacher, a position looking for recruits who can express in which he trains other teachers. their ideas, engage in teamwork, and Kaung Sett hopes to further develop his abilities prepare for leadership roles. by earning a Certificate in Teaching English to Ultimately, everyone benefits, he adds. Speakers of Other Languages (CELTA). He also “These companies receive students who envisions leading school systems to share this understand how to work in real life.” valuable skill with Myanmar’s youth. “If your English is very good, then so many opportunities open for you,” he says.
14 | WORLD LEARNING INC. | WORLDLEARNING.ORG 2018 IMPACT REPORT | 15 McBride built vocabulary and grammar lessons and games designed to help students progress through KIDS CAN CODE TEACHERS KIDS CAN CODE: the Kano coding lessons, which begin with simple and direct commands but grow more challenging each week. ARE TRAINED TO PROVIDE For example, McBride introduced a game called “Move TEACHING TECHNOLOGY IN IRAQ If...” in which students switch places with one another THE EMOTIONAL SUPPORT in response to commands their teacher gives in a combination of English and Kurdish. The game prepares THEIR STUDENTS NEED. Five days a week, around 200 school-aged children innovative product, which teaches a valuable skill students to use commands to move the cursor around huddle around U-shaped tables in the activity and gets kids engaged with STEM.” in one of the Kano applications and later to understand Kids Can Code’s daily operations will be sustained center at the Arbat refugee camp in northern Kids Can Code builds upon Kano’s intuitive “if...then” statements. by KSC, an Iraqi humanitarian organization. World Iraq. Together, the children build computers and technology and computer coding lessons, which give Though English and technology skills are the main Learning connected with KSC through the extensive learn basic coding, all while they practice English young people the skills they need to find jobs in the aims of the club, McBride says the curriculum design alumni network of another World Learning program, and develop strategies for coping in a difficult modern workforce. World Learning adapted that also builds soft skills — like collaboration and problem the U.S. Department of State-funded Iraqi Young environment. curriculum to make it accessible for students in the solving — and is embedded with psychosocial support Leaders Exchange Program (IYLEP). McBride says that These lessons are at the heart of Kids Can Code, a camp, most of whom speak little to no English and elements to help children feel safe in the classroom partnership was essential. club for refugee children born out of an innovative often struggle with trauma. and develop skills for making friends and handling “It is huge,” she says. “There’s no way we could access new partnership that World Learning has launched Dr. Kara McBride, senior education program emotions. Kids Can Code teachers are trained to the camp without them.” alongside technology company Kano and Kurdistan specialist at World Learning, led the effort to form provide the emotional support their students need. Save the Children (KSC), with funding from the Catalyst, the funding partner, was also critical to the the curriculum. She likens her approach to the way “From the very first minute they walk in, you’re greeting Catalyst Foundation for Universal Education. success of Kids Can Code. Catalyst supports projects Kano teaches kids to “hack” coding by offering easy- them and being interested in their lives,” McBride says. that encourage kids to strive for higher education as well “This is a really terrific partnership,” says Emily to-use lessons and games. as nonformal education projects that help keep them Daughtry, senior program officer at Catalyst. “We “I ended up taking that concept and hacking engaged in education no matter their circumstances. were thrilled to find an organization equipped English,” she says. Daughtry says the Kids Can Code project perfectly to put together a program that would use this bridges those two pillars. “It’s an exciting way to engage young people in a 21st century skill that’s really valuable,” she says. “And hopefully, it will also spark their interest and keep them engaged with STEM skills in a way that will make it easier for them to stay on a pathway to higher education.”
16 | WORLD LEARNING INC. | WORLDLEARNING.ORG 2018 IMPACT REPORT | 17 SUCCEEDING AS A WOMAN IN TECHNOLOGY INSPIRING YOUTH TO SERVE THEIR COMMUNITIES
Women across the globe often the Skills for Youth Program (SYP). Through SYP, In January, during an exchange State, with funding provided by the U.S. government. SKILLS FOR YOUTH PROGRAM hesitate to study and pursue careers youth in the critical stabilization regions of Khyber program to the United States, a group The program has been administered by World in technology. Durr-e-Nayab, a Pakhtunkhwa and the Federally Administered Tribal of 52 Brazilian high school students Learning since 2007. programming teacher at the University of Areas learned Information and communications and their adult mentors pitched in The Youth Ambassadors Program brings together Engineering & Technology in Peshawar, technology skills and were linked to employment to help fight poverty. These students young adults throughout the Americas to promote Pakistan, is an exception. opportunities. spent an afternoon organizing donations of mutual understanding, respect, and collaboration clothing and household items as volunteers for A She has always been curious. Her earliest memories Nayab enrolled in Cisco Certified Network Associate and to foster relationships among youth from diverse Wider Circle, a nonprofit organization outside of are of tearing apart her toys. She imagined herself as (CCNA) Routing & Switching and CCNA Security backgrounds. It includes exchange programs hosted Washington, DC. an engineer who built programs and designed things. training. Thanks to the hands-on experience with in the U.S. for participants from other countries as “I really looked up to my brother, who was an networking, she is now able to explain concepts “It surprised me how everybody [at A Wider Circle] well as internationally based exchanges for U.S. youth. engineer,” she says. “Luckily, my parents encouraged to her students in a more engaging way. “SYP is so committed and how they work so hard to give In 2018, 422 participants representing 22 countries me to follow my interests.” was different because we were taught as future people opportunities and give it with dignity,” says participated in Youth Ambassadors exchanges. instructors,” she says. Pedro José Santana Cirqueira Ferreira, a 17-year-old Throughout the exchange, Youth Ambassadors engage Nayab opted for a computer science postgraduate student from Salvador. “By doing this, I’m getting Aside from becoming a better teacher, Nayab in workshops, meet community leaders, take part in degree and began teaching at the Computer ideas and [building] networks to volunteer in my also has the option to work in the field. “There is local cultural activities, and live with host families. Upon Systems Engineering department at UET Peshawar. community. It’s so useful to me and my peers a difference between theoretical knowledge and their return home, students organize community- She is also pursuing a PhD. from Brazil.” practicality, and this training has helped me bridge based service projects. Seeing her passion, the university management that gap,” she says. The participants had traveled to the U.S. for three Inspired by his experience at A Wider Circle, João nominated her for a training offered by the U.S. weeks as part of the prestigious Youth Ambassadors Soft skills were also a focus of the SYP program. Gabriel Lenza Venerando de Lima, a 16-year-old Agency for International Development (USAID) called Program, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Nayab said the sessions on public student from Guara, hopes to launch speaking were particularly helpful, his own anti-poverty organization and today, with both subject back home. knowledge and confidence, she often “I think this is not a project just for the takes the lead in faculty meetings United States,” he says. “I come from and is seen as a candidate for a a country where people really have senior leadership position. difficulties. Taking this idea to Brazil is a Nayab is the first woman in her family way to help our brothers, our citizens.” to pursue a technical education. She is an inspiration for her younger cousins and nieces. It’s clear that Nayab is not only breaking stereotypes, she’s bringing change to society around her. 18 | WORLD LEARNING INC. | WORLDLEARNING.ORG 2018 IMPACT REPORT | 19 TELLING THE STORY OF DEAF CULTURE LEARNING TO IMPROVE REFUGEE INTEGRATION
Thirteen young artists from Belgium and Among the matches were BOZAR, an international In the early years of the Syrian refugee That’s why Aralica joined a U.S. Department of COMMUNITIES PROFESSIONAL CONNECTING the United States teamed up this year to cultural center in Brussels, and Gallaudet FELLOWS crisis, Adriana Aralica noticed an State-funded Professional Fellows On-Demand HERITAGE tell an important story: their Deafness University, the world’s only Deaf university, ON-DEMAND important issue was missing in the program, which took her to the front lines of the isn’t a disability; it’s a cultural heritage located in Washington, DC. World Learning helped public debate: while there was plenty refugee crisis in Turkey as well as to the U.S., transcending borders and language. the organizations build their capacity to host of conversation focused on the humanitarian Slovakia, and Austria to learn about efforts to “I want hearing people to know that deaf people cultural heritage projects, and, in turn, they jointly response, there was little discussion about creating support integration and diversity. designed their project and recruited the 13-person a welcoming environment for Syrian refugees in have a global Deaf community,” signs Bram Administered by World Learning, Professional artistic collective. other countries. Jonnaert, a Belgian member of the group. “Deaf Fellows On-Demand is a custom international people have common experiences, common fears, Other international exchange programs are not Aralica, who serves as the policy and information exchange program for professionals seeking common feelings.” always accessible to the Deaf community, so this was officer for a Slovenian network of NGOs working in career development. As global events often unfold Jonnaert and his peers met through Communities a special opportunity for participants to learn about international development, global education, and at a rapid pace, this program allows individuals to Connecting Heritage (CCH), a U.S. Department of their common heritage and share it with the world. humanitarian aid, wanted to find out where those quickly gain insight for the present and the future. State-funded international exchange program that One of the many storytelling techniques the conversations were happening. World Learning has worked with 306 participants launched in 2017. For the program’s inaugural team used was visual vernacular, an art form “I was interested to learn about the structures from 50 countries since it began implementing year, World Learning paired 12 organizations incorporating sign language, body movements, and supporting refugee integration in the United States, this program. from around the world and offered them funding advanced gestural techniques. In the group’s story, but also to see how diversity is managed and During her international exchanges, Aralica to collaborate on cultural heritage projects. The three caterpillars make their way in a world that how different stakeholders are working toward visited refugee camps in Adana, Turkey; met with program’s first cycle included 117 participants doesn’t understand them. Together, they learn to strengthening a welcoming environment for U.S. government officials who work on refugee from Belgium, Bosnia, Serbia, Egypt, India, and climb a tree, spin cocoons, and transform newcomers,” she says. resettlement in Washington, DC; and participated the U.S. into butterflies. in a fellowship with the International Rescue While these artists have already Committee in Miami. “I was able to see how it works succeeded in sharing the in practice,” she says. richness of Deaf culture, they The experience has informed her work in Slovenia. don’t plan to stop. Aralica and her cohort organized workshops in their “We have a huge responsibility to countries to share what they learned and created an keep moving forward,” Jonnaert online network, NGO4refugees, to promote dialogue says. “This is the start of a path; and collaboration. They also developed policy it’s not the end of it.” recommendations for their respective governments. “It was extremely valuable,” Aralica says.
20 | WORLD LEARNING INC. | WORLDLEARNING.ORG 2018 IMPACT REPORT | 21 10 YEARS OF GLOBAL UGRAD
In 2018, World Learning celebrated its 10th anniversary of implementing the Global Undergraduate Exchange Program Global UGRAD was a once-in-a-lifetime Growing up in Mozambique I had the (Global UGRAD). Over the past decade, Global UGRAD has brought: journey I would like to live over and opportunity to meet and build strong over again. Global UGRAD empowered friendships with American Peace me. It enriched my life in all senses. Corps volunteers. At the time, I was a Global UGRAD is not about just seeing 16-year-old boy trying to sell cashews undergraduate the United States; it is about seeing the and seafood to survive and pay for my students from countries entire world. studies. During my junior year, a former 2,562 71 I wanted all girls in my country — who are respected for Peace Corps volunteer sent me a link to apply for Global UGRAD. I am glad I made the decision. to study at U.S. universities. They engage in community service, professional development, and cultural enrichment silence rather than words — to see the things I have seen activities that help them become leaders in their professions and communities. Here are some of their stories: through this program. After returning from the U.S. filled I was the first Mozambican to be selected as a Global with so much inspiration, I set a goal to empower girls from UGRAD scholar. I went to study international relations at rural areas of my country. I recently launched a project Endicott College in Beverly, Massachusetts. When I arrived, called Village Girl Initiative. I want them to start believing in I got involved in many activities. I was even given the honor I’m living my dream life. The Global When I first read about the community themselves, to reach their full potential and live their dreams, of becoming a presidential ambassador. Before I returned UGRAD program helped me realize my service requirement, my heart jumped because I know ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE! to Mozambique, I was offered a full scholarship to get my love for international education and in excitement at the opportunity master’s in business administration. This would not have my passion to spread the word about to build my social skills. To my happened without the help of Global UGRAD. A single — Meerim Nurlanbekova, Kyrgyzstan different opportunities. I am currently delight, the availability of volunteer opportunity can open many others. the junior adviser at EducationUSA opportunities is endless in the U.S. Global UGRAD 2016–17 Paraguay, and I have the privilege to at East Tennessee State University The places where I chose to volunteer guide people on their journey to study — Euclidio “James” Alberto, Mozambique enabled me to explore the mitten-shaped state of Michigan. in the U.S. #OnceaUGRADalwaysaUGRAD Global UGRAD 2013–14 My social skills improved; I became more outspoken and at Endicott College less shy. The time I spent volunteering was eye-opening and — Sandra Sanabria, Paraguay pushed me to become a better person. Once I stepped back Global UGRAD 2015–16 on the hot and humid earth of Malaysia, I realized that pieces at University of Southern Indiana of my heart were left behind, leaving it in a shape none other than a mitten. This new chapter in my life has been so very beautiful and nurturing.
— Tze Ling Chen, Malaysia Global UGRAD 2017–2018 at Grand Valley State University
22 | WORLD LEARNING INC. | WORLDLEARNING.ORG 2018 IMPACT REPORT | 23 TRACKING ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE WITH AN APP World Learning believes that engaging all members of society — including those who are historically marginalized — is essential to true progress in any sector. Ensuring inclusion requires a deliberate approach to designing and carrying out development projects. When Devon Payne-Sturges was selected as Her German host, Dr. Heike Köckler, introduced her a Fulbright Specialist, she had no idea that a to a digital participatory lab where students interact Now there’s a resource to help development practitioners do just that. month in Bochum, Germany, would fine-tune with communities around environmental issues. The her academic focus and enrich her students’ first topic: noise pollution, which may cause serious learning opportunities. health problems such as sleep deprivation and This year, World Learning launched the TAAP Toolkit and Guide for Inclusive Development. Her host institution — the Hochschule für increased cardiovascular risk. TAAP — which stands for Transforming Agency, Access, and Power — engages development Gesundheit Department of Community Health “I didn’t identify with it at first as something I needed practitioners, organizations, and policymakers to move beyond diversity and amplify the voices, — was looking for a U.S. environmental expert to work on,” admits Payne-Sturges. However, after opportunities, and dignity of all people. The toolkit was created in collaboration with the Women’s to teach, lecture, and collaborate on research on observing Köckler pilot a smartphone app to identify Refugee Commission, IREX, HelpAge International, Mobility International USA, and Leonard health disparities and cumulative exposure to low-income neighborhoods with high levels of noise, Cheshire Disability. multiple risk factors. Payne-Sturges drew the connections to her own “TAAP forces its users to think deeper and find more sustainable and Payne-Sturges’ focus on environmental justice — an work in cumulative environmental burdens. transformative solutions,” says World Learning Inc. CEO Carol Jenkins. area that addresses racial and economic disparities Since returning to the University of Maryland, Payne- “We believe this tool is the most comprehensive tool to date to ensure in exposure to environmental contaminants and Sturges has used the noise survey app with her own everyone is at the table, heard and respected.” associated health risks — made her a good fit. students and facilitated a video conference about World Learning has also established the She holds joint appointments at the University of their findings between students at both universities. TAAP Community of Practice, a group of Maryland with the Department of Epidemiology and During her Fulbright, Payne-Sturges and Köckler also committed stakeholders who come together Biostatistics and with the Maryland Institute for Applied convened a workshop with international academic to solve problems, cultivate best practices, Environmental Health, School of Public Health. researchers to examine how cumulative risk and and innovate to advance social environmental justice are addressed in Germany, inclusion in development the Netherlands, and the U.S. They’ve continued projects and individuals’ lives. their partnership through a collaborative manuscript based on the workshop. “It’s almost like I haven’t left,” Payne-Sturges jokes. She wants to build on the University of Maryland’s global classroom initiative by creating a virtual course to teach students at both universities. “None of this would have been possible without the DOWNLOAD THE TAAP INCLUSION TOOLKIT: taapinclusion.org Fulbright Specialist Program,” she says. JOIN THE COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE: taapinclusion.org/community-of-practice
24 | WORLD LEARNING INC. | WORLDLEARNING.ORG 2018 IMPACT REPORT | 25 WORLD LEARNING AT A GLANCE 6 CORE PROGRAM AREAS 553 545 INSTITUTIONS STRENGTHENED 12 STAFF WORLDWIDE INTERNATIONAL OFFICES 7,293 PEOPLE-TO-PEOPLE YOUTH WORKFORCE TEACHERS IMPROVED EXCHANGES AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP ALGERIA, EGYPT, ETHIOPIA, KOSOVO, LEBANON, PEDAGOGICAL PRACTICES MALAWI, MEXICO, MONGOLIA, MYANMAR, PAKISTAN, UNITED KINGDOM, UNITED STATES 22,912 PARTICIPANTS COMPLETED WORLD LEARNING TRAINING AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES GLOBAL CIVIC ENGAGEMENT EDUCATION 79 4,339 ACTIVE PROGRAMS PARTICIPANTS IN OUR PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS COME FROM 162 COUNTRIES EXCHANGE PROGRAMS INSTITUTIONAL TESOL STRENGTHENING A LEADER IN GLOBAL EDUCATION
28 | WORLD LEARNING INC. | SIT.EDU 2018 IMPACT REPORT | 29 SCHOOL FOR INTERNATIONAL TRAINING
School for International Training (SIT), the higher the importance of reciprocity, giving back to their host education arm of World Learning Inc., was founded in communities in myriad ways such as sharing their 1964 as a training center for outbound volunteers on scientific research, recording fading languages, and a new program called the Peace Corps. These idealistic creating documentary films or children’s books. young Americans came to SIT for training and language Perhaps most important, SIT remains deeply rooted in instruction before setting off to teach — and learn — social justice and committed to the principle from which across the globe. Many of them still cherish their SIT it sprang: that cross-cultural understanding leads to experience, which often led to lifelong connections. social change. Today, SIT has evolved as a leader in global education, Whether they searched the Amazon for new species, with undergraduate study abroad programs on all seven hiked a glacier, worked side by side with a South African continents and graduate degrees on SIT’s beautiful journalist, dismantled a stubborn stereotype through Vermont campus and at our centers abroad. This year, we community-based peacebuilding, or experienced the launched a new global degree format with our master’s intensely personal interaction of a TESOL residency, in Climate Change and Global Sustainability, which takes SIT students emerge as part of a worldwide network of place in Iceland and Tanzania, and we expanded our individuals and organizations committed to responsible portfolio of summer- and semester-long study abroad global citizenship. programs with more countries and more internship opportunities. While much has changed since 1964, there is also much AT SIT THE WORLD that has not. Our immersive programs take students deep into the cultures and languages of their host COMES INTO THE countries, where they learn from local academics, activists, businessmen and businesswomen, artists, CLASSROOM AND THE indigenous leaders, and government officials to develop a deep understanding of the issues and innovations CLASSROOM GOES OUT surrounding them. INTO THE WORLD. Our programs combine classroom study with hands- on work in the field, and our students are imbued with –2018 TESOL GRADUATE NICOLE ABETTI
30 | WORLD LEARNING INC. | SIT.EDU 2018 IMPACT REPORT | 31 RECIPROCITY DRIVES A BOLIVIA DOCUMENTARY AFRICA EXPERTS DISCOVER A COMMON THREAD: SIT
As documentary filmmakers on SIT Bolivia: placed tremendous importance on something When three foreign policy experts met on an “SIT was my first experience outside the U.S. and Multiculturalism, Globalization, and Social Change they learned at SIT — the Andean concept of ayni, excursion to Zimbabwe in summer 2018, they set the course for much of my career,” Gavin says. in fall 2014, Hayley Stuart, Courtney Blackmer- or reciprocity. “It’s a common concept in many discovered that their careers all sprang from SIT “I’m very grateful to have had the broadening Reynolds, and Shaya Christensen talked about indigenous cultures,” Christensen says. Study Abroad. The three experts were part of an experience of studying abroad in a context that making an all-women documentary. At the time, “Documentary film work can be extractive, not excursion to examine the situation in Zimbabwe encouraged independent research, thereby all three were producing short films for their something that gives back,” she says. “We talked before that country’s first election in decades getting me out of a small circle of expats and Independent Study Projects (ISP) that addressed the about how to avoid that: ‘What is it doing for the without longtime ruler Robert Mugabe. really engaged with people on the ground.” issues of indigenous people and the Amazon region. people you’re working with and researching?’” One of them, Todd Moss, says that when he first The third alum was Alex Noyes, senior associate Christensen, a 2018 Middlebury College grad, While hydroelectric dams provide renewable energy, went to Zimbabwe with SIT in 1990, “the world with the Africa Program at the Center for Strategic explains, “Hayley did her ISP on a mega-dam project, they also cause environmental damage. “And often suddenly seemed like an endless opportunity.” He and International Studies. From 2015 to 2017, and she had her eye on similar projects in the they’re servicing the more privileged population went on to work for the U.S. Department of State, he led the Niger and Nigeria team for the U.S. Amazon. She had contacts from her ISP work around within a country,” Christensen says. “Our goal is to serving in 2007–08 as deputy assistant secretary for Security Governance Initiative at the White House. the hydroelectric projects. With those connections, create a multilingual film that can be used widely West Africa. Today, he’s a senior fellow at the Center Alex studied with SIT Brazil. “I had a great learning our idea blossomed into our current project.” by activists, and especially by the coalitions in the for Global Development in Washington, DC. experience...that worked well with my style of That would be Still River, Silent Jungle, the working Amazon fighting these mega-dams.” Michelle Gavin, senior fellow for Africa Studies learning through doing.” title of a film that captures a 2018 whitewater Today Christensen works as a refugee services at the Council on Foreign Relations, was U.S. Moss sees a common thread among SIT alumni. kayaking expedition down Bolivia’s Tuichi River caseworker in Denver, Colorado, but she plans to ambassador to Botswana in 2011–14, a special “Almost everyone says it changed their lives, opened aimed at raising awareness and aiding conservation continue to pursue filmmaking, and she’s clear assistant to President Obama, and senior director their eyes. It changed the realm of the possible for of Bolivia’s Madidi National Park. where that idea came from. “SIT inspired me to for Africa at the National Security Council. That their careers.” Christensen says that in making the film, the team end up working in film.” impressive resume began with SIT Cameroon.
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| WORLD LEARNING INC. DONOR IMPACT hungry formore. he pursuedaminorinanthropology.Butwas A wholenewworldopenedtohimand,asaresult, Delori. “Thehighlightwasbeinginthefield.” “The program embedded learning into travel,” says Reef andrainforest. corner ofthecountry,homeGreatBarrier and naturalecologyinCairns,thenorthwest Study Abroad.Theprogramfocusedonhuman in 1999,hespentasemesterAustraliawithSIT While doingaBAinphilosophyatKenyonCollege Madagascar andVietnamonSITprograms. Learning Inc.;andtwooldersisterstraveledto France andlaterservedasboardchairforWorld Living; hismother,RosamondDelori,wentto students onTheExperimentinInternational His grandparentswereahostfamilytoforeign of passage. For JacquesDelori,studyabroadwaslikearite
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work,” heexplains. environmental issuesandputtingthesevaluesto “It madememuchmoreawareofsocialand which hecreditshisSITandIHPexperiences. philanthropy andnonprofitwork—pursuitsfor emissions,” hesays.He’salsoactivein carpool, takingcarsofftheroadandreducing “We’re workingonanewappthathelpspeople by Google. works atWaze,aGPSnavigationtoolowned Today, DelorilivesinBrooklyn,NewYork,and Franklin W.OlinGraduateSchoolofBusiness. He wentontoearnanMBAfromBabsonCollege’s “It wasanamazingexperience,”hesays. Tanzania, India,NewZealand,andMexico. Program (IHP),travelingtotheUnitedKingdom, movements withtheInternationalHonors So hetookayearofftolearnaboutsocial in yourlife.” organization that made a change it’s important to supportthe you foundbenefitandvalue, “You gottapayitforward.If study abroad,”hesays. would havetheopportunity to scholarship fundsoothers “I’ve alwayssupportedtheSIT naturally toDelori. Becoming anSITdonorcame
TOP AREASOFSTUDY WHERE STUDENTSTRAVEL CRITICAL GLOBALISSUESSTUDIED TOP SENDINGSTATES S IT STUDYABROADATAGLANCE ■ Media|ArtsSocialChange:6% ■ Migration|IdentityResilience:16% ■ Development|EconomyInequality:18% ■ Climate|Environment:18% ■ Peace|HumanRightsSocialMovements:20% ■ GlobalHealth:21% ■ IL:5% ■ MA:9% ■ NY:10% ■ CA:11% ■ ■ ■ 22%
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FY18 TOP SENDINGSCHOOLS STUDENTS ENROLLED 2,22 Women 81 HONORS PROGRAM GRANTS AWARDED $ SCHOLARSHIPS & INTERNATIONAL Nonbinary Other/Transgender/ 1 368 1. STUDENTS GENDER % % 2018 IMPACTREPORT 8 19 Men M 1 % | 35 HOW STUDY ABROAD LED TO “DANCING GRANNIES” COUPLE SHARES A COMMITMENT TO IHP
In China’s parks, shopping centers, and public “taught me how to feel at home in the world The International Honors Program (IHP) has at Wellesley College, where she majored in squares, groups of retired women have been even when things look unfamiliar, frightening, or changed in many ways since Roopali Phadke political science, to participate in IHP. The gathering to dance. This recent phenomenon, incomprehensible.” It also “set the foundation for and Mike Arquin met 25 years ago on the Global program started in Boston and went on to the which involves an estimated 100 million the kind of research that I do now.” Ecology Program, but husband and wife agree United Kingdom, India, Thailand, Malaysia, Fiji, participants, has made international headlines. Of her current work, she says, “I wanted to tell that IHP remains a transformative experience. New Zealand, and Mexico and wrapped up in Claudia Huang, a PhD candidate studying this story about changing practices of aging from That’s why they’ve become donors. Washington, DC. anthropology at UCLA, has been studying these the elders’ own perspectives. “dancing grannies” in Chengdu, China, for the Phadke is professor of environmental studies “It was a fantastic experience going to eight past two years on a Fulbright-Hays Doctoral “So much research on gerontology and aging at Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota. Her countries and learning about environmental issues Dissertation Fellowship. in general focuses on quantitative data or is research and teaching focus is water, energy, and in other cultural contexts,” Phadke explains. conducted with the goal of providing better “I wanted to understand what it’s like to grow climate policy. care,” she continues. “That’s incredibly important, Arquin’s career has also centered on the old when the world around you is nothing like but I’m making the case that we also need “I have steered many students to IHP over environment and sciences. He is the founder the one in which you were born,” Huang says. to pay more attention to retirees’ subjective the years because of its model of experiential of Kidwind — a nonprofit that helps students She points to China’s “compressed development experiences.” learning,” she says. and teachers learn about wind energy. Prior to trajectory” as providing fertile ground for such this, he was a middle and high school science observations about China’s elders. “In many The Fulbright isn’t the first award Huang has “I believe in it as a pedagogy to get young people educator as well as a lead developer and teacher ways, they’re in uncharted territory.” received. Her 16 academic awards include a out into the world and learn comparatively,” trainer at the Boston Museum of Science. Boston University Mellon Fellowship, a UCLA When Huang was a junior at Boston University, adds Phadke, who is a former IHP Trustee and Graduate Research Mentorship, and a Confucius she spent a semester studying in Brazil, South member of the IHP Advisory Board. “We use what we learned on IHP every day,” China Studies Doctoral Research Fellowship. She he says. Africa, and New Zealand with the International DONOR IMPACT has also published in the peer-reviewed journal In 1992, Phadke took a year off from her studies Honors Program. She says this experience Asian Anthropology and Phadke and Arquin, who have three has organized panels and children, are giving back to IHP by presented papers at multiple becoming donors because they want conferences. She plans more students to have the opportunity to to continue teaching and have an international education. conducting ethnographic research. “There are a lot of “Studying abroad, particularly through options, so I’m keeping my IHP, helps to build bridges and inspire mind open!” careers focused on making the world a better place,” adds Arquin.
36 | WORLD LEARNING INC. | SIT.EDU 2018 IMPACT REPORT | 37 CHANGEMAKERS
At SIT Graduate Institute, students learn to turn their ideals into practical, long-term solutions to critical global issues. When they venture out into the world, they become part of a network of thousands of changemakers who embody the values that drive SIT’s experiential education, blending big ideas and real- world skills to create authentic, meaningful change.
ARLINE SATURDAYBORN ALEX STONE JOSHUA DAVIS ENGLISH TEACHER, FOUNDER, AMANDLA PROJECT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, GROUNDWORKS PORTLAND ADULT EDUCATION COLLABORATIVE MA, INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION, 2016 MA, TESOL, 2015 When Alex Stone interned in South Africa in 2011, MA, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, 2010 CERTIFICATE, CONTACT* he bought along a companion — his service dog, SIT’s focus on social justice and critical thinking Arline Saturdayborn was 66 when she found SIT’s Fraser. Stone, who has cerebral palsy and uses helped Josh Davis learn to ask tough questions master’s degree program in Teaching English to a powered wheelchair, worked for the African — like why homeless rates are so high in his Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL). She knew it Disability Alliance. He wanted others to have the community. Davis helped to expand Groundworks would lead her to the work she had been looking same opportunity, so he sought a degree to help Collaborative, which plays a major role in serving for her entire life. But Saturdayborn was also realize his vision. “I had a concept, but no idea how the Brattleboro, Vermont, community. “I think that worried about how her age would be perceived. to make it a reality,” Stone says. at its best, SIT creates professional activists.... The What she found was a culture of inclusion. “You He joined SIT’s low-residency MA in International work that I do is professional activism — trying to take in limiting bias about yourself unconsciously; Education, graduating with “a plan ready to launch.” change the conversation around people that are SIT does not support that. There was acceptance of His idea? The award-winning Amandla Project, experiencing homelessness,” he says. who I was and what I was doing.” offering students with disabilities internships How does he do that? “Roll up your sleeves. Get Now 76, Saturdayborn refuses to let age define her, with organizations serving South Africans with involved. You can make change from within.” and her work continues to evolve. “If I’m inspiring disabilities. “I’m in close contact with my SIT cohort. I — whatever that energy is — it was ignited and gained a whole network of advisors. I feel very lucky supported and sustained by SIT.” to have pursued this degree.”
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38 | WORLD LEARNING INC. | SIT.EDU 2018 IMPACT REPORT | 39 KATHRYN RILEYPROUDLYSUPPORTSSIT’SVISION 40
| WORLD LEARNING INC. DONOR IMPACT role ateachercouldhavebycreatingspace “SIT mademeunderstandtheincrediblypowerful TESOL initiative. and SalemStateinPakistanaspartofa programs attheUniversityofMassachusetts as wellgraduatecoursesinteachereducation Language (ESL)atRoxburyCommunityCollege Since then,shehastaughtEnglishasaSecond (MAT) fromSITGraduateInstitutein1974. Riley earnedaMaster’sinTeachingLanguages beginning.” recalls Riley.“Nowit’shuge.SITgotinatthevery “There wasn’tthesamedemandatthattime,” found whatshewaslookingforatSIT. few institutionsofferingsuchprograms,butshe other languages(TESOL).Atthetime,therewere her educationandteachEnglishtospeakersof Peace CorpsinUganda,shewantedtocontinue When KathrynRileyreturnedfromservinginthe
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SIT hasavisionandknows what’s needed.” “The worldischanging,”shesays.“Onceagain, watching historyrepeatitself. launching aroundtheworldandsaysit’slike Riley isintriguedbythenewgraduateprograms As adonor,herstrongsupportforSITcontinues. during visitstotheBrattleborocampus. she stayedintouchwithcolleaguesandfaculty and evenhiredSITasasubcontractor.Foryears, deep. She’staughtatSIT,supervisedpracticums, Riley’s connectionwithSIThasbeenlongand the qualityofpeople,”shesays. aspects. I’mverygratefulforthestartIgotand “SIT gavemearichprofessionallifeinallits supports studentsinSITandMATprograms. Excellence inTeaching,anendowedfundthat and initiatedtheRayClarkScholarshipfor Language AcquisitionandAcademicAchievement Commonwealth ofMassachusettsOffice of Riley wentontoserveasadministratorofthe teaching peoplewhowerenotlikeme.” that isaccessible,”Rileysays.“Itpreparedmefor GOING GREENERINTHEGREENMOUNTAINS DONOR IMPACT says WRCspokespersonMarionMajor.“WRC taking aleadershiproleinthisimportantcause,” with demonstrativeagriculture,SITonceagainis “By installingthe150-kilowattarraycoupled Tatiana Schreiber. research projectbylocalagroecologistDr. costs. Italsoisthesiteofauniqueagriculture expected topermanentlyreduceSIT’selectricity Dynamic Organics,basedinPutney,Vermont,is program. Theproject,apartnershipwith Regional Commission’s(WRC)renewableenergy $100,000 ingrantfundingfromWindham The solarprojectwasfundedinpartwith part ofthegreeneconomy. effort isaimedattrainingstudentstobecome College, and Keene State College. The cooperative University NewEngland,GreenfieldCommunity Hub consortiumwithpartnerschoolsAntioch array oncampus,SITjoinedaregionalEcovation addition totheinstallationofanewsolarpanel SIT isnowgreenerthanever.Thisyear,in new panelsandinvolvementwiththeEcovation Graduate InstituteDeanKenWilliamssaysthe Youth Ambassadors. Governor’s Institute,JóvenesenAcción,and other youthprogramsincludingtheVermont workshops forstudentsinWorldLearningand managers JackHaskellandTalisienHaughhold panel installation.There,studentsandproject Lessenco. Avegetablegardennowadjoinsthe which honorsthelifeofSITstudentSusan greening effort,thankstotheLessencoFund, SIT GraduateInstitutestudentsjoinedinthe question, Schreibersays. It’s anincreasinglycommon,iflittle-researched possibilities foragricultureamongsolarpanels. Schreiber, whoplantedtestcropstoexplore Part ofthatinnovationcomesthrough possibilities ininnovativelanduseanddesign.” to theprojectasanimportantillustrationof celebrates thesuccessofinstallationandlooks resilience.” sustainability and in ourprojectson and collaborative more integrated to becomeeven SIT’s goals:“Wehope steps toadvance Hub areimportant 2018 IMPACTREPORT | 41 SIT GRADUATE INSTITUTE AT A GLANCE GENDER FY18 64% ENROLLMENT BY DEGREE (%) Women ■ International Education: 33% ■ Sustainable Development: 21% ■ TESOL: 19% 35% Men ■ Intercultural Service, Leadership, & Management: 16% ■ Peacebuilding & Conflict Transformation: 11% 1% TOP SENDING STATES Other/Transgender/ Nonbinary ■ VT: 33% ■ NY: 5% ■ MA: 8% ■ CA: 5% ■ DC: 6% SCHOLARSHIPS & GRANTS AWARDED WHERE OUR STUDENTS COME FROM $1.5M
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2018 IMPACT REPORT | 43 EXPERIENCE. DISCOVER. TRANSFORM.
44 | WORLD LEARNING INC. | EXPERIMENT.ORG 2018 IMPACT REPORT | 45 THE EXPERIMENT IN INTERNATIONAL LIVING
The Experiment in International Living is more than traveled from New York City to Atlanta, learning about the a high school summer abroad program — it’s a country’s civil rights history and visiting the campuses of transformative experience. top universities. Since 1932, Experimenters have explored new countries These young people came away with many stories that will and cultures and developed new depths of cross-cultural stay with them in the years to come. They’ve also learned understanding, flexibility, and tolerance along the way. how to tell their own stories. In essays written throughout Experimenters forge close relationships with their host the summer, they’ve shared how they: families and with one another. They build leadership and ■■ learned to communicate across a language barrier in a language skills that will help them thrive in their lives and Mongolian outdoor market, careers. And they learn about critical global issues while ■■ gained a better understanding of the meaning of family discovering new places through a thematic lens. by living with a host family in Argentina, and In 2018, The Experiment offered 30 programs in ■■ challenged their own preconceptions in Washington, DC, 23 countries around the world. Students explored and India. multiculturalism in Morocco, studied marine biology in Mexico’s Baja Peninsula, and discovered how technology Discover those stories and more in the pages ahead — is transforming urban life in Spain. The Experiment also and be inspired. introduced a U.S.-based program in which students
THIS WAS THE CRAZIEST, MOST IMPORTANT, MOST VALUABLE THING I’VE EVER DONE IN MY LIFE. I UNDERSTAND THE WAY LIFE SHOULD BE LIVED: SIMPLY, MODESTLY, AND TO THE FULLEST.
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SPAIN TECH BY FRANKIE: ADVENTURE OF RIDING BOOTS GALÁPAGOS REFLECTION To further our understanding of urban culture, my group and I worked with BY ANDERS, ANDREA, ANGEL, BY BIANCA: CivicWise, an organization that focuses on the impact citizens have in changing AND ANGELIKA: I remember times in my life when asked a city. They are stationed in an old, venerable monastery, across from the The sun followed us for 24 hours. Its the question, “Where would you go if renowned Jardines del Turia, the massive park that runs through Valencia. late-setting nature mimicked our you could travel anywhere in the world?” Each day, after being shown a thoughtful presentation about the patterns and shared feeling of exhausted excitement. “The Galápagos Islands” always flew out structure of a city, we would break into two large groups to perform activities to Landing in Ulaanbaatar was like a sigh of of my mouth within seconds. As a lover assist us in understanding a city, using senses other than sight. One of these activities relief; we had finally arrived! It’s amazing of marine animals, the ocean, and nature, the required us to walk around Valencia blindfolded, with no assistance besides one how well you can get to know a group on a beauty and uniqueness of Galapagos’ wildlife partner to help guide us if we stumbled, and another to take pictures of the various seemingly endless ride. However, we were all and natural environments always caught my items we encountered. For me, this experience formed a new perspective on how to still a little nervous to go into “real Mongolia.” attention. The opportunity to visit the islands at view a city. Without sight, and as a visual learner, my mind was constantly searching The biggest test, according to our group leader, 16 was an unexpected dream come true, and for hints that could determine exactly where I was and how everything looked. When Luis, was navigating a local market to buy a spectacular personal experience. Traveling my partners asked me to describe where I thought I was, I confidently stated my horseback riding boots. from one island to the next and seeing their answer, only to hear them giggle at my response. Hearing this, I realized that it was not The market was filled with hundreds of individuality was incredible. Although they had important to know what your surroundings look like, but to be able to feel your way stands and thousands of local people making commonalities, each island seemed like its own through the city. The Experiment taught us that new perspectives are fundamental to their weekly purchases. The outdoor market little world. The activities we did on each of creating a prosperous city and a better atmosphere for everyone in that community. had a distinct smell most of us had never these different islands were amazing! I’ve never experienced before. The Mongolian language been snorkeling before, and that was probably seemed so foreign to us. my favorite thing we did the entire trip. I saw sea turtles and starfish and a beautiful white- The sellers showed us more boots as we tried tipped shark and swam through schools of each pair on. If they were too small, we tried to fishes. Sticking my head below the water and gesture to imply “one size bigger” or “smaller, discovering a whole new world of creatures please.” We all, in the end, found our own was surreal. I could say so much more, but riding boots! We will use these on our next I’ll end by saying how grateful I am for the adventure to Hatgal. experience. I arrived back in Quito less than a Sitting in the airport, heading to Hatgal feels like day ago, and I’m already planning how to visit the beginning all over again. What will Hatgal be those beautiful islands again. like? Our new boots await the open expanses and pounding of horses’ hooves.
48 | WORLD LEARNING INC. | EXPERIMENT.ORG 2018 IMPACT REPORT | 49 JAPAN BY ABRAHAM: ARGENTINA BY BRANDON: HOMESTAY REFLECTIONS Although I only spent a couple of days During the last 10 days in Chicoana, I found with my homestay family, I feel as if I’ve the true meaning of family. I started out a grown an attachment to them that will little awkward toward my host family when never fade. Activities like participating in they spoke to me in Spanish. My Spanish is MOROCCO BY JESS: my brothers’ soccer practices, late night only somewhat comprehensible. Throughout Upon first arriving at the village, I had no idea what to expect. The moment I talks, and even attempting to camp made my those 10 days, we explored the mountains and stepped off the bus, our group was welcomed with wide-open arms and sincere host family and me very close. They’ve given famous landmarks around the area. As we shared smiles. My host family invited me into their home with delicious food and warm me an experience that I wouldn’t have had in many fun activities together as a family, we began hugs. We shared plenty of laughs, and I enjoyed helping them every day with Japan without them. They’ve taught me the to connect more, and this made me act less clothes washing, m’simmen making, and tree watering. My time in the village has importance of trying new things and the value of awkward than I was before. By the end, I felt like taught me many things about life that I had forgotten about in the fast-paced life in the family. From this experience, I’ll be leaving with we were family, bonding every second and bringing United States. Being disconnected from my phone and not worrying about social media new goals and aspirations, one being to come happiness to each other. If this is not what families has encouraged me to pay close attention to how loving a supportive community can back and visit them. They’ve not only helped me are for, then what is family? I want to bring this be. It is beyond peaceful to just spend time enjoying every moment and cherishing develop as a person but contributed to what my experience back home to my own family to share conversations with new people. The community service our group participated in host mother calls my “character.” She constantly even more happiness. gave all of us a sense of purpose. We helped mold the adobe bricks used to build uses this word to refer to someone’s personality houses, painted the cooperative where the women cook couscous, and planted trees and has influenced my “character” for the better. throughout the village. I have always been told how important it is to reciprocate as a I am beyond grateful that I had the opportunity ECUADOR BY IAN: way to express thanks, and I hope that is what I have done. I am beyond thankful that I to stay with my homestay family, even if it was My homestay in Riobamba was a fantastic had the opportunity to spend time here and appreciate a different way of life. only for a couple of days. experience. It allowed me to connect with new people, form new friendships, and expand my knowledge of both Spanish and other cultures. My family was very close, and the kindness and caring they showed to me and other family members was incredible. I was able to live differently and see the world through the lens FROM THIS of a different culture. I loved playing soccer with my younger brother and working at my host dad’s hat EXPERIENCE, shop. Seeing the way people do things differently I’LL BE LEAVING here also allowed me to reflect on my own life in the United States. My family and I laughed, watched the WITH NEW World Cup, ate meals, and explored Riobamba, all together. It was amazing to see how even in a culture GOALS AND different from my own, the same feelings of love, kindness, and caring made me feel right at home. ASPIRATIONS.
50 | WORLD LEARNING INC. | EXPERIMENT.ORG 2018 IMPACT REPORT | 51 THE EXPERIMENT I WENT INTO THE TRIP LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE EXPECTING GOOD THINGS. The Experiment Leadership Institute is a highly competitive and intensive leadership training program fully funded by our generous donors. This year, out of a pool of 125 applicants, we awarded full scholarships to 30 students I HAVE FOUND with exceptional leadership potential. MUCH MORE. Throughout the six-week summer program, students focus on leadership development, critical global issues, and civic engagement. They explore community development and public health in India, or peace, politics, and human rights in South Africa. Both groups begin with leadership training in Washington, DC, and conclude in Vermont with would be. The majority of them are not true or are have been by their side through the fight for marriage debriefings and project planning sessions. much more complex than I thought. My expectations equality. I have a younger brother who is adopted from of what India would be like and how it actually is are Guatemala, and a cousin who has grown up with me for two different things. I have listened to some of the the past 10 years. I was passionate about finding the A SINGLE STORY BY EMMA (INDIA): that I had single story of what delis should be like. most passionate people, eaten the best food, and high school that is the best fit for me and did months I assumed that it would have a large variety of The first time I heard about the made some of the best memories of my life. While I of research to make that a reality. I was one of the classic cold-cut sandwiches; this turned out not to concept of a “single story” was during went into the trip expecting good things, I have found organizers at my school for two days of activism for be the case. The menu was short but perfect and the Washington, DC, portion of The so much more. the March for Our Lives Movement. I have dyslexia and offered a variety of sandwiches with unique names Experiment Leadership Institute through constantly advocate for myself and what I need to have representing different people the deli has worked Our leaders are constantly questioning the group to see the activity titled “DC Through Another the most enriching learning experience. with. I ended up having a grilled veggie wrap and if we have or had a single story and if our experience Lens.” In the activity, we were broken into smaller the best strawberry lemonade of my life. During has changed it. For me, the concept of a single story Single stories are the product of expectations that groups and sent around the city to visit two of the our visit, we sparked a conversation with the man has given me a new way to see the world. Reflecting have predetermined our ideas about something or eight wards. We went to the eighth ward, which behind the counter; he told us about the history of on myself, I realize that it could be easy for people to someone. Single stories limit us to one idea about is a predominately black neighborhood, and the deli and how their mission is to bring affordable see me as a single story — just another teenage girl something, but by looking beyond we can see a much the second ward, which is home to DC’s Latino fresh food to the area where the primary options from one of many Midwest college towns. Beyond my larger picture and better understand the world. community. Within this activity, we were given a are fast food. This experience prompted me to single story, I am much more. I have two moms and theme and a corresponding set of tasks. My group question assumptions that I make about things was focused around restaurants. before seeing them for myself and to try not to The first place that we navigated to was MLK Deli. create single stories about people or places. At first, I was a bit underwhelmed to hear that we The concept of a single story has been extremely were going to a deli because I am not a huge fan important throughout our time in India. Prior to of sandwiches. This was the first time I recognized the trip, I had so many ideas about what India
52 | WORLD LEARNING INC. | EXPERIMENT.ORG 2018 IMPACT REPORT | 53 SIX WEEKS LEADS TO A LIFETIME OF FRIENDSHIP A GIFT SEEKS TO HONE STUDENT LEADERSHIP
Inez Noble Black chokes up when she tries to to Germany, David Black, and they married a Why would an innovative global health care “We have a large footprint in Minnesota, where describe what The Experiment means to her. year later. company provide full scholarships to low- income and racial disparities — including poverty, income high school students for an international employment, homeownership, education “The impact was so significant it’s hard to put into “That’s not why The Experiment impacted my education experience to help them succeed in attainment, health and incarcerations — are words,” she says. “It’s a deep heart connection.” life,” she protests, laughing. college and become leaders? some of the highest in the nation between white That connection started 55 years ago between Shortly after they married, Noble Black brought residents and residents of color. Supporting Senior Director of Medtronic Philanthropy Dr. her junior and senior year at Wheaton College her husband to meet her French family. promising students from underserved Sylvia Bartley explains it this way: “The Medtronic in Massachusetts, where she studied French neighborhoods is one way we can help close After their children went to college, the Blacks Foundation recognizes that improving social literature. She loved speaking French and was the gap,” she says. went back to visit the family in France every conditions for underserved populations is crucial excited to spend the summer with a French other year — the last time in 2008 to celebrate to enabling health.” The four Medtronic Scholarship students will be family during a six-week homestay in farm the 100th birthday of her French mother, Colette part of a diverse 30-student group from across country about 30 minutes outside of Lyon. Aligning its mission with a global commitment, Guigou. Noble Black planned to visit her French the country selected to participate in the merit- the philanthropy arm of one of the world’s largest “Every morning, the chickens would wake me up,” siblings again this October. based Experiment Leadership Institute. During medical device companies is providing a $50,000 she recalls, instantly transported back to their their summer study abroad program, the teens will “To have a lifelong friendship with a family from grant to World Learning Inc.’s Experiment beautiful home where the family would talk late learn about global issues, develop leadership and another country that feels almost as close as Leadership Institute program for students in into the night. resilience skills, and plan community action projects. one’s blood family after living with them for six North Minneapolis and Cedar Riverside. In her senior year, she went to an Experiment weeks many years ago is really quite remarkable,” Medtronic hopes the impact will go beyond The company’s U.S. headquarters is in reunion in Vermont hoping to reconnect with she says. the individual students selected to receive Minneapolis, Minnesota. DONOR IMPACT her group. There, she met a former group leader DONOR IMPACT scholarships. To honor her late husband and her Experiment mother, Noble Black set “It’s our hope the students up a Greater Seattle Area will learn about the Experiment High School societal challenges facing Scholarship Fund and hopes underserved communities other alumni will contribute in other countries and apply to it. their learnings in their own community, empowering “It blows my mind to see locals and leading programs how The Experiment has which address these racial grown,” she adds. “It’s disparities head on,” important to keep it strong.” Bartley adds.
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EXPERIMENTERS ALUMNI ALUMNI REFERRALS NUMBER OF HOMESTAYS 524 70K 133 OVER 86 YEARS 507
SCHOLARSHIPS INCLUDING 60 SPONSORING ORGANIZATIONS AND $2.4M PARTNER SCHOOLS SELF-IDENTIFIED GENDER AS OTHER, PARTICIPANT DIVERSITY TRANSGENDER, 37% 15% FEMALES MALES OR NONBINARY WHITE/ HISPANIC CAUCASIAN 7% 347 164 13 ASIAN 19% BLACK/AFRICAN EXPERIMENTERS CAME FROM PROGRAMS AMERICAN 6% OTHER 15% 1% DECLINED AMERICAN INDIAN TO ANSWER OR ALASKA NATIVE 44U.S. STATES 11COUNTRIES 30 FINANCIALS, BOARD, & PHILANTHROPY
58 | WORLD LEARNING INC. | WORLDLEARNINGINC.ORG 2018 IMPACT REPORT | 59 A MESSAGE FROM OUR BOARD CHAIR BOARD OF TRUSTEES SENIOR LEADERSHIP
LYNNE MAGUIRE Richard Adler Lynne Maguire Carol Jenkins Trustee/Investment Board Chair Chief Executive Officer and President Committee Chair Paul Muther Dr. Sophia Howlett As I complete my second year as In addition, The Experiment in International Living Jennifer Backus Vice Chair/Finance & Budget President & Chief Academic Officer, School for Trustee/Academic Affairs Committee Chair International Training board chair of World Learning Inc., I continued its commitment to providing immersive Committee Chair want to thank our dedicated board, experiences for high school students this past summer with Emilie Ogden Kote Lomidze staff, participants, and community 30 programs in 23 countries. We’re grateful to our more Michael Clarfeld Trustee Chief Financial and Administrative Officer of supporters around the world for than 70,000 alumni; 133 of this year’s 524 students were Trustee everything they do to help us bring our referred by past Experimenters. Laura Roos Lisa Rae Lawrence Cooley Trustee/ Senior Vice President, Legal Affairs and mission to life every day. Finally, World Learning’s Global Programs implemented Vice Chair/ Audit Committee Chair General Counsel One of the most critical jobs the board has is to ensure innovative exchange and development initiatives that GDE Committee Chair World Learning Inc. has a leader who is passionate about our supported public school students in Lebanon, established a Michael Siegal Dr. Meredith McCormac Trustee mission and has the vision and ability to deliver impactful coding camp for refugee students in Iraq, and created comic Allen Cutler Vice President, Institutional Advancement Vice Chair/Nominating and Learning programs. I am therefore delighted to report that in February, books that help children learn to read in Pakistan. & Governance Carole Wood the board appointed Carol Jenkins as our new CEO. With I look forward to seeing what other new ideas and programs Committee Chair Trustee Dr. Aaron Morehouse her deep experience with the organization, successful develop across the organization. In these challenging times, Vice President, Advancement and Innovation; leadership track record, and her commitment to and personal Thomas Hiatt Robert Chase Executive Director, The Experiment in International Living I know our work is vital to creating a more peaceful and just Trustee Emeritus demonstration of our values, Carol is in a strong position to Trustee world. Working stronger together, World Learning Inc. is Lisa Posner lead World Learning Inc. as we evolve to meet the needs of a finding innovative solutions to empower individuals to solve Carol Jenkins (ex-officio) Rosamond Delori Vice President, World Learning Global Programs changing world. pressing issues in their communities. Trustee Chair Emerita Under Carol’s leadership, the board’s vision is to grow World Kimberly Abbott You are part of that solution. With your support, World Phyllis Watt Ingersoll Learning Inc. as a unified institution made up of unique and Richard Keim Vice President, Marketing and Communications Learning Inc. is able to develop and carry out programs that Trustee (ex-officio) beloved brands that enhance the work of the others while help create new leaders and stronger communities around Trustee Emerita Bethaney LaClair maintaining distinct identities. Cheryl Winter Lewy Vice President, Internal Affairs and the globe. Thank you for your support. Stephen Lowey (ex-officio) One example is SIT Graduate Institute’s new global master’s Trustee Corporate Secretary Chair Emeritus degree format, which builds on the reputation and resources Virginia Loeb Joel Colony of our SIT Study Abroad centers around the globe. This new Trustee/Advancement Susan Plimpton (ex-officio) Vice President, External Engagement and Advocacy format allows us to offer master’s degrees in multiple countries Committee Chair Chair Emerita outside of the U.S. I am grateful to SIT President Dr. Sophia Lynne M. Maguire, Carleena Graham Howlett and the rest of the SIT faculty and staff for all of the Board Chair, World Learning Inc. Charles MacCormack Vice President, Human Resources and Administration Trustee effort they put into creating this groundbreaking format.
60 | WORLD LEARNING INC. | WORLDLEARNINGINC.ORG 2018 IMPACT REPORT | 61 Robert and Judith Terry* Prudence Clendenning and Leah Goldstein Mosimann and Susan West* Robert Clopp* Pearl Mosimann INDIVIDUAL DONORS Roger Cogswell* Joan Murdoch Nancy Hamill Winter* David and Joanne Corey* Cate Muther SANDANONA CLUB Thomas Cowles Linnea Myers Recognizing giving based on cash received from July 1, 2017–June 30, 2018 ($2,500 to $4,999) Veronica and Enriqué Darer Wanjiku Njoroge* Anonymous (3) Kia Davis Peter Orthwein GLOBAL VISIONARIES SOCIETY Lynne Maguire and William Miller* ODYSSEY CLUB Margery Anderson Betty Dodds* Rosamund Palmer* ($100,000 and above) ($5,000 to $9,999) Paul Muther and Ulla Dagert-Muther* Faith Wilcox Barrington* Sarah G. Epstein and Thomas and Dominique Palmer* Rosamond and Francois Delori* Anonymous (4) John Sommer+ Inez Noble Black Donald A. Collins* Michael Turner Payne Richard and Dale Levy* Richard and Anne Adler* Sandra Brown* Fred Erisman and Jennifer Perini Marsha and Alan Paller* WORLD LEARNING SOCIETY Margherita and Michael Baldwin* Larry Bucher* Patricia Longley-Erisman* ($10,000 to $24,999) Laura Roos Gerd and Doris Baum+ Frederica Evan-Sigel and Efrem Sigel Robert and Joan Chase* Eric and Harriet Rothfeld* PRESIDENT’S LEADERSHIP CIRCLE Jennifer Backus and J. Pagano David Blair and Lina Hervas Timothy Ewing and Russell Campbell ($50,000 to $99,999) Jacques Delori and Kristen Graf* Benjamin Rubenstein* Lawrence Cooley and Marian and Melvin Clouse Nancy and Richard Fryberger* Bush and Jamie Helzberg* Marina Fanning* Christina Holt* Jessica Santillo Ronald and Cindy Conarroe Donald Gant* Peggy Koenig* Allen and Elizabeth Cutler* Judy and Robert Huret* Betsy and Edward Schiff Jane Condon and Kenneth G. Bartels* Robert and Ellen Gutenstein Stephen and Nita Lowey* Ann and Thomas Friedman* Susan and Curtis Koster* Wilson Schoellkopf* Margot Egan* Harlan Harris Bill and Pam Michaelcheck* Susan Garner* Milton Lauenstein Robert and Monique Schweich Judith Ehrman* Megan Heister* Emilie and Douglas Ogden* Patricia Glaser and Sam Mudie* Thomas G. MacCracken* Van Seasholes* Robert and Joan Feitler Richard and Mary Hertel* John R. Padget* Thomas and Nora Hiatt* Constance and Henry McPhee* Robert and Vicki Selzer Matthew Fink+* Sophia Howlett Judy Jordan Justine Neely* Ivan Shulman* Ellen Frost and William Pedersen Phyllis and Tudor Ingersoll* GLOBAL AMBASSADORS Richard and Virginia Keim* Marnie S. Pillsbury* Brian and Keira Smith* ($25,000 to $49,999) Roger Greene Leonade Jones Robert Kuhbach and Sherrell Andrews Paul Sack Edwin and Katharine Smith Henry Arnhold+* Vidar and Kathleen Jorgensen Judith Justice Sarah Kupferberg and Sydney Temple Joan and Edwin Tiffany* Robert Stableski* Edith and Erik Bergstrom+* Charles MacCormack* and Benjamin Kahane Joseph and Elizabeth Mandato* Astrid and Todd Warden* Philip and Marcia Steckler* Michael Clarfeld and Susan Ross+ Melinda Kassen* Susan and David Plimpton* Donald Steinberg* Tamar Huberman* Clare and Howard McMorris* DONALD AND LESLIE WATT SOCIETY Susan R. Klenk Sandy and Lew Rosewater* Gail Stennies Linda and David Glickstein* Judith Brown Meyers and ($1,000 to $2,499) Brooksie Koopman and Mark Eaton* Ann Rosewater* Michael Meyers* John Stern Anne and John Iskrant* Anonymous (5) Christopher and Catherine Kramer* Manjula and Stuart Salomon* Betsy Michel* William and Coralie Stevenson* Morelle Lasky Levine and Louis and Laura Alpern* Mary and Marshall Lasky* Norman Levine* Michael Siegal and Nomi Ghez* Joan Mintz and Robinson Markel Michael and Roxann Van Dusen* John and Madeline Baer Cynthia B. Lloyd* Harlan Levine Betsy Rosewater Snyder* Kathryn Riley Katharine and William Van Wie* Stephen Barefoot* John Mackie and Kathleen Ecker* Marshall Levine Jan Solomon and Michael Savage* Paul and Betsy Von Kuster* Mary Brass* Robert and Carol Mayer Cheryl and Glen Lewy* Kenneth D. Simonson* Kristin Baldwin Seeman* Joan and John Von Leesen* Susan Caldwell* Rajesh Misra Virginia Loeb and James Sperling* James L. Wilson* David Strasburg* Cheryl Wilfong and Bill McKim Nina and Patrick Wilson* +Deceased | *Global Loyalty Donor: Recognizes donors who have provided support to World 62 | WORLD LEARNING INC. | WORLDLEARNINGINC.ORG Learning Inc. for at least three consecutive years. 2018 IMPACT REPORT | 63 Paul Witt Dana and Sharon Gire* Barbara and Herbert Schade* The Infinity Club is a special group of supporters who have included World Learning, The Experiment in International Carole Wood William Gorham and Joanne McGee* John and Barbara Schubert Living, SIT Study Abroad, International Honors Program, or SIT Graduate Institute in their estate plans. Kathryn Yoselson* Lisa Gurwitch* Susan and Charles Schwartz A planned gift in the form of a trust, gift of life insurance, charitable gift annuity, retirement plan assets, or bequest Meloni Hallock Elaine Seiler strengthens World Learning’s future. We are deeply grateful to the Infinity Club members listed here and hope their GORDON BOYCE SOCIETY Ann Harrod* Joel Stettenheim leadership will inspire others. We also welcome our new members whose names appear in bold. ($500 to $999) Van and Elizabeth Hawn* Bobby Stinebaugh Anonymous (3) Stevens and Nann Hilyard* Sandra Stone* Terry Adkins* Todd and Margaret Hooper* Marv Strasburg Michael Andes Penelope Hull* John and Cheryl Susman Leslie and Gary Barbour INFINITY CLUB AS OF JUNE 30, 2018 Philip Hunsicker and Denise Stromme Peter Swift and Diana McCargo* Betsy and Dan Barrett Joan James Signe Taylor Margery Beebe* Carol and Robert Jenkins Elizabeth and Peter Thomson* Cynthia and John Bracken* Anonymous (4) Joan Chase E. 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McCoy Lelah Dushkin Lisa Gurwitch Keith Johnson William and Jean Crocker* Faith Wilcox Lawrence Cooley Kay Montagne Laurence Ebner Susan Gutchess Leonade Jones Walter and Didi Cutler Barrington Judith Mysliborski* Susan Corbett Karen Eckhart Eleanor Hamric Judith Justice Martha Darling and Gilbert Omenn* Nancy Niemann* Edith Bergstrom Audrae Coury Lindy and B. Siomko Dejarme* Susan Edelmann Conrad Harper Laura Kaiser Susan Peck* Randall Bollig Catherine Crane Patricia Dombrink and Jeffrey Green Jane Edwards Marsha Harper Karen Kale Theodore and Elizabeth Peyton Whitford Bond James and Sara Donnell* William Crocker Judith Ehrman Bonnie Helms Margery Katz Gideon Pfeffer Nancy and Kostas Douzinas R.F. Bonewitz Allen Cutler Helen Pomeroy* Joan Elliston Mary Heltsley Maurice Katz David and Johanna Duclos Kathleen Brown Mary B. Davidson Lisa Rae Billie Embree Apphia Hensley David Kehe Jennifer and Leonard Dulski Sandra Brown Renee Robins and Brad Botkin* Ann Denton Day Sarah G. 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64 | WORLD LEARNING INC. | WORLDLEARNINGINC.ORG 2018 IMPACT REPORT | 65 Irene Kleinsinger Joseph Mandato David Plimpton Van Seasholes Robert Terry Susan R. Klenk Stephanie Maull Susan Plimpton Ruth Shepherd Susan Terry COMMEMORATIVE GIFTS Sally Knapp Peter May Susan Post Cleta Skovronski Joan Tiffany Steve Kremm Nina R. McCoy Lisa Rae Ellen Smith Priscilla Toomey Carole Kropschot Marilyn Meardon David Rein Gary Smith Lucy Carothers GIFTS IN MEMORIAM Christa Stout In Memory of Julie Strassel Marjorie Ritchie Prentiss Cecilia Lacks Janet Hughes Kathryn Riley Irene Smith McRae Vollet In Memory of Grace B. Adam Andrew Tirrell Paul and Karen Gustafson Mersereau Judith Vore Gordon Lankton John Riordan James Sperling Patricia McNamara Sarah Woodbury Bibiana Heymann Barbara Larson Marilyn Morris Susan Ritz Francesca Galluccio- Carol Walter In Memory of Bradford J. Frost In Memory of Virginia Garbers In Memory of Gerald Shaia Marshall Lasky Sherry Lee Mueller David Rose Steele Ann Weigand Myrtle Andrews Allen D and Carol A Hawthorne Carol Dickinson Kellie Bauss Mary Lasky Eunice Murphy Louise Rose Gail Stennies Adam Weinberg Rev Trust April Boyle In Memory of John G. Sommer Anne Nickerson Brian Stephens Beth Weisberg Melissa Laughner Jane Rotch Paul Burman In Memory of William S. Gorham Judith Justice William Gorham and Joanne McGee Anne Lauriat Francesca Nicosia William Sage Kirbie Stephens Nancy Hamill Winter Jacob Byl In Memory of Alice Rowan Swanson Lynn Lederer Nancy Niemann Manjula Salomon Judith Stoffer Susan Whittlesey Lindsey Drake In Memory of Ariel Poster Wolf Jeff Eisenbraun Allan Archibald Hodgson Marion Levy Kathy Jones Nixon Lisa Salzman Richard Stollenwerck In Memory of Mary Johnson Tweedy Kelsey Fink Timothy Carsley Jackalyn Noller Susan Sunflower Ellen Wormser Brownington Foundation Laraine Lippe Susan Santone Christopher Fletcher Ann Macaulay Elizabeth Yacubian Susan Papp Donna Svirsky Patrick Fonzo Virginia Loeb Ann Imlah Schneider In Memory of Karl Jaeger Robert Youker Laura Goodwin GIFTS IN HONOR Les Long Maude Pervere Howard Schuman Masako Takada Michael Andes Francis Grunow Don Pillsbury Elizabeth Nancy Zinner In Honor of Joshua Ahearn Edward Lynn Marilyn Schwartz Lauren Hood In Memory of Smitu Kothari Tannenbaum Elizabeth Zorski Michael and Joy Ahearn David Madson Marnie S. Pillsbury Robert Schweich Lisa Jackson Rosamund Palmer In Honor of Kelsey Prothers Barrett Steven Laferriere In Memory of Donald MacDougall Betsy and Dan Barrett Joel Lehman Laura MacDougall Jana Luft In Honor of Jenny Billings In Memory of Margaret Lyons Robert Staker Althea Middleton-Detzner Judy Hendren Mello MATCHING GIFTS In Honor of Robert Burgess Dana Miles Rev. Sidney Lovett Joanna Crocker American International Group, Inc IBM Corporation Thomas Navin and Michael O’Neil In Memory of Thomas Bank of America JPMorgan Chase Foundation Benjamin Neumann Loomis Peterson In Honor of Desmond Castillo Capital Group Charitable Foundation KeyBank National Association Fabian Olarte Edward and Phyllis Connolly Leah McGowen-Hare Chevron Companies Kresge Foundation Gideon Pfeffer Shari Cousineau In Honor of Allen Cutler Dow Chemical Company Medtronic Foundation Jessica Santillo Clare Hurley Sarah Cutler Gap, Inc. Northern Trust Company Margaret Santillo Susan and Paul Schlaikjer Amb. Walter Cutler and Didi Cutler Goldman Sachs and Co Jamie Shea John Henry Steiner
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70 | WORLD LEARNING INC. | WORLDLEARNINGINC.ORG CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL POSITION CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF ACTIVITIES
FOR THE YEAR ENDED ON JUNE 30, 2018 (UNAUDITED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2018 (UNAUDITED)
2018 2017 REVENUES AND OTHER SUPPORT Operating Revenue: ASSETS Tuition and program fees 54,038,258 Cash and cash equivalents $ 4,113,629 $ 3,905,535 Less scholarships (4,405,539) Accounts and notes receivable, net 12,220,500 14,942,961 ■ Net tuition and program fees 49,632,719 Contributions receivable, net 521,981 1,126,305 ■ Grants and contracts: Federal government grants and contracts 78,037,287 Prepaid expenses and other assets 5,949,166 6,153,157 Other grants and contracts 4,075,112 Investments 48,907,041 47,875,518 ■ Investment return availed under spending policy 3,176,456 Property, plant and equipment, net 4,405,327 4,955,252 ■ Contributions 1,659,841 Auxiliary services 483,811 TOTAL ASSETS $ 76,117,644 $ 78,958,728 ■ ■ Other revenue 303,410
Total operating revenues and other support 137,368,636 LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS
LIABILITIES EXPENSES Accounts payable and accrued expenses $ 7,618,848 $ 8,435,101 Operating Expense: Advance payments, deferred revenue and other liabilities 8,221,435 10,721,030 ■ Education and general: Borrowings under line of credit 11,604,419 10,039,297 Program and instruction 38,112,960 Federal loan program advances 172,063 173,946 Program support* 3,556,016
TOTAL LIABILITIES $ 28,433,018 28,553,121 Student services 1,524,357 ■ Grants and contracts: NET ASSETS Federal government grants and contracts 78,037,287 Unrestricted 4,698,920 7,352,367 Other grants and contracts 4,025,534 Temporarily restricted 11,298,966 11,790,016 ■ Auxiliary services 755,608 ■ General support* 12,521,747 Permanently restricted 31,686,740 31,263,224 ■ Interest on indebtedness 212,231 TOTAL NET ASSETS 47,684,626 50,405,607 ■ Other 141,874 TOTAL LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS $ 76,117,644 $ 78,958,728 Total operating expense 138,887,614
Change in net assets from operations (1,518,978) Total non-operating revenue (expense) (1,202,003) *Amount presented net of indirect cost recovery. Change in net assets (2,720,981)
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