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 8 | WORLD LEARNING INC. | WORLDLEARNING.ORG 2018 IMPACT REPORT | 9 GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT AND EXCHANGE 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