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February 26th, 2014

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Changing the world trough changing education

Our mission is to encourage and support education projects that generate sustainable livelihoods for young people across the developing world.

We aim to make a long term impact on global poverty by supporting education projects that give young people the skills to help themselves

POVERTY REDUCTION EDUCATION ENTREPRENEURSHIP

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A hand up not a hand out!

Teach A Man To Fish supports thousands of schools worldwide to set up school businesses

Set up a school business 1

Students graduate and become entrepreneurs2

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Benefits for families, employers and communities

Reducing poverty and unemployment

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How we do it?

We brought the pioneering ‘Education That Pays For Itself’ model to over 50 countries worldwide, reaching over 30,000 beneficiaries

1 Work with partners

2 Fostering competition

3 Training and consultancy

4 Knowledge sharing

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What are the results? – Case study of Nicaragua

• In 2009 we partnered with FREE1 in Nicaragua to support the development of La Bastilla Agricultural High School

• Business plan for 7 initiatives were written and implemented – eco hotel, egg production, etc.

• School is in its 4th year and is now generating 70% of its running costs from sales in the school business – will become self sustaining in 2016

• Impact evaluation to assess progress:• 79% students actively support families through

skills they learn at La Bastilla• 93% of graduates are studying at university, another

technical school or following a professional path

1 Foundation for Rural Education & Entrepreneurship (FREE)

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Measurable social and financial impact, but we need keep growing!

• Currently we have a turnover of $450,000 – 96% directed to projects

• Over $2,500,000 additional school income has been generated by school enterprises supported by Teach a Man to Fish

• Our global network has over 4,000 members, 60% of which have started income-generating activities

• School Enterprise Challenge business plan competition has been running for 3 years – 1,100 schools signed up from over 81 countries in 2013

• We work directly with project partners in Uganda, Tanzania, Afghanistan, Nicaragua and Honduras

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“Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime"