CREATIVE’S PAST PROJECTS

40+ years of promoting positive change

Creative has implemented hundreds of projects around the globe since it was founded in 1977. From education and elections to governance and economic growth, Creative’s efforts have made a difference. For example, since the year 2000, Creative has trained more than 389,000 teachers in 21 countries—providing them with new skills and techniques that ultimately benefit their students.

Creative’s Past Projects section has a list of selected projects, a brief description, their implementation dates and funders.

 

Iraq/Education II

Date: July 2004 – January 2007

USAID’s Education II rehabilitated schools and teacher training centers throughout Iraq, and distributed more than half a million secondary school supply kits to students. Among the project's accomplishments was the creation of 84 model schools. Education II trained 40,197 teachers and administrators through workshops that stressed interactive, student-centered learning and critical thinking skills. It strengthened capacity of the Ministry of Education through training, study tours and development of an advanced education management information system. ...

 

 

Iraq/Revitalization of Iraqi Schools and Stabilization of Education (RISE)

Date: March 2003 – July 2004

Creative , through the USAID-funded Revitalization of Iraqi Schools and Stabilization of Education project, helped communities refurbish more than 600 primary and secondary schools damaged or destroyed by war and years of neglect. About 28,500 teachers and 3,250 school administrators were trained in modern instructional methods. Creative procured and distributed 160,000 student desks; for teachers, 60,000 kits, 27,000 desks, 57,000 chairs and 26,000 cabinets were delivered. ...

 

 

Moroccan child reading book.

Morocco – Reading for Success – National Program for Reading

Date: 2017-2022

National Program for Reading program will support the Government of Morocco to develop a national literacy program to improve Arabic literacy skills in grades 1 through 4. The USAID-funded program aims to improve classroom instruction; expand remedial and extra-curricular reading opportunities at school, at home and in the community; and improve national learning and assessment systems for reading and writing....

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Mozambique – Vamos Ler! Let’s Read! Program

Date: 2016-2021

The five-year Mozambique Vamos Ler! (Let’s Read!) program is developing bilingual education tools and activities, improving national early grade literacy policies and delivery and monitoring systems, enhancing school leadership and increasing parental and community engagement in early grade literacy....

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Nigeria – Northern Education Initiative

Date: November 2009 – March 2014

The Nigeria Northern Education Initiative strengthened state and local governments’ ability to deliver basic education services by addressing management, sustainability and oversight. Funded by USAID, the initiative focused on increasing access to education for orphans and other vulnerable children as well as providing services such as health information and counseling. It addressed needs in education, health, gender and economic equity, as well as drop-out and repetition rates among students. ...

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