At the Digicel Foundation we aim to invest in sustainable development programs for the sole purpose of building stronger more resilient communities in the countries where we operate. - 192 schools built across the country serving more than 62,000 students. - 20 trainers earned a certification in pre-school and primary education systems from the Université du Québec à Montréal. - 198 school directors followed a training to strengthen and develop school leadership, to grow pedagogical supervision capabilities in line with state approved curriculum and to apply practical solutions to improve school governance, and community relations. - 1,521 teachers benefitted from phase 1 training which aims to standardize primary school teachers’ knowledge and skills such as reading, writing, math and technical aptitude through an 18-month in-service training. - 675 teachers received a phase 2 training which is designed to Incentivize the best performing and committed teachers to successfully complete Phase I in order to access an additional 70 hours of learning in social science, natural science, and civic education. - 346 community development projects funded benefitting more than 1.3 million persons.
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