FOUNDATION ESCALERA INC

What they do

WE EXIST to UNLOCK ACCESS to ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY for MARGINALIZED YOUTH IN CHIAPAS and OAXACA THROUGH EVIDENCE-BASED EDUCATIONAL POLICIES and PROGRAMS. WE ENVISION A WORLD WHERE ALL YOUTH IN EXTREME POVERTY HAVE ACCESS to QUALITY EDUCATION. IT is A WORLD WHERE PROOF DRIVES POLICY: WHERE TRIAL-TESTED INNOVATIONS BECOME PUBLIC POLICY SOLUTIONS. THROUGH COORDINATION BETWEEN GOVERNMENT, NONPROFITS and EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS, ALL YOUTH IN EXTREME POVERTY LEAVE SCHOOL WITH THE TOOLS THEY NEED to SUCCEED IN THE WORLD, IMPROVING LIFE for THEMSELVES, THEIR FAMILIES, and THEIR COMMUNITIES, RESULTING IN GREATER ECONOMIC INDEPENDENCE, DELAY IN EARLY MARRIAGE and CHILDBEARING, HEALTHIER CHILDREN and GREATER GENDER EQUALITY IN THIS GENERATION and THE NEXT.