United States
Education, Empowering Women
$5,000 Goal
| Provide computers and classroom supplies for life skills learning center for immigrants |
The Situation
In 1999, two Presentation Sisters moved into a neighborhood in Watts and asked the residents what services they needed. The neighbors shared their hopes to learn English, computer skills, and to become U.S. citizens.
Sisters’ Response
Presentation Sisters Learning Center opened in 2000, creating a caring community where adults, many of whom are immigrants transitioning into a new culture, can increase literacy, prepare for employment or advance to better jobs.
The Center offers classes in English, U.S. History and citizenship preparation, computer skills, GED prep, Zumba, tai-chi, parenting skills, nutrition, crafts, sewing, prayer, and scripture. Babysitting is also offered while parents attend class.
Now in its sixteenth year, Presentation Sisters Learning Center boasts 1,500 U.S. citizens and hundreds of adults who have completed various levels of study. But, it is much more than an adult learning center. It is a welcoming community that reaches out across the boundaries of language, race, and socio-economic status; welcoming the immigrant, empowering the powerless and bringing those on the margins and center together.
Funds Needed: $5,000
How funds will be used:
- 10 tablets for teacher use @ $200 each, $2000 total
- 120 Workbooks @ about $25 each, $3,000
Systemic Impact
Empower and liberate the poor, especially through education.