| |
|
|
| Aims |
|
|
| |
Founded in 1961, AED is an independent, non-profit organization committed to solving critical social problems and building the capacity of individuals, communities, and institutions to become more self-sufficient. Its aims include: to stimulate, discover, develop, foster, coordinate, plan, improve and encourage all aspects of educational instruction and of the operation of educational institutions through furnishing, advisory, consultative and other developmental services; conducting and supporting research, study and experimentations in methods of improving all aspects of educational instruction and of the operation of educational institutions; collecting, assembling, exchanging, editing, interpreting, publishing and disseminating on a non-profit basis of knowledge and information relating to methods of improving all aspects of the operation of educational institutions.
|
|
|
| Activities |
|
|
| |
AED works in all the major areas of human development, with a focus on improving education, health, and economic opportunities for the least advantaged in the United States and developing countries throughout the world. In collaboration with local and national partners, it fosters sustainable results through practical, comprehensive approaches to social and economic challenges. AED implements more than 250 programmes serving people in all 50 states of the United States of America and more than 150 countries.
|
|
|
| Keywords |
|
|
| |
Development; Education; Health; Youth
|
|
