The Oaxaca Learning Center is a non-profit organization in Oaxaca, Mexico that offers free tutoring to students 14 years and older.
The students who come to the Center for assistance are usually from small villages throughout the state of Oaxaca. Typically they have few financial resources, often living away from their families for the first time and struggling to adjust to city life. Most often they have come from environments that have not supported good study habits.
The young people are tutored in the core subjects of mathematics, chemistry, physics, and Spanish. In addition, there are English classes and tutoring as well as computer literacy, typing, and counseling. For many the Center has become a home away from home where they always feel welcome, have a place to share experiences with other students, and seek advice from the tutors and staff.
The tutors, many of whom are alumni of the Center, are dedicated to helping the students reach their goals.
The Oaxaca Learning Center is funded by revenue gained from the bed and breakfast, personal donations, and more recently from the Friends of the Oaxaca Learning Center, a 501C3 non-profit fund-raising entity created in 2011.
The students who come to the Center for assistance are usually from small villages throughout the state of Oaxaca. Typically they have few financial resources, often living away from their families for the first time and struggling to adjust to city life. Most often they have come from environments that have not supported good study habits.
The young people are tutored in the core subjects of mathematics, chemistry, physics, and Spanish. In addition, there are English classes and tutoring as well as computer literacy, typing, and counseling. For many the Center has become a home away from home where they always feel welcome, have a place to share experiences with other students, and seek advice from the tutors and staff.
The tutors, many of whom are alumni of the Center, are dedicated to helping the students reach their goals.
The Oaxaca Learning Center is funded by revenue gained from the bed and breakfast, personal donations, and more recently from the Friends of the Oaxaca Learning Center, a 501C3 non-profit fund-raising entity created in 2011.
Mission Statement
The Oaxaca Learning Center promotes education and offers services that lead to academic and personal achievement.
We serve youth primarily 14 to 24, with no financial resources, many of whom have traveled alone from small villages to attend high school in Oaxaca City.
College students on stipends provide academic tutoring, teach effective learning skills, and offer support in the transition from rural to urban life.
In order to succeed, tutors and students work as a team, each agreeing to:
• Teach and learn;
• Give the best of oneself;
• Communicate in an open manner;
• Arrive on time;
• Be attentive, respectful, and kind and reach out and be ready to help.
We serve youth primarily 14 to 24, with no financial resources, many of whom have traveled alone from small villages to attend high school in Oaxaca City.
College students on stipends provide academic tutoring, teach effective learning skills, and offer support in the transition from rural to urban life.
In order to succeed, tutors and students work as a team, each agreeing to:
• Teach and learn;
• Give the best of oneself;
• Communicate in an open manner;
• Arrive on time;
• Be attentive, respectful, and kind and reach out and be ready to help.
The Oaxaca Learning Center strives to:
• Provide free, accessible, and effective services;
• Develop youth leaders;
• Promote gender equality;
• Promote and hire tutors from within the program;
• Inspire confidence and self-reliance;
• Remain open to criticism for improvement;
• Promote independent thinking;
• Collaborate with other non-profit organizations;
• Honor our donors, and
• Support our tutors and students
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• Develop youth leaders;
• Promote gender equality;
• Promote and hire tutors from within the program;
• Inspire confidence and self-reliance;
• Remain open to criticism for improvement;
• Promote independent thinking;
• Collaborate with other non-profit organizations;
• Honor our donors, and
• Support our tutors and students
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