Luminos Fund

📩 Have you seen our latest Spotlight newsletter? It’s packed with exciting updates on Luminos’ profound impact on #education! Here’s what’s inside: 🔆Transformative progress in Ethiopian government classrooms  🔆Lasting positive impact on vulnerable children in Liberia  🔆Remarkable literacy and numeracy gains in Ghana 🔆New reports, blogs, and Luminos Method elements #ICYMI, read it here> https://lnkd.in/eierCbQA Subscribe to our newsletter today to never miss an update! #newsletter #quarterlynews #subscribe

After being displaced by conflict in Tigray, #Ethiopia, Nahom joined a Luminos classroom and found a safe space to learn and grow. Once shy and fearful, Nahom is now a top student, helping his classmates and even teaching younger children in his community. His story shows the incredible potential of every child when given the chance to learn. 📚✨Read it here: https://lnkd.in/evgMZVPj

At Luminos, we’re dedicated to ensuring vulnerable children, like Annie, can access quality education and opportunities to thrive. This #GivingTuesday, you can help unlock the light of learning for children around the world.💡📚 Your support enables Luminos to reach more students, empower teachers, and create brighter futures. Join us today in giving the gift of #education. >https://lnkd.in/err7fvGv #GiveTheGiftOfEducation #GivingTuesday2024 #EducationForAll

📈📚 The #Ghana 2023-24 school year results are in! New endline results reveal dramatic learning gains for Luminos students. In just 10 months, reading fluency increased from 6 to 22 words per minute – more than 7.5x the national average. They also made remarkable improvements in numeracy. Read the 2023-24 endline evaluation report to learn more! >https://lnkd.in/e749DvS2

💌🎉 It’s almost time for our quarterly #Spotlight newsletter! Stay informed with the latest stories from our programs, updates on our impact, and highlights from the year. Don’t miss out, sign up today! https://lnkd.in/eCWPTZ5u

Hiring alert! 📢 We’re #hiring an experienced Senior Communications Manager (12-month contract) to join our team. In this role, you’ll oversee key digital and print communications, graphic design, and visual storytelling to amplify our mission of ensuring no child is denied an #education. Learn more and apply today! https://bit.ly/4ey5ECQ #commsmanager #communications #hiringnow

📚 Learning to read is essential to children’s success. Yet in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), most children struggle to read by age 10. New research by Luminos’ Neha Raheel, and Dr. Kathy Rastle and others reveals critical gaps in foundational skills like decoding words and recognizing letter sounds. Each year, these gaps widen, highlighting the urgent need for systematic phonics-focused instruction tailored to LMIC contexts. At Luminos, systematic and explicit phonics instruction is fundamental to our approach to enabling children to become confident, independent readers—a crucial ability for first-generation readers in low-resource contexts. This approach equips our students with the skills they need to flourish in government schools and beyond. Read the full article: https://lnkd.in/girBupKJ 

🌍 📚 Today is #WorldChildrensDay, a day to celebrate and protect every child’s right to a bright future! At Luminos, we’re dedicated to ensuring vulnerable children, like Nahom, gain access to quality education, foundational skills, and opportunities to thrive. Luminos student Nahom is one of over a million internally displaced people in Tigray, #Ethiopia. From 2020-22, conflict devastated the region and disrupted education for millions of children. Luminos classrooms provide a safe place for students like Nahom to catch up on missed education and find hope for the future. At the beginning of the Luminos program, Nahom was shy, lonely, and afraid. Today, he is a top student, actively helping his classmates and even sharing what he learns with younger children in his community. Read Nahom’s inspiring story in a new blog for Global Partnership for Education> https://lnkd.in/e_fAg3cP

Exciting new data from a randomized controlled trial (RCT) by IDinsight confirms the long-term impact of the Luminos program in #Liberia. One year after completing the program, Luminos graduates continue to achieve exceptional results, including: 📋 Durable learning gains: Luminos graduates in Liberia demonstrated remarkable progress, reading an average of 34 words per minute compared to 15 WPM for children in the control group. 📋 Higher school persistence: 75% of Luminos graduates persisted in school one year after completing the program–15 percentage points higher than their peers. 📋 Stronger socio-emotional skills progress: 73% of teachers reported that Luminos graduates demonstrated better confidence, resilience, and expressiveness compared to other students, alongside stronger reading and attendance. 🔍 Read the key findings and learn how Luminos is transforming the lives of children in Liberia: https://bit.ly/4hSmL5e #EducationForAll #Impact #AcceleratedLearning #GlobalEducation

We’re incredibly proud to see the lasting positive impact of our program in #Liberia! Remarkably, 75% of Luminos graduates persisted in school one year after our program, continuing to outperform their peers in literacy and numeracy. Thank you, IDinsight, for highlighting that it is possible to reach children at the margins of the system and enable them to succeed long-term in government schools. Full report ⬇