sought to raise funds for Student-Led Innovation Projects , which were designed with the support of seventh-generation Teacher-Leaders and had budgets of about $ 400 each . Each Teacher-Leader set up a page about their Student-Led Innovation Project on the online fundraising platform Classy . The profiles were complete with project descriptions and video pitches made by students .
By January 2022 , the Community Elves campaign secured $ 39,000 for 98 Stu- dent-Led Innovation Projects . In total , the campaign received nearly 1,000 donations from over 25 countries . Ninetysix percent of our goal was reached organically and an overwhelming amount of support came from communities here in Armenia and Artsakh . Included in our final tally is $ 7,500 committed by the Eurasia Partnership Foundation . The Student-Led Community Innovation Projects funded by the Community Elves campaign will be implemented by June 2022 .
“ The only natural resource Armenia has in abundance is brain power and , brain power is all we need . With every educated child ‒ especially a STEM educated child ‒ he potential to build a wealthy Armenia gets a small boost . Imagine hundreds of thousands of educated Armenian students exchanging ideas and building things ‒ it creates a powerful flywheel effect that can propel Armenia into becoming a wealthy nation . A wealthy nation is a prerequisite to becoming a secure nation .
The effort to educate Armenian children should espouse high standards , be multi-pronged and target all children , regardless of geography or means . Teach for Armenia is tackling these challenges head on through a number of initiatives , such as Tech4Armenia , and working with the public education system to reform from within . There could be no better investment than providing high quality STEM education and making it available to all .”
Elie Akilian Founder , Chairman , and CEO of KingsIsle Entertainment and Teach For Armenia donor
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