Worldfund

Worldfund
Founded2002
FounderLuanne Zurlo
FocusEducation
HeadquartersNew York, New York
Area served
Latin America
MethodDonations, Grants and Partnerships

The World Education and Development Fund, doing business initially as Worldfund and later as Educando by Worldfund is a non-profit organization founded in 2002 that delivers training and ongoing support educators from underserved schools in Latin America. In that time, it has operated 3 leadership and in-service professional development programs for educators in Latin America: IAPE, for English teachers in Mexico; STEM Brasil and STEM Mexico, for science and math teachers; and LISTO, for school directors in Mexico. Nearly 8,000 principals and teachers have participated in Worldfund programming.