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As an educational
company first and foremost, PROMISE Cyber School is constantly looking
for ways to improve the communities in which it works. PROMISE works to
partner with local schools, churches, and community groups to offer its
classes to children who otherwise could not afford any English classes
at all. Combating inequality in education is everyone's responsibility,
and PROMISE is proud to help in this endeavor.
Learning English may not sound that important to people in the United
States, where second language learning is a luxury instead of the norm,
but in Korea learning English is very important . Korea has a high unemployment
rate, and a very education population. Therefore government and businesses
in Korea have made the international language English a priority so that
jobs can be brought into Korea. As a result most sought after jobs in
Korea require a strong score on an English proficiency test.
In the rural areas
of Korea it is very hard to find good teachers English teachers, because
money draws talent to the cities. For that reason PROMISE teaches classes
in rural Young Kwang country, Korea for two years. Because of their remote
location, students in Young Kwang county would not have instruction by
a native speaking English teacher if it wasn't for modern technology,
and PROMISE's wonderful teachers, and partners. PROMISE hopes to expand
its operation in rural schools in 2009.
ROD
501c3
R.O.D. (Reading Opens Doors) will bring English to children of various
ages and backgrounds through the help of nonprofit work. It is the hope
of PROMISE that children will be able to attend classes regardless of
their economic status. Through hard work and caring individuals, PROMISE
believes that this dream can become a reality! We look forward to the
challenges and rewards that this new adventure will bring!
ROD will also provide scholarships for left-behind children, orphans,
giving them a once and a life time opportunity to come to the U.S.A.,
learn English, and experience a new culture.
To donate to ROD click here.
New Life Center
The New Life Center is a group home where orphans abandoned by their parents
can grow up in a nurturing environment. PROMISE Cyber School has been
providing free classes at the innovate orphanage: The New Life Center
for free since Spring 2005, and has also ran two successful English camps
for the students there in 2007 and 2008 for the students there. The New
Life Center provides homes for over 20 children in rural Korea. It is
located in a run down ex-school building in Korea, and run by two wonderful
ladies that treat all of the children there as their children. To visit
the New Life Center's Korean website click here. (NOTE: Below
are some pictures, there may be better ones on the New Life center Website)
 
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