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Bailey Institute is a 501c3 non-profit, organization (NGO) founded in 2000 and registered in Maryland, U.S.A.
Source of Funds: Bailey Institute seeks funding for its programs from the public, private sources, through grant-writing, and its annual fund-raising event, The Tree Trimming Party.
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Technology is the 21st
century's gift to the poor.
Students making use of their new resources.
A teacher at King Elementary School uses a worn plastic bucket to haul drinking water from a broken well-the only source of drinking water for students.
Students in the computer lab in Plymouth, Tobago.
Students in Grade 1, take a test at King Elementary School, Monrovia Liberia
About Us
Bailey Institute, 2000-2010
Celebrating 10 years
of
USING TECHNOLOGY TO ERADICATE ILLITERACY
"Technology, the 21st Century's gift to the poor." Jennifer Bailey
The Bailey Institute is a 501c3 non-profit organization established in 2000. Our mission is to use technology and education to improve the lives of under-served people. We have worked in Liberia, Sierra Leone, the U.S. and the Caribbean, using technology-driven education to eradicate illiteracy and advance educational standards.
Q. How do we know tech-driven education works in developing countries?
A. We have done it.
In 2006, Dr. Jennifer Bailey, President of the Bailey Institute served as project director, for a program funded by USAID/UNCFSP and led a global team of faculty and staff that established a networked, Internet-connected computer lab at African Methodist Episcopal Zion University, Monrovia, Liberia. This team also brought digital mathematics curricula, computers and digital calculators to Njala University in Sierra Leone. By 2007, 5000+ students and faculty in Liberia and Sierra had used digital curricula and computer to improve the teaching of Mathematics and increase students' participation.
In Liberia, Sierra Leone and South Africa, teams visited schools with few resources--no lighting, no tables, chairs, notebooks or pencils.
In Bong County Liberia, teams met teachers who volunteer to work with no pay and have no educational resources. The school washes away when it rains, leaving a few broken benches and tables and a warped blackboard standing on earthen floors. Students in this village are so eager for education they attend this sad and shabby school where all instruction is oral. Their preparation is deficient for 21st century success.
- We have seen schools with no clean drinking water for students.
- We have seen lavatory facilities so unsanitary they are a threat to human health.
- We have seen illiteracy thriving. Visit our links for more information
- Academic Illiteracy
- Financial Illiteracy
- Cultural Illiteracy
- Environmental Illiteracy
- Governance Illiteracy
The Bailey Institute's strategic plan to eradicate illiteracy will:
- Raise awareness of global illiteracy throughout the wired world
- Secure funding to develop programs
- Implement programs to eradicate illiteracy--one story at a time, starting with Liberia
- Build a model by 2010 for eradicating illiteracy and apply it globally.
- Share the model with others
From 2009 to 2012, the Bailey Institute will focus on Liberia, West Africa and Washington County Maryland where the Bailey Institute is located. Liberia has an illiteracy rate of 80% (Liberia's Poverty Eradication Plan); Washington County, MD has an illiteracy rate is 9% (National Assessment of Adult Literacy-2008)
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BAILEY INSTITUTE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Founder and President: Dr. Jennifer G. Bailey founded The Bailey Institute in Cincinnati, Ohio in 2000 and has served as President since its founding. A Professor of Marketing and International Business, she has led global development programs in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Trinidad & Tobago since 2001. Dr. Bailey has lectured on globalization at the University of Angers, France and made presentations on the value of global partnerships in South African and the United States.
A former marketing manager at The Procter & Gamble Company, Bailey combines strategic planning, global partnerships and inter-disciplinary teams of experts in diverse fields of education to plan, launch and implement technology driven educational projects (TDEP). In January 2010, Bailey launched a TDEP project at Tubman University, Harper, Liberia, with a US/Liberian team of 13 educational and professional experts, in collaboration with a leading US educational software company and a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Tubman University's President, Dr. Elizabeth Davis-Russell. Jennifer is committed to building organizational strength through partnerships and using technology-driven education to eradicate illiteracy.
In her field work in Liberia, Bailey has seen the impact of illiteracy first hand and is deeply concerned that globally, 1 out of every 5 people--approximately 2 billion people are illiterate. In Washington County, Maryland, where the Institute is located, 9% of residents are illiterate. In Prince Georges County where Bailey works, 22% of residents is illiterate.* The Bailey Institute's Web site is devoted to raising awareness of illiteracy and seeking funding to support programs that eradicate illiteracy.
*National Assessment Of Adult Literacy-2003 (People aged 16+ who lack prose literacy)
Vice President: Dr. Charles Supernavage is a medical practitioner in the area of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery. He has practiced in Hagerstown, MD since 1981 having completed his training at the University of Virginia. Over the last 26 years, Dr. Supernavage has been a member of Washington County Hospital in Maryland and Waynesboro and Chambersburg Hospitals in Pennsylvania. In 2005, Dr. Supernavage served as event chairperson for the Bailey Institute's 35th Tree Trimming Party and has had a lifetime commitment to improving the human condition.
Secretary: Mr. Morris Koffa is an environmental engineer with the District of Columbia Environmental Services and the Founder and President of Africa Environmental Watch (AEW), a strategic initiative to work with communities in the US and Africa to raise awareness and address the need for clean water, air and safe waste management programs for Liberia. Mr. Koffa was born in Liberia and has spent extensive time there in recent years addressing environmental issues.
Treasurer: Ms. Janice McNamee is committed to sharing her experience, wisdom and understanding for empowering lives and has volunteered her services to the Bailey Institute since 2005. Ms. McNamee was the first woman to be elected to the United Way Campaign Board of Directors. This Campaign was the first to raise over a million dollars for Washington County.
Ms. McNamee has served as President of the local chapter of the International Management Council; Director of Community Living for the Good Shepherd Center in Baltimore Maryland; Human Resource Manager for Harper & Row Publishers in Hagerstown and Director of a non-profit organization for severely/profoundly mentally and physically challenged youth and adults in Washington County Maryland. Currently, Ms
Craig Esty, Information Technology: Craig earned a B.A. in Pharmacy from Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and has been in construction management for over 32 years. He is currently Senior Estimator at NASA- Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, MD. Craig has been actively involved with Computer’s for over 20 years and has served a variety of civic organizations including Rotary International and Kora Shrine. Craig has a long-term commitment to working with non-profit organizations whose mission is to improve the lives of others.
Secretary: Mr. Morris Koffa is Founder and Chief Executive of Africa Environmetal Watch.
Dr. Solanges Vivens is the President and Founder of VMT Long Term Care, an organization of three nursing homes and a training center for nurses, located in Washington D.C. Dr. Vivens has funded educational projects in Haiti including the construction of a school.
Dr. Lameck Odeck Odhiambo is Director of Research and Digital Development and spearheaded the registration of Bailey Institute in the state of Maryland, the development of an organizational structure and has captured the Institute's events on digital video Odhiambo has worked for more than 12 years in irrigated agriculture, teaching, and research. He has a strong publication record and skills in developing digital, educational materials, irrigation design, operations and maintenance, on-farm water management and irrigation economics. Dr. Odhiambo has been educated in Kenya and has worked in Kenya.
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Funding - FINRA
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, is the largest non-governmental regulator for all securities firms doing business with the U.S. public. FINRA was created in 2007 through the consolidation of NASD and NYSE Member Regulation.
- In May, 2009, Bailey Institute in partnership with the Washington County Family Center in Hagerstown Maryland, submitted a concept paper to FINRA to support a program in financial literacy for 120 participants per year for three years. While the concept paper was not considered for further development and funding, Bailey Institute and WCFC continue to seek funding to improve the financial literacy of its clients. Washington County Family Center was established in 1995, and has provided services to low-income adults working to complete GED and/or continue receiving High School credit. Washington County Family Center is centrally located and has on-site child care facilities, computer labs and meeting rooms where training can be conducted. Ms. Karen Christof, is Acting Director of WCFC.