Contributed by Sarah Milburn – TESOL Program Coordinator and Instructor – ILSC-Montreal ILSC-Montreal is proud to announce that its International Business class made 4 more small business loans through KIVA last session, taking our total number of loans made to 27, since we first began lending in October 2010! For those of you who don’t know, KIVA…
Sustainable Development at ILSC
Contributed by Nadine Zerbel, Marketing Manager – Western Europe This was partly inspired by our friends at ESL, based in Switzerland, who have created a CSR self-assessment tool for language schools after putting a great deal of thought into their own sustainable development policies. For ILSC, using the tool helped us to formalize the positive…
Learn to Earn Update
Contributed by Priyanka Gupta In April, we started with our new round of Learn to Earn (LTE) students. A recent poll determined that India is the worst G20 country to live in if you’re a woman. The Learn to Earn program opens up new opportunities for young Indian women and girls who face many barriers in their society. Here’s an update about our current…
ILSC-New Delhi’s Learn To Earn Program: meet our current students
In April, a new group of young women and girls started ILSC-New Delhi’s “Learn to Earn” program, which provides English and job skills training to help underprivileged young Indian women expand their opportunities for future success. India is a competitive and contradictory country that currently boasts one of the fastest growing economies in the world…
Earth Month at ILSC
Saturday April 22nd was the 42nd anniversary of “Earth Day,” and for the past month, ILSC has been holding a variety of informative and fun activities to raise awareness on how to make a difference for the planet. Earth Month at ILSC officially launched on March 22nd, the same day as Earth Hour, a global initiative to turn out the lights for one hour in order to save energy.