CorStone

  • A Advocate
  • I Implementer
  • R Researcher

Description

CorStone develops and provides personal resilience programs to improve well-being for youth worldwide, focusing on adolescent girls as critical change-agents in their communities. Founded in 1975, our evidence-based programs have served tens of thousands of at-risk youth in low-income communities around the world. We work together with local partners to adapt and integrate our resilience model with local values and resources.

Primary Functions

  • Capacity building/Technical assistance
  • Program/Project Implementation
  • Research - project evaluation

Secondary Functions

  • Awareness Raising/Advocacy
  • Networking/Convening
  • Research - policy analysis

Geographic Scope

  • Global / regional

Areas of work Back to Top

Education topics addressed

Attainment

  • Primary to secondary transition

Other skills

  • Life skills/sexuality education
  • Rights/empowerment education
  • Social and emotional learning

Quality

  • School-related gender-based violence

Cross-cutting topics addressed

  • Adolescent pregnancy/childbearing
  • Early/child marriage
  • Economic/livelihoods (including savings/financial inclusion, etc.)
  • Female genital mutilation/cutting
  • HIV and STIs
  • Nutrition
  • Other aspects of sexual and reproductive health
  • Violence (at home, in relationships)
  • WASH (water, sanitation and hygiene)

Funders and partners Back to Top

Current girls' education partners

Locations and contact information Back to Top

Website

CorStone

Headquarters location(s)

  • Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
  • Delhi, Delhi, India

Office location(s)

  • India
  • Kenya

Locations of current girls’ education work

Map showing countries (listed below) where the organization is involved with girls' education programs

  • India
  • Kenya

Projects Back to Top