3Fold’s Initiatives

So just WHAT exactly is 3Fold up to?

What are the key initiatives that we’re focusing on to break generational spiritual, physical and mental poverty - one child, one family, one community at a time?

And maybe more importantly, WHY?

3Fold’s Initiatives: The WHAT and WHY

3Fold has identified immediate opportunities to address Mental poverty (educational gaps) facing students that live in and attend school in the villages. 3Fold will continue to work with our local Romanian partners to support Spiritual and Physical needs in the communities we serve as opportunities arise and funding allows.

Initiative #1 : Provide two well-trained, passionate teachers to provide effective after school tutoring to prepare 8th graders for the high school admittance exam and 12th graders for the university entrance exam.

WHY?

  • Exams have massive impact on educational opportunities (high school admittance) and future professional opportunities

  • Enable impoverished, neglected students to begin to hope in a better future

  • Motivation to stay in school

  • Sustainability - successful students begin to give back to the community inspiring future generations to believe in more than their current circumstances!

Initiative #2 : Provide well-trained, passionate teachers to provide supplemental after school tutoring to improve the foundational education for grades 4-8 through lesson review and homework assistance.

WHY?

  • Supplement and improve foundational education for 4-8th graders

  • Motivation to stay in school - Caring instructions goes a long way keeping students engaged in their school work and vision of the future

  • To impact the high dropout rates of students beyond 5th grade instruction

  • Narrow the knowledge gap for 8th graders when it’s time to prepare for high school admittance exam

Initiative #3 : Provide transportation support for high schoolers

WHY?

  • Enables impoverished families to afford the monthly bus fare

  • Build hope and motivation to do well in school If they know they can physically attend high school to continue their education

Initiative #4: Support high school graduates that attend University

WHY?

  • Motivation to continue their high school years and not drop out b/c of no hope to make it to or through the next step of their educational journey

  • Overcome any financial barriers that may keep them from pursuing their professional development dreams

What this IS NOT: 

  • A Quick Fix - These initiatives support students along their journey. Success is not measured by overnight success but rather a series of milestones that the students will achieve along the way. Motivation to stay in school and perform well on the important 8th and 12th grade national exms and then making it to university are

  • A Hand Out - We want to partner with the families and students that are in desperate need of support to break through the educational barriers that allow them to dream big and achieve higher levels of education and professional development. However, a partnership requires participation from those giving support and those receiving. Hand outs help no one - they don’t drive personal development nor self-esteem. We want to develop the student to significantly contribute to their own success, their families, their community - not make them perpetually reliant on others.

  • One Size Fits All – Many students have similar situations while just as many do not.  3Fold will properly vet the needs of each student and design a path to success with milestones for them to continue to earn support along the way. 

3Fold will continue to widen the net of inclusion as funding grows which could include supporting families and students from other communities or the development of other initiatives to develop elementary aged students to rely less on tutoring to succeed in middle and high school.