Tutoring Program - Redefining the Odds

Online Tutoring Program is Born

In some of the countries where we serve, the government will cover the cost of tuition for orphans to attend university, but they have only one chance to pass the entrance exam. An Allies volunteer, who was also a university professor, realized that most of the students in the orphanages were not capable of scoring high enough to qualify. Unfortunately, orphans and foster families can’t afford professional tutors to take advantage of this amazing opportunity.

With the help of this professor, Allies created an innovative program utilizing an online learning platform. Through this program, high school students are tutored weekly by certified professors in a virtual classroom setting with the goal of helping them pass the entrance exam.

The Allies Tutoring Program was launched in 2015 with four orphans. Allies paid professors to teach orphans online in subjects like biology, geography, math, Russian, history, chemistry, and physics. Three of the students, who were 11th graders, passed the entrance exam and enrolled in universities.

The program has since grown tremendously. On average, the tutoring program helped double test scores of enrolled students, and there is a 100 percent success rate of orphans passing the entrance exam!