Light of the World School
In rural areas like Ngonine, only 8% of children attend school and Sub-Saharan Africa has the highest number of illiterate youth in the world. Ngonine’s Light of the World School works diligently year after year to offer grades preK-12 with locally-based teachers who bring education and Bible lessons into the classroom daily.
In 2024, Impact Senegal orchestrated the building of additional classrooms to address the growing demand for stable, quality Christian-based education. Currently, we offer preschool to 2nd grade and host over 60 children.
Nurturing Young Minds
Ngonine’s school is partnered with its sister school in Baback, sharing resources and curriculum. The curriculum meets key educational goals and principles that promote effective learning. It is designed to help children in impoverished areas pursue their dreams and contribute positively to society.
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Student Testimony
For the 2021/2022 school year, Pathé was nonverbal and not able to develop reading, writing, or communication skills like his classmates. Although sweet and social, Pathé was in need of more individualized education. Specialized help or testing is not available for many families in Senegal, so his teacher Tening decided to help him in her personal time outside of school. He repeated kindergarten due to his lack of improvement but in the past semester, Pathé has made incredible academic strides! He has started reciting the alphabet and learning to pronounce words due to the special 1 -on-1 tutoring Tening has poured on him. Tening shares how she feels about his progress: “We really felt excited because he is starting to speak! Recently he managed to pronounced a few words like ‘madame,’ and the names of a few classmates!”