AWS Skilling and Social Impact
Category: Education
Backing the builders closest to America’s learners with the AWS Education Equity Initiative
The AWS Education Equity Initiative empowers organizations to build digital learning solutions for underserved populations. Learn how four social enterprises are driving real outcomes: Black Girls Do Engineer is building a STEM pipeline for 7,000+ girls; American Access Institute puts AI-powered career guidance in the hands of foster youth; Play With ASL makes sign language learning interactive and accessible; and Edovo delivers education to 1.1 million incarcerated learners across 1,500+ facilities.
Powering screen-free STEM education for 5,000 preschool teachers in Vietnam with KidsEdu
In rural Vietnam, four-year-olds are learning to code by arranging color cards to program robots—no screens required. KidsEdu, a Vietnamese edtech organization powered by AWS, delivers certified STEM education to preschoolers ages 3-6 in underserved communities. Its serverless AWS architecture handles 1.5 million daily queries with 90% faster response times, keeping costs low enough to maintain affordable school fees.
Learn Fresh and AWS are scaling NBA Math Hoops with AI and cloud technology
Learn Fresh’s NBA Math Hoops program teaches math and social skills to students ages 8 to 14 through the excitement of basketball. With support from the AWS Education Equity Initiative, Learn Fresh is using AI and cloud technology to bring the program to 10,000 students across South Africa, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, and Egypt by 2027. Here’s how AWS, Learn Fresh, and NBA Africa are working together to scale a proven learning experience to students who need it most.