Partnerships
Academy for Educational Development
AED is a bridge, a link between the problem and the solution, the need and the resource, people and their potential.
Founded in 1961, AED is an independent, nonprofit organization committed to solving critical social problems and building the capacity of communities, and institutions to become more self-sufficient. AED’s work focuses on improving education, health, and economic opportunities for the least advantaged in the United States and the developing countries.
Education
For more than 40 years, AED expanded its works in education to more than 130 countries.
From preschool children to university students, from one-room schools to large urban districts, we have worked in education by partnering with communities and their educational institutions to help them create innovative programs and sound policies.
Environment & Energy
AED is working with many partners to improve how people impact the health of the planet. We use our expertise in social marketing, education, communications, and advocacy to reach a wide variety of audiences in order to influence behaviors and policies affecting the environment.
Health
In the 1970s, AED launched its first behavior change initiative to effectively treat diarrhea disease, a major killer of children under the age of 5 in the developing world.
AED now works to change behavior--and improve health--all over the world. Our programs include mother and child nutrition, drug and alcohol abuse prevention, and malaria prevention.
HIV/AIDS
AED began its work in HIV/AIDS by focusing on specific sexual and drug-using behaviors performed by people who are at-risk of exposure to the virus.
Today it is clear that fighting HIV/AIDS requires more than just treating infected individuals. Prevention and treatment must extend to families and their support systems, which is why AED continues to work to increase the effectiveness of prevention programs in the U.S. and internationally.
Leadership & Democracy
AED draws on decades of experience in training and professional exchanges to develop leaders and strengthen institutions worldwide.
Judges, journalists, educators, legislators, and business owners who have developed new skills through our programs have helped to lead government agencies, and civil society organizations.
Youth
In the United States, more than 40 million people, or about 15 percent of the total population, are between the ages of 10 and 21. In many developing countries, the under-25 population makes up 50 percent or more of the total population.
AED has pioneered approaches to working with youth and continues to design, guide, and evaluate youth programs.
For more information please visit www.aed.org
