Educational Divide Reform(EDR) Institute is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that seeks to promote global citizenship, social inclusion, and community development through youth education. EDR provides “Inclusive and quality education” to promote global citizenship in sustainable development which will allow individuals to embrace their social responsibility to act for the benefit of all societies, not just their own. This vision has led EDR to develop international programs such as:

• “Power of Hope” to promote democracy by cultivating prosperous North Korean refugees, and
• “My Village and Global Citizenship” to preserve rural communities with projects aligned with the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals.

Domestically in the US, EDR runs social inclusion and educational equity programs for underserved communities, particularly immigrant students In the Greater Boston area, who face educational inequality due to economic, digital, cultural and English language barriers.

• EDR’s Step Up aims to improve educational opportunities for economically disadvantaged students, particularly immigrant and first-generation American children, through academic tutoring and mentoring.
• EDR also runs its Pathfinder, a career path exploration and mentoring program for high school students in the same communities.