Page 18 - 5th Anniversary Reflections

“I’ve learned that there are many, many ways to approach our work—all aspects of it really—and
that there is so much power to seeing how other brilliant and committed people work to solve similar problems and then borrowing from their creative and
innovative approaches.”
—MattKramer, prEsidEnT, TEaCh FOr aMEriCa
“Noored Kooli has been fortunate
to be part in Teach For All from the very beginning. Through numerous and di erent encounters with people brought together by Teach For All, my faith in the sense of possibility has really grown much deeper. Seeing what progress
has been made by Teach For All partner organizations around the globe, and listening to how the leaders of those organizations speak about their future visions for transformative change, has pushed my own thinking about what is really possible in my own country. If people in the US, India or China work towards the vision that one day, all children in their nations are able to receive an excellent education, then there is no excuse for us not to be con dent that this
vision is realistic in Estonia—in a country with only 1.3 million people!
Noored Kooli has also learned so much as an organization in di erent functional areas, from program buildup to recruitment strategies, and I think there is a huge advantage for a small organization to be part of such a network. Also, in a country where social enterprises are not yet very well developed and there is a lack of examples of excellence, Teach For All has given us the bar to strive towards. But most of all, I have been amazed by the fact that even though the challenges of the disadvantaged children are so di erent around the globe, the solutions, to a large extent, are surprisingly very similar. Personally, I’ve grown as individual and as young professional and I am very grateful for that opportunity.”
—KaireKroos, CEO, nOOrEd KOOli (EsTOnia)
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