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Culture of Connecting Educational Recovery Project A Look Back At 2022
For the last three years, our island has faced countless challenges in adapting to the constantly evolving circumstances brought upon by the COVID19 pandemic. Island students especially, felt this strain as their educational journeys were directly impacted by the limitations and restrictions that were put in place. Seeing the need to ensure these students were given as much support, the Office of the Governor established the Governor’s Youth Empowerment and Education Assistance grant program. This program aimed to provide funding to educational institutions, government entities, community organizations, and nonprofit organizations in developing activities and programs to support the whole student from
academics to social well being. In August 2021, Guampedia was awarded grant funding and began its Culture of Connecting Educational Recovery Project. This project would take the form of 13 initiatives, each aimed at supporting island youth as they navigate the increase in education within the digital world. For the past year, the Guampedia team has been hard at work tackling each initiative. Thanks to the overwhelming support from various organizations and collaborations with different agencies, each initiative was successfully launched with the completion of significant milestones. Continued on page two