Angola Partnership Inc

The purpose of The Angola Partnership is to support people in Africa through education. Since 2018, we have worked with The Language Institute in Huambo, Angola, to help people improve their lives by developing their educational, professional, and economic opportunities through English acquisition.

After emerging in 2002 from a long civil war, Angola has been increasingly integrating into the global economy. People in Angola who develop English proficiency are more likely to advance in education and succeed in the challenging professional employment environment.

Operating in a city of 400,000 people (about half of whom are under the age of 18), the Language Institute offers the only local instruction by a first-language English speaker.

High quality English language instruction can dramatically increase the economic opportunities and status of vulnerable people in Angola. With so much of global business and knowledge based in English, the language is essential, even, or perhaps especially, in economically developing non-English speaking countries like Angola. English is taught in school in Angola, but most students don't advance to a level at which the language is educationally and professionally useful. Strong skills are needed for real benefit.

As a non-sectarian social mission of the Evangelical Congregational Church in Angola (IECA), the Language Institute is dedicated to providing quality English instruction to all who make the commitment to the program, regardless of faith or ability to pay.

Income from a modest fee covers part of the Language Institute expenses, but outside support is needed to make the program accessible and sustainable.

Gifts to The Angola Partnership will sustain the work of the Language Institute and allow us to increase enrollment for students who could not otherwise afford the program. The students will benefit from rigorous coursework in the study of English, opening up a world of economic opportunities.