Pitch Draft

Life is Elsewhere 

A Foundation for the Promotion of Efficiency of Educational Systems All around the World

Mission

Our mission is to close the educational gap between countries and classes and form a two-way bridge for young people to explore and experience the world more comprehensively. 

Passion

I have always believed that education and social networks are two of the most important factors that contribute to one’s success based on my personal experience. I am not saying that I am successful right now, but I cannot deny that being born in a middle-class family in China, attending the best private schools in my city, and attending an elite private university like USC certainly enlarge my possibility to be successful in the future. I value my life abroad here and learn about the importance of seeing the world from a broader perspective in person. So, I want to take my first step to better the world by improving the flexibility of education systems all around the world, making the best of both the poor and the wealthy.

Uniqueness

In order to ameliorate the efficiency problem, I was inspired by a traditional Chinese system of pair studying, though its purpose was not to narrow the gap between the wealthy and the poor. In our organization, we will create a mechanism that pairs a child from a poor family in a country or culture with a child from a wealthy family in another country or culture. We will provide the pairs with safe, high-quality, and open education in both countries, which allows young people to learn about different cultures and know about the gap in different educational systems. Unlike other foundations supporting education, our organization takes a fluid and floating forms which give young people more choices to get education. 

Why us?

Our organization will have far more meaningful effects globally, not limited to education. When young people taking our programs learn more knowledge and understand the world in a more comprehensive way, they will more likely to dedicate themselves to promoting social equality later in their life. At that time, more people will join our foundation, which might help to expand our domain into other aspects such as global health.