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About TEEI

About TEEI

Identity

Full name: The Educational Equality Institute Motto: Equality Through Education Headquarters: Oslo, Norway US entity: 501(c)(3) nonprofit, New York

TEEI provides free access to language learning, professional mentoring, and skills development for displaced people and underrepresented groups. We work primarily with Ukrainian refugees and women globally.

Programmes

Pillar 1: Ukraine

  • Language Connect for Ukraine — free language instruction for Ukrainian refugees, 8,000+ learners, 11 languages
  • Mentors for Ukraine — professional mentoring, 2,000+ mentees, 400+ mentors, 7,805 sessions
  • TEEI Language Courses — structured courses on itslearning LMS

Pillar 2: Women-Focused Pathway

  • Women Buddy Program (WBP) — multi-region connection programme, 3 tiers
  • Skills Academy — DataCamp (10,000+ students), eCornell, Splunk, Automation Anywhere

Partners

Oxford University Press, itslearning, Kintell, Babbel, DataCamp, Splunk, eCornell, Automation Anywhere, BOOKR Class, Sanoma, PMI, AWS.

Writing Constraints

All TEEI communications follow these rules:

  • Agency-first, dignity-first framing
  • No pity language
  • No NGO cliches
  • No invented numbers — use only canonical impact figures
  • No em dashes
  • Person-first narrative always