Livingston Teenagers Teach Courses For Charity

LIVINGSTON, NJ —A group of Livingston High sophomores-to-be, and one eighth-grader-to-be, have founded a nonprofit designed to help students in their community, while investing in students and families globally.

According to a press release, Teaching4Charity was founded in mid-June and offers student-led online courses to local children in third through 11th grade. Courses run on a week-to-week basis and are offered in coding, public speaking, math, English and digital art. The elder students create the curriculum.

Meanwhile, all proceeds from the courses are donated to charities helping people in Cambodia and Uganda. According to the founders of Teaching4Charity, the group will be donating to organizations that improve education systems, improve parents' technical skills and provide necessities to struggling, poverty-stricken families.

"I am extremely excited for this opportunity to work with my friends to not only teach younger students subjects we are passionate about, but also, hopefully, make a positive impact on the other side of the world," said Jonathan Hong, who founded Teaching4Charity along with his friends William Wang and Tyler Ferreira

Hong and Faizan Ghaznavi are teaching a course in public speaking. Other students teaching courses are: Ferreira and Sean Qin (coding games), Daniel Liang, Wang and Alex Wu (math), Naomi Wei, Celina Jia and Hannah He (English) and Grace Wang and Katie Li (digital art).

The Teaching4Charity website includes more information about the courses and details about how to register.