Volunteering & Donations
Some of the most talented young mathematicians in the world live in places where olympiad training and advanced math programs are only beginning. Ellen travels to work on the ground with K–12 students, teachers, and local partners there — as a volunteer, made possible by donations.
On the Ground
From single classrooms to national olympiad camps, this work happens in person — with students, teachers, and the local organizations that carry it forward.
Students at Bright School, a village school near Muhanga; teacher training with Teach Rwanda; and coach training with the Rwandan Olympiad Foundation in Kigali.
Olympiad training camp for the top young mathematicians selected through the Uganda National Mathematics Contest.
Games and joyful problem solving with children at a community center in Arusha.
A professional development day with more than 175 teachers.
The Southern Africa Rising Stars Math Camp in Pretoria — a week-long intensive for top students from across the region, with their coaches and Ministry of Education representatives.
Support the Mission
Every donation funds work that keeps going long after a visit ends — because a trained teacher keeps teaching, year after year, reaching hundreds of students over the course of a career.
Hands-on workshops that help educators teach mathematics as something joyful, creative, and rigorous.
Problem sets, curriculum, and classroom resources that help teachers bring what they’ve learned into daily practice.
Travel, coordination, and camps that bring this work to schools and communities where it’s still emerging.
You’re not funding one class. You’re funding every class that follows.
Every contribution goes toward the same work, at whatever scale you’re able to give.
Joyful Math Worldwide is not a registered nonprofit; contributions are not tax-deductible. Questions about your donation? Email ellen@joyfulmathworldwide.com.