About LBN

The mission of the Learning Buddies Network is to provide volunteer one-on-one tutoring and mentoring at no cost to academically and socially fragile children in the Lower Mainland.  At the same time, we provide meaningful and inspiring volunteer leadership opportunities to the dedicated young people who volunteer their time as tutors and site coordinators.

LBN serves academically and socially fragile elementary school-aged children (Little Buddies) across the Lower Mainland and beyond.  We provide training to our university and high school volunteer mentors, who serve as tutors. It is a simple but powerful intervention for academically at-risk children who otherwise do not receive the learning assistance they need and deserve.

We are a volunteer-centric organization where senior volunteers mentor our tutors, who mentor our Little Buddies.  Our volunteers find mentoring highly rewarding, and gain confidence, maturity, and leadership skills through their work.

“My son could only read his name and no other names of his class. We could not get our son to read any better until the Learning Buddies reading program. After the sessions, we could not believe it: he can read a book from cover to cover!”

Mrs. Chin, Parent