Thinking Huts
Thinking Huts is an American nonprofit organization founded in 2015 by Maggie Grout that leverages innovative, humanitarian-driven technology solutions to increase global access to education. Thinking Huts works with local partners to build schools with innovative 3D printing technology to reduce overall construction time drastically. According to the organization, it built Madagascar's first 3D printed school - the second school built this way in the world. The organization aims to first address the classroom shortage in Madagascar, and then throughout the world, with special focus on the African continent, by building schools in partnership with communities where they are needed. According to UNICEF, there is a learning crisis where 1.6 billion children are at risk of falling behind due to school closures and insufficient space to learn. Schools are needed for students who are prevented from obtaining an education due to overcrowding, long travel distances, or there not being existing infrastructure. Origins 

The founder and current CEO, Maggie Grout, was adopted from rural China at a young age, and founded the company when she was fifteen years old. She understood what poverty looked like firsthand and saw the need for access to education in order to address the root of increasing generational opportunity. Grout was born in Dawu County, Hubei, China, on September 2, 1999. She grew up in Denver, Colorado, and Richmond, London, United Kingdom. She attended the University of Colorado Boulder and graduated from their Leeds School of Business. History 

Thinking Huts is supported by Sobrato Philanthropies. Guidestar, a charity evaluator, awarded Thinking Huts the platinum seal of transparency. Fast Company recognized the nonprofit in 2021 as a World Changing Idea. References 

Non-profit organizations based in the United States
Organizations established in 2015
2015 establishments in the United States
501(c)(3) organizations
3D printing