Our journey to 100,000 hours
We’re working to fund 100,000 hours of live English classes for learners in developing countries. Follow the Classrooms opening, the teaching being delivered and the people making this possible.
Every hour counts
- hours funded
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- hours delivered
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Launching soon
Last updated 12 October 2026
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Today: 0 hours delivered. Next milestone: our first Classroom, 8 hours.
Our first Classroom: 8 hours of teaching. Then 100 hours. Then 1,000. Then 10,000. Together, each stage takes us closer to 100,000.
We’re building the first Classroom. Follow our progress as paid lessons help make more teaching possible.
An hour means one hour of teacher-led English class time, whether five or eight learners attend.
The next milestone: our first Classroom
Our first Classroom: 8 hours of teaching. Then 100 hours. Then 1,000. Then 10,000. Together, each stage takes us closer to 100,000.
The next Classroom
Your paid lessons help fund the next four-week English course. See how close we are to covering eight hours of live teaching.
Follow this Classroom0 of 8 hours funded towards the first Classroom[1]
Teaching starts once courses are funded and scheduled.
Two ways learning happens on Nattive
Learn with Nattive
Paid 1:1 lessons
Choose a teacher and book private lessons in English, Spanish, French or German. You pay for the lessons you book, and each booking contributes towards the Classroom programme.
The Nattive Classroom
Free group English courses
Classroom offers group English courses at no cost to learners in developing countries we select for the programme. Places depend on funding and availability.
How your booking helps
When you book a paid private lesson on Nattive, a Classroom contribution is allocated towards funded English teaching. Contributions are pooled to fund group courses; the teaching takes place when a course is funded, scheduled and delivered.
- What happens when I take a lesson?
- Part of what you pay goes to the Classroom fund, automatically, with every lesson you book. There's nothing extra to do.
- How much goes towards it?
- 10% of the teacher's lesson price. It's included in the one price you see, and it's never taken from the teacher's pay.
- What does it buy?
- Teaching time. 8 hours of live English teaching funds one Classroom course, with the teacher paid for every hour.[1]
A £27.50 lesson includes £2.50 for the Classroom, enough to fund 6 minutes of teaching.
Based on a £25 teacher lesson price. The 10% Classroom contribution is included in the price you see and is never taken from the teacher's pay.
Where does the contribution go?
You book
You choose your teacher and pay for a 1:1 language lesson.
Classroom grows
A clearly disclosed part of the total supports the Classroom fund.
Teaching is funded
When a course reaches its funding goal, that money is allocated to eight teacher-led hours.
Teaching happens
A paid teacher runs the class and we report the time delivered.
Funded and delivered
Classroom courses funded and Classroom courses delivered are two different moments, so we always report them separately.
Funded
Enough money has come in to pay for a Classroom course's 8 teaching hours.
Delivered
The classes have run and the teacher has taken the register.
A one-hour group lesson counts as one teaching hour, regardless of group size.
See the Classrooms behind the number
We’re preparing our first Classroom. Verified teaching milestones will appear here as they happen.
A few things to know.
What does 100,000 hours mean?
Does booking a lesson immediately add to hours delivered?
Is Nattive a charity?
Are Classroom teachers paid?
Can I see the underlying numbers?
Can anyone join the free English courses?
Which countries are eligible?
Book a language lesson. Help us fund the next Classroom.
Notes
- Based on a Classroom teacher paid £25 an hour. Back to text