Educate!

💥Last year, Educate! impacted 133,320 youth in Africa. 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐭𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐨 𝟑𝟗𝟎,𝟎𝟎𝟎, marking a 1,000-fold increase since we first launched over a decade ago! Read the highlights in our 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭, out now: https://lnkd.in/evyH3m5D 👉🏿 We scaled our education reform and teacher training model nationwide in Rwanda, as well as strengthening partnerships with governments in Tanzania and Kenya. 👉🏿 We refined the impact of our livelihood bootcamps for out-of-school youth, focusing on increasing young women’s agency. 👉🏿 We supported youth to become gender equity and climate advocates. Thanks to our partners and champions. With your help, we'll keep building on this work! 🚀 Learn more about how we're scaling our impact and about the inspiring youth creating a brighter future: https://lnkd.in/evyH3m5D

“There’s a need to synchronize efforts and to work with the government, and make sure we have buy-in from the government because then that informs the sustainability of a lot of work.” Educate!’s Sylvie Kinabo sharing reflections on co-creation with government and implementing a competency-based curriculum at the first ever East African Community Regional Education Conference. 📽️Watch ✨👇🏾

🌍 Why is cultivating a ‘Yes I Can’ mentality the first lesson in our bootcamps for out-of-school youth? "Most of our youth have lost hope and are often labeled by society as failures, but we don't see them as failures. We believe each of them has the ability to make a positive impact in their communities and in their own lives" – Educate! Training Officer FRANCIS KIBIRIGE, speaking passionately at the recent EdHeroes Global Forum. 📈 In the very first week, we challenge youth with a unique trading task: start with a pencil and use negotiation skills to trade it for something more valuable. The results? Sometimes they come back with a sack of maize; on one occasion, a participant even returned with a hen! 🔗 This exercise not only boosts their confidence but also underscores the value of perseverance and soft skills. Francis, along with Dorothy Namubiru and Anthony muzito, emphasized the importance of understanding the backgrounds of out-of-school youth. This insight forms the cornerstone of our tailored approach to meeting their needs. 🎥 Read our blog and watch the full EdHeroes panel here: https://lnkd.in/eDmEjuWK #Educate #YouthEmpowerment #EdHeroes2024 #EducationForAll #SocialImpact

💫𝐂𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐃𝐚𝐲 👧🏾 Around 65% of the young people in our livelihood bootcamps for out-of-school youth are women. Many like Faith, 22, from Kitui, Kenya, featured on the cover of our recent Impact Report, are single mothers. Our bootcamps support youth to build skills and gain practical business experience. We measure impact through “Milestone Actions”: 𝐄𝐚𝐫𝐧: Generate income 💵 𝐒𝐚𝐯𝐞: Build financial security 🏚️ 𝐀𝐜𝐭: Own a business 🌿 Faith embodies these principles. She’s using income from her tree nursery to diversify into other enterprises, support her daughter and siblings and help her mother with household bills. She shared: “My tree nursery business depends on the rainy season to make good sales. So I’m saving to start a second business, a kiosk selling food and fruits. With this I’ll be able to earn additional money and create work for someone else.” 𝑳𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒏 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒐𝒖𝒓 2023 𝑰𝒎𝒑𝒂𝒄𝒕 𝑹𝒆𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕 ▶️ https://lnkd.in/eziAxzYC

👥 Are you attending the East African Regional Education Conference? Join us and members of the School Action Learning Exchang (SALEX) for two interactive sessions on education reform. 📅 Date: August 12, 2024 📍 Location: Arusha, Tanzania 🗝️ Sylvie Kinabo our Regional Head of Strategic Projects, will be co-facilitating the session: "𝐒𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐄𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐓𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐄𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐄𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐲𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐎𝐮𝐭𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐓𝐚𝐧𝐳𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐚." We'll explore strategies to take advantage of key moments for policy reform and discuss how evidence-based approaches can drive improvements in quality, accessibility, and equity at scale. 🗝️ Tobias Mulupi our Head of Policy and Partnerships, will lead the session on: “𝐃𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐓𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩: 𝐀 𝐉𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐄𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲-𝐁𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐄𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.” Learn more about Educate!‘s experience of partnering with government to scale competency-based education.

Attending the East African Regional Education Conference next month? 👀 Join members of the #SchoolActionLearningExchange for an exciting interactive session: "Opening Windows for Education Policy Change in East Africa." ⤵️ 📅 Monday, August 12 💡 Policymakers, teachers and education supporters from the region will share lessons for translating evidence into policy change and work with colleagues to identify an action plan for real upcoming policy openings to improve learner outcomes in Africa.  🌟 Join this incredible team of facilitators from R4D, Global School Leaders , Room to Read, STIR Education, The Lewa Wildlife Conservancy, Global Schools Forum, UNICEF, NetEdu Global Community, Educate!, Schools2030, Teaching at the Right Level Africa and PAL Network, supported by the Jacobs Foundation. #globaleducation #SALEX #educationpolicy #eastafrica

𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐏𝐄𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐍𝐎𝐖! 🚀 🌍 EdHeroes Global Forum "Cultural Heritage in Education" ➡️ Watch Here: https://lnkd.in/g3GeJENc Join us at the #EdHeroesGlobalForum for an engaging panel discussion: “𝐂𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲-𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐃𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧: 𝐄𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐞!'𝐬 𝐋𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐎𝐮𝐭-𝐨𝐟-𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡.” 🗓️ 𝐒𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞: 𝟓:𝟎𝟎 - 𝟔:𝟎𝟎 𝐏𝐌 𝐄𝐃𝐓 / 𝟏𝟐:𝟎𝟎 - 𝟏:𝟎𝟎 𝐀𝐌 𝐄𝐀𝐓 Panelists Anthony muzito, Dorothy Namubiru, FRANCIS KIBIRIGE and Natasha Mulenga H. will share how Educate! leverages rigorous testing and continuous feedback to ensure our models align with participants' diverse backgrounds and experiences—from translating materials into local languages to adapting lessons for various literacy and numeracy levels. Don’t miss out! #EducationForAll #YouthEmpowerment #CulturalHeritage #EdHeroesGlobalForum #WomenEmpowerment #LivelihoodBootcamps

In your org/company, have you ever felt like you get paid to learn? In my experience at Educate!, I certainly do, and I absolutely love it 😍 . Reflecting on my 1.5 years at E! as a designer, I’ve been introduced to numerous tools, particularly as our product scales with the #Education #System #Solution (#ESS) through single subject (Entrepreneurship) reform in upper secondary schools in Rwanda. A few months after joining E!, I became part of the Designer Hub, a team of over 10 talented designers (🇷🇼, 🇺🇬, & 🇰🇪) led by our #Principal #Product #Strategist, Marit Blaak, PhD 🙏 who has unique ability to foster productive discussions and thoughtful processing with great ease, structures, and 🔧 tools. We meet monthly to share updates on different products, learn important design topics and competencies, align on E!'s design principles and processes, share best practices, etc. We also stay connected via a WhatsApp group to exchange valuable resources and updates. #Some #key #learnings #so #far #include: ▶ ▶ Culture of Experimentation and Iterative Design: Instead of isolated experiments and designs, we aspire to embed a culture that values and practices continuous refinement, ensuring our solutions evolve based on real-world feedback from our youth, teachers, and trainers. ▶ ▶ User Personas and Journey Mapping:  These help us understand and design user-centered experiences by defining user profiles and their interactions with our product. ▶ ▶ Design Principles (more on these in my future posts), problem framing, cultivating creativity in design, UX/LX Strategy, etc. ▶ ▶ And here is our favorite quote: "Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works." If you have a wonderful team like mine, consider yourself lucky and make sure to tell them directly. yeah, speak up and break the norm of staying quiet when you see the good in others. It won't diminish the goodness within you; in fact, it might just enhance it. Shout-outs to my team 🎉 🎉 _Anthony muzito, Frank Omona, Molly Gatobu, ANN KABENGI, Edith Mukyala, Fabiola Kabera, Kusiimwa Francis, ... and indeed, having a great manager like Sarah O. 👏 is also a true blessing. She provides specific and timely feedback without waiting for formal evaluations, asks challenging questions, and listens actively without judgements --creating the #psychological #safety needed to do my work. Most importantly, she’s taught me to always #question and #validate my #assumptions —crucial skills for designers (oh yeah, for leaders too!). This resonates well with Steve Blank's quote "No facts exist inside the buildings, only opinions". #LearningDesign #UserJourneyMapping #TeamAppreciation #UX #CreativeProcess #Leadership #AlwaysLearning #constantImprovement

🌟 "Change rarely happens in leaps and bounds but rather in small steps through iteration and improvement, all toward the goal of achieving transformative impact." - Phillip Okull, Director of Impact Evaluation, Educate! 🌟 We believe in the power of continuous learning and agile decision-making to drive significant outcomes for youth. Our Rapid Impact Assessment system allows us to quickly identify challenges, pivot, and adapt to maximize impact. By embedding pre-post evaluations and A/B tests within our delivery models, we ensure every experience we deliver creates an impact for young people.  For example, which curriculum, A or B, is most effective for driving impact on select indicators for girls? ✨Want to learn more about our innovative approach and impact? Read our Impact Report ➡️https://lnkd.in/evyH3m5D #EducateImpact #TransformativeImpact #YouthFirst #YouthEmpowerment #Evaluation #ImpactReport 

🌍 𝐉𝐨𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐮𝐦: 𝐂𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐄𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧  🗓️ 𝐒𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐞: 𝐉𝐮𝐥𝐲 𝟏𝟏𝐭𝐡, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒 🌐 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐋𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: 𝐎𝐧𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 👉 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐅𝐑𝐄𝐄: https://lnkd.in/eZ7b5-rR Join us at the EdHeroes Global Forum for an engaging panel discussion: 𝐂𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲-𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐃𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧: 𝐄𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐞!'𝐬 𝐋𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐎𝐮𝐭-𝐨𝐟-𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡. During this session, we'll discuss how Educate! incorporates local and cultural context into the design of skilling bootcamps for young people out of school. Panelists Anthony muzito, Regional Training Specialist, Dorothy Namubiru, Program Manager for Out-of-School Youth, Uganda and FRANCIS KIBIRIGE, Training Officer for Out-of-School Youth. The session will be moderated by Natasha Mulenga H. Educate!’s Director of Marketing and Communications. Panelists will share how Educate! leverages rigorous testing and continuous and direct feedback to ensure our models align with participants' diverse backgrounds and experiences - from translating materials into local languages to adapting lessons for various literacy and numeracy levels. Register today and join us for this impactful event! 🔗 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐞: https://lnkd.in/ewHR93Pw #EdHeroesGlobalForum #EducationForAll #YouthEmpowerment #CulturalHeritage #WomenEmpowerment #LivelihoodBootcamps