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

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

🚀 Did you miss our Impact Report? Here’s an excerpt from the introductory letter of Educate! founder and CEO Boris Bulayev on what it means to be a ‘youth first, impact-obsessed’ organization. Read the full report for detailed insights on how we’re transforming lives across East Africa. 👉🏿 https://lnkd.in/evyH3m5D #YouthEmpowerment #ImpactReport #EastAfrica #EducateImpact

Uganda boasts of a vibrant young population, however over 19% of these are Out-of-school #youths with the majority being female (according to FAO 13/14). Most of these youth have no access to dignified work and/or are not involved in any kind of work. Educate! offers life and business planning skills to this category of Youth to enable them start/improve their businesses. On the 31st of May 2024, over 1,500 Youth across 3 districts of Kamuli, Mayuge and Iganga (Eastern Uganda) graduated from the Educate! Business Academy (E!BA). We celebrate this milestone and looking forward to seeing each of these #youth kick start a business #Youthempowerement #E!BA MTN Uganda #Bootcamps2024 Richard Luuba Hellen Elizabeth Namisi Dorothy Namubiru Twaha Waniala Arinaitwe Mary Alinda Mary Racheal Immaculate Alapo Wendy Lamwaka

Should you carry the goat or not in the event of flooding in your village? Find out how this important question came up in Diana Mwai and Sarah O.'s presentation at the Education World Forum. 🐐 🌍

📣 🌍 New Article! 👉🏾 bit.ly/44NHh0L “A narrower but multi-level approach to change can be more effective than efforts that try to do it all… Simplifying what you want to achieve and fostering an environment of continuous learning gives us a real chance to create the sustainable systems change we all aspire to." Writing for Stanford Social Innovation Review, Boris Bulayev, Kamanda Kamiri, and Rogers Patrick Kamugisha share three key lessons from our collaboration with the Rwandan government. Their insights will be useful for policymakers and governments aiming for transformative systems change and to better prepare students for the world of work. #SystemsChange #TransformingEducation #Africa #Rwanda 

This week was special. I visited a few of Educate!’s livelihood bootcamp alumni in Uganda and saw how far they have come since. Hanifa greeted me with a big warm hug - her smile radiating joy and excitement. 😊 She eagerly began sharing how she has grown and is now thriving in agriculture. After leaving school early due to family issues and marrying young, Hanifa was a stay-at-home mother, growing food for her family. Following the bootcamp she started selling her farm produce including tomatoes, yams and sugar cane at the local market. With her profits and her husband's support, she has managed to buy a small plot of land to expand her agribusinesses. Today, she's flourishing in agriculture with dreams of expansion and starting a car wash business. 🌱 𝐇𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐟𝐚 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬, “𝐔𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠. 𝐋𝐨𝐰-𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝, 𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐩 𝐛𝐲 𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐩. 𝐖𝐞 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐥𝐞𝐝𝐠𝐞 𝐬𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠.” Like Hanifa, Olivia is also proving that challenges can be overcome. After leaving school due to pregnancy, she was struggling as a single mother. Today, because of applying the business knowledge from the bootcamp, her situation has changed. With her dad’s support, she has started a small community shop and clothing business. She dreams of expanding her clothing business into a large boutique, matching the standards of those in Kampala. 👗 “𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐩 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐲 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧. 𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐧𝐨 𝐡𝐮𝐬𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐈 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐩𝐚𝐲 𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐲 𝐬𝐨𝐧. 𝐈 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐦𝐲 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐨 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥,” 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐎𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐚. 𝙉𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙡𝙮 𝟓𝟎% 𝙤𝙛 𝙪𝙥𝙥𝙚𝙧 𝙨𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙙𝙖𝙧𝙮-𝙖𝙜𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙩𝙝 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙨𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙤𝙡 𝙖𝙘𝙧𝙤𝙨𝙨 𝙢𝙪𝙘𝙝 𝙤𝙛 𝘼𝙛𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙖 (due to financial constraints, early pregnancy, and other challenges.) It's imperative to provide them with quality learning and skill-building opportunities because like Hanifa says, young people have the power and potential to change their own lives and also uplift their communities. 🌍💯 #EducationForAll #WomenInBusiness #Inspiration #YouthEmpowerment #SuccessStories