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The global education crisis is changing fast – and the challenges facing children are becoming more complex.
Conflict, poverty, climate change and exclusion continue to keep millions of children out of school or prevent them from getting a quality education. Meeting these challenges requires more than existing approaches alone. We need new ideas, new partnerships and new ways of delivering education that can reach children who are being left behind.
Across the world, local organisations are already developing promising solutions. But many lack the funding, support and skills needed to grow their impact and reach more learners.
The Theirworld Education Innovation Awards help charities and non-profit organisations working with marginalised learners turn promising ideas into proven solutions.
Successful organisations receive five-figure grants, bespoke mentoring and an intensive masterclass programme designed to strengthen their systems, build organisational capacity and help support sustainable growth.
By helping local organisations scale what works, we can ensure more children and young people get the education opportunities they deserve.
Interested in applying? Explore our latest opportunities and discover how we support local organisations to grow their impact.
The Education Innovation Awards are helping local organisations grow proven solutions that improve learning, increase opportunity and support children who are most at risk of being left behind.
The first round of awards was launched in 2021. The winners of the second round were announced in 2023. A third round of awards was launched in June that year, with an emphasis on bold, creative programmes that specifically target marginalised children in their early years. We’ll be announcing the winners for Cohort 4 before the end of this year. You can find out more about the awards and previous winners here: https://theirworld.org/theirworld-innovation-awards/
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A non-profit publisher called Book Dash, supported by Theirworld, creates and publish affordable books for preschool South African children in their own languages.
