140 countries around the world
Our projects and campaigns are active in more than 140 countries, and the vast majority of our projects are led by local social entrepreneurs and project partners. Working together with these partners, we design and deliver on-the-ground projects to drive progress and scale impact through education.
Theirworld projects operate in Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, the Middle East and North America and include activities ranging from early childhood education centres, girls' entrepreneurship clubs, refugee education projects and youth skills initiatives.
Our Innovation Awards provide social entrepreneurs with seed funding, mentorship and scaling expertise to expand the reach of their education innovations. And our Small Grants programme helps community organisations have a meaningful, local impact.
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Every child has the right to an education free from fear of discrimination, violence or attack. We work to provide refugees, girls, children with disabilities and other underserved young people with the education they deserve.
Every child deserves a healthy birth and quality early childhood development and education. We work to unlock the best start for every child.
Young people are the next generation of changemakers, campaigners, entrepreneurs and workers. We work to help them develop the skills they’ll need to fulfill their potential, take part meaningfully in society and grow the global economy.
In response to the conflict in the Middle East, Theirworld is preparing several reports and implementing several projects to respond to the education, learning and support needs of children and youth affected by the crises.
Theirworld has published a report, “Early Childhood Development in Gaza: A Blueprint and Urgent Call for Action” calling for a coalition to champion early childhood development and outlining the needs to shape and coordinate a comprehensive response plan, facilitating resource mobilization with partners, and advocating for urgent and collective action.
Book Dash - one of the winners of the second cohort of the Theirworld Education Innovation Awards - condenses the traditional publishing model into just 12 hours to make new books for preschool children and their families.
Transforming the lives of children in rural villages and slums in Puzhal block, India through early childhood education and good nutrition
Improving digital literacy across rural northern Kenya
Improving access to high-quality affordable childcare in Kenya
Helping girls in rural Kenya understand their changing bodies and their rights
Helping displaced and out-of-school children in Nigeria to develop basic reading, writing and maths skills.
Empowering refugees to access higher education
Bespoke climate education for children and teachers on the frontline of the climate crisis.
Keeping Ukrainian refugee children connected to home through remote education.
Empowering girls with vital digital skills to help them succeed in the workplace.
Created in 2004, the Jennifer Brown Research Laboratory works to improve understanding of what causes early labour, how we can develop treatments to prevent it and how we can better help newborn babies in those first crucial hours and days after birth.
We’re investing in research and working alongside local community partners to raise the profile of the importance of children’s early years across the political spectrum.
Funded by Theirworld, the Edinburgh Birth Cohort is a world-first study in which researchers from the Jennifer Brown Research Laboratory monitor the progress of 400 premature babies from birth to adulthood.
Theirworld’s Small Grants Programme gives grants of up to £10,000 to registered charities and non-profits helping disadvantaged and overlooked young people in the UK and around the world.
Theirworld’s Education Innovation Awards offers non-profits, NGOs and charities the chance to secure scale-up grants and resources to help their work in reaching overlooked youth and children.
MBA scholarships transforming the lives of refugees and vulnerable adults in Lebanon.
The Global Youth Ambassador programme gives young people who are passionate about ending the education crisis the skills, knowledge and community to unlock big change at a local and global level.
