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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 deserves a healthy birth and quality early childhood development and education. We work to unlock the best start for every child.
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.
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.
MECP-K aims is to promote inclusive and equitable early childhood development care and services for children aged 0-8, from marginalised communities in Kenya, by working collaboratively with local communities, frontline ECD workers, governments and other stakeholders.
Škola Dokorán – Wide Open School n. o., is an open non-profit organisation focused on community development and lifelong learning in socially disadvantaged groups, with an emphasis on families, especially those with young children, active at local, national and international levels.
TECEC aim is to promote optimal development and well-being in young children from conception to age eight in Tanzania.
Maple Leaf Early Years Foundation aims to promote children's psychosocial, health, nutrition needs, physical development, and learning potential and ensure the right of every child to access early childhood education which will ensure the child's protection from abuse, harm, and health hazards.
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.
Empowering refugee children to find solutions to the climate emergency
Supporting the education of street-connected children and children who are in conflict with the law
Providing children, parents and caregivers in Lebanon with tools and resources to access quality early childhood education
Improving digital literacy across rural northern Kenya
Building future female business leaders in Africa
Improving digital literacy of young refugees, vulnerable children and teachers in Lebanon.
Providing trauma support to children affected by the 2023 earthquakes in Turkey
Boosting career opportunities for marginalised young people in Kenya
Providing inclusive early childhood care and education for vulnerable children in Ghana
Helping displaced and out-of-school children in Nigeria to develop basic reading, writing and maths skills.
Empowering girls with vital digital skills to help them succeed in the workplace.
We partner with local organisation Chance for Childhood to identify and cater to special learning needs among children who live on the streets. The programme also helps communities create environments where young people with different needs feel safer.
Teachers at the Mtein and Taalabaya public schools were better placed to adapt than most in Lebanon, thanks to the Tech Hub programme which began in 2016. A partnership between Theirworld, Digital Opportunity Trust (DOT) and Rumie, it had already been training teachers in the use of digital technology for four years
Working alongside the Greek government, UNICEF and local community organisations, Theirworld has invested more than $5 million to address the refugee education crisis in the Greek mainland and Islands.
In Greece, Theirworld works with Amna Refugee Healing Network, to help extend its Baytna Hubs programme to more partner organisations, using a sustainable approach to the delivery of early childhood education.
Theirworld partners with Maya Vakfi in Turkey to deliver a programme which helps students cope with traumatic experiences and gives teachers the skills to understand and address their needs.
For the MyBestStart project Theirworld works with agencies on the ground in Lebanon to provide children, parents and teachers with tools and resources to provide valuable early childhood education.
