Education Tranforms Society

Windle International helps over a million children and young people to access valuable education each year. Explore this site to find out more about how our operations suppport refugees and marginalised populations across Eastern Africa.

Windle empowers people who have been affected by conflict to make lasting change in their own lives, in their communities, and in wider society.

We do this by creating access to, and improving the quality of, education and training across East Africa and the Horn of Africa.

Locally led, globally united.

Windle International is an international Non-Governmental Organisation (iNGO) with a network of members based in and operating across eastern Africa. Our international secretariat is based in the UK, and we have support offices in Europe and North America. Find out more by navigating to one of our country member websites below.

We help people to become change makers

We work in some of the most challenging education contexts in the world to empower people to achieve their fullest potential and contribute to the creation of a peaceful, conflict-free world.

Windle Innovations

Windle has come up with new ways of supporting refugees, marginalised communities and those affected by conflict in eastern Africa through award-winning innovative solutions, such as the two-in-one schools and online provision, expanding access and improving quality.

Yussuf’s Story - as a DD Puri SCORE programme student in Kakuma Refugee Camp, Yussuf trained as a water engineer. He is now back in Somalia transforming communities and sharing his valuable knowledge and skills.

Giving Back in Somalia