How we help
Every year, Windle International helps over a million children and young people to access education.
As a leading education and training provider, the Windle International family empowers people to achieve their academic potential, and contribute to sustainable development.
Our interventions improve the quality of the education being delivered in conflict settings. They focus on key areas like training teachers to address the chronic shortage of qualified people delivering education, and on supporting more girls and women to achieve their academic potential.
We help young people to develop their skills and create sustainable livelihood opportunities through our vocational training and alternative education programmes.
As trusted partners of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), we manage primary and secondary schools in refugee camps, settlements, and local communities on their behalf. We run early childhood development centres that focus on giving babies and small children the very best start in life. And we offer higher education scholarships and training opportunities so that those who are academically able, can achieve their highest potential.
We work with local and national governments and partners to help improve learning outcomes for children. This means that special attention is paid to things like numeracy and literacy rates in the schools and programmes we run, and that extra help is provided when needed, for example through after-school clubs or extra-curricular activities, like sporting competitions.
Who we support
Conflict and instability in eastern Africa make it one of the world’s most fragile regions. Over 11 million people have been forcibly displaced - 51% of whom are women (according to UNHCR). Significant parts of the region are struggling to address armed conflict, violent crime, extremism, communal violence and political instability. Women are over 1.5 times less likely than men to be formally employed or be undergoing education or training.
Displaced young people suffer from high unemployment, lack of skills and low literacy rates:
Forcibly displaced people are 36 times less likely to access tertiary education, and technical and vocational training, compared to the world’s youth.
48% of all school-age refugee children are out of school;
Only 3% of refugee students are currently enrolled in higher education;
50% of refugee girls in secondary school may not return as classrooms reopen after Covid-19 pandemic-related closures.
We support people who have lived experience of conflict and marginalisation. This includes:
We make a difference to children’s lives
In 2019, we helped over a million children and young people to access education and training. We worked to improve the quality of the education that they received, and we provided opportunities for further and higher education for many. This included:
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32,000 young children
at our Early Childhood Development centres in Uganda
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Over 16,000 teachers trained
in South Sudan, and 125 in Kenya.
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227,000 primary school children
in Uganda being able to access education.
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34,277
secondary school children in Kenya and Uganda
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1,375
scholarship students attending university or training.
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Almost 800,000
children in South Sudan supported through special programming. The aim was to address the many barriers that exist for girls in accessing education.
Our Partners
Across all our areas of operation, Windle International works with incredible funding and delivery partners to deliver education that transforms society.
