Slepan
Sierra Leone Education Partners Network
The foundation supports the work of SLEPaN and its members’ efforts to improve learning in Sierra Leone.
The network consists of local organizations working in collaboration to share best practices, conduct joint capacity-building sessions for staff, and provide evidence-based data related to local-led education initiatives specific to the Sierra Leone context. Together, the members of SLEPaN provide nationwide coverage of services and programs in all districts.
INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS
The foundation partners with local organizations to test and systemize evidence-based approaches for improving learning outcomes. Through our partnerships, the foundation is committed to complementing the efforts of government in achieving the goals set forth in their national Education Sector Plan.
National Youth Awareness Forum (NYAF)
Partner Since 2011, SLEPaN Member
Education Innovation Challenge (Sierra Leone)
NYAF is a local NGO engaged in educational, socio-economical, and sustainable development activities in Sierra Leone. The organization was established in 2001 immediately after the devastating civil war. Findings revealed that 75% of school-age children in rural communities in the Moyamba District were out of schools because the few existing schools were destroyed during the war. NYAF resolved that focusing on the educational needs of the children as a strategy for producing better youths tomorrow who will contribute meaningfully to their self and national development. NYAF is working in partnership with the Moyamba District Education Office in three chiefdoms to provide Distance Education scholarships, coaching, and support to teachers.
EducAid Sierra Leone
Partner since 2016, SLEPaN Member
Education Innovation Challange (Sierra Leone)
EducAid is a UK-registered charity and Sierra Leonean NGO established in 1995 to restore and strengthen education during and in the aftermath of Sierra Leone’s civil war. EducAid provides free, high-quality education to children and young people in Sierra Leone who would otherwise never meaningfully engage with education in five model schools. These students regularly achieve some of the highest exam results in the country. EducAid runs a number of school improvement, teacher training, equality, and capacity-building projects that focus on sustainable, community-driven solutions to improve education. EducAid believes in the power of education to consistently chip away at poverty and the challenges standing in the way of a democratic, dignified, and globally-engaged Sierra Leone.
Foundation for Rural and Urban Transformation (FoRUT)
Partner since 2016, SLEPaN Member
Enhancement of inclusive, safe and clean learning environment and quality education in rural communities (Sierra Leone)
FoRUT aims to empower men, women and children to fight poverty, corruption, injustice and alcohol and drug abuse, through social mobilization, advocacy, capacity building, and provision of services for long term development. The organization works to ensure that the Government of Sierra Leone policies have a positive impact on men, women and children across the country, especially the poor and most vulnerable. They also empower and capacitate communities to exercise their rights and fulfill their responsibilities. In so doing, FoRUT plays a substantial role in shaping and enforcing national policies and laws which affect citizens and stakeholders.
Defence for Children International (DCI)
Partner since 2016, SLEPaN Member
BEFORE Project
DCI-Sierra Leone was created in Sierra Leone in order to promote and defend children’s rights through promoting protection and justice for children in conflict with the law, defending child victims of abuse/violence and witnesses, addressing gender-based violence, fighting child trafficking and child labour, and promoting the civil rights of children.
Pikin to Pikin
Partner since 2017, SLEPaN Member
The Grandmother Project Partnership
Pikin to Pikin aims to strengthen and utilize the potential of children and community to take active part in their own development, promotion and protection of their rights.
Unicef
Partner
Early Childhood Development Pilot, Moyamba District (Sierra Leone)
UNICEF is a leading advocate for the rights of children in more than 190 countries. The organization’s long history and political neutrality has allowed UNICEF to become a global authority to influence decision-makers, and the variety of partners at grassroots level to turn the most innovative ideas into reality.
The Grandmother Project
Partner since 2014
School-Community Project Assessment and Methodology Guides (Senegal)
GMP develops community approaches that promote positive and sustained improvements in the lives of girls, children, women and families by building on existing cultural and community values, roles and assets. GMP believes that involving elders, strengthening intergenerational relationships and increasing the capacity of community members to use consensus-building approaches within families and communities will both increase social cohesion and improve results of community programs for girls, children and women.
Educate!
Partner
2024 Vision Seed Grant (Rwanda), Phase 2 Scaling (Uganda)
Educate! delivers to 16-20 year old youth within schools in Uganda a practical and relevant model of education, comprised of: a leadership and entrepreneurship course, interactive teaching methodologies, intensive mentorship, experience starting an enterprise, and access to out of school networks and resources. Today, Educate! is empowering almost 80,000 diverse youth across Uganda, incorporating its entrepreneurship curriculum into Uganda’s education system. In 2016, Educate! will begin work towards it’s 2024 Vision to reach 1 million youth per year in ten different African countries.
DOMESTIC PARTNERS
The foundation partners with organizations supporting public education in Rockdale County and Greater Atlanta.
A.R. “Gus” Barksdale Boys & Girls Club
Partner since 1997
The A.R. “Gus” Barksdale Boys and Girls Club
The A.R. “Gus” Barksdale Boys & Girls Club ignites the unlimited potential of kids and teens by creating safe, inclusive, and engaging environments. Trained and professional staff serve hundreds of kids and teens daily. Programs focus on helping kids and teens get ready for college and career, live healthy, and lead in their communities.
Soaring Heights Communities, Inc.
Partner
Capital Campaign
Soaring Heights is a collaborative effort that provides intentionally inclusive housing for individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilities as well as public servants of Rockdale County. It will serve as an integrated, sustainable, and replicable community model.
“Rockdale's partnership with its beneficiaries is extraordinary. The relationship focuses on respecting and valuing what the beneficiary themselves bring to the table and then they go the extra mile and make sure that they support the organization with learning, development, and collaboration opportunities to not just fund but also strengthen all aspects of our work and team.”
Miriam Mason - Country Director
EducAid Sierra Leone
