
New grants awarded – autumn/ winter 2024
Find out about the education projects we have supported in Kenya, the UK, Nepal, Tanzania and Uganda
We received 58 applications for grants this autumn and winter. Six were approved by the Grants Committee, five international and one UK projects:
Amala Education – £46,511 over two years to expand access to education for refugees, building on a pilot that we also funded. The project will create an accredited high school diploma through an intensive secondary curriculum in refugee camps in Kenya, as the first stage in scaling up through a refugee-led partner delivery model.
We Are Family – £21,500 over a year to support adoptive families in the UK to navigate the education system. An adopter-led peer support organisation, they will create education-focused digital content for their existing online hub and app to help adoptive parents support their children in their schooling and school transitions, ultimately improving the young persons’ educational outcome and life chances.
Good Neighbours UK – £59,885 over two years to improve access to education for Nepalese children with disabilities in nine mainstream schools by improving physical infrastructure, providing medical assessments, assistive devices and teacher training.
International Nepal Fellowship – £59,843 over three years. For a multi-tier project in Nepal, working with 20 schools to improve classroom environments, and provide teacher and leadership training to improve the quality of education.
Awamu – £57,514 over two years to create girl-friendly schools for child mothers and sexual violence survivors in Uganda. Equipping ten schools to support girls who have had to drop out of school due to pregnancy or sexual abuse, and encourage their return and inclusion.
Made with Hope – £16,651 for a one year project to support girls at a primary school in Tanzania. Building a toilet block, and delivering menstruation hygiene management and sexual reproductive health and rights education to 516 pupils (boys and girls) to reduce the taboo of menstruation. The will also train two teachers and 120 parents to deliver future education sessions.
Details of our application process and criteria are outlined in the Grants section.
- Photo shows a previous school building by Made With Hope, which the Educational Opportunity Foundation supported. Photo courtesy of Made With Hope
Published: 24 January 2025