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2021 RECOGNIZING INNOVATIVE PRACTICES THAT TRANSFORM EDUCATION AND SOCIETY
THE 2021 WISE AWARDS
The
The WISE Awards highlight projects found to be most creative and effective in finding
Each year, the WISE Awards solutions to education challenges at any level and in all environments.
recognize six innovative projects
Representatives of projects at any education level are invited to submit applications to
tackling today’s education demonstrate the nature and reach of their activities. Past projects have addressed a
challenges. wide range of concerns and pursuits, including access to quality education, life-long
learning opportunities, and the use of technology. Descriptions of all the WISE Awards
winning projects are included in this brochure.
Since 2009, the WISE Awards have
identified and promoted projects that are
addressing key education challenges and
demonstrate a strong positive impact on View and download the 2021 guidelines
individuals and communities globally. Year
by year, WISE is building a community
of education innovators and offering a
fertile environment for groundbreaking
Applications and Nominations can be submitted from
collaborations.
October 28, 2020 to December 20, 2020
...
Applications or nominations should be submitted in English
on the official 2021 form at https://programs.wise.org.qa/
“The WISE Awards bring enhanced by 13:00 GMT on December 20, 2020
visibility to action oriented projects
that have had a demonstrated impact
in their communities and can set
the standard for similar initiatives
worldwide. WISE Awards Winners are THE SELECTION PROCESS
encouraged to develop partnerships
with others in the WISE community in
order to scale their initiatives, measure All applications should be completed on the official form in English. Eligible applications
their impact, and explore new sources will be evaluated by the WISE team and then the pre-jury according to the guidelines.
of funding.” Around fifteen finalists will be selected by WISE, from which a jury will make the final
selection of six winning projects.
Stavros N. Yiannouka
CEO, WISE
SUBMISSION PERIOD October 28, 2020 to December 20, 2020
ANNOUNCEMENT OF FINALISTS April, 2021
ANNOUNCEMENT OF WINNING PROJECTS September, 2021
“ The WISE Awards are about putting
JOINING education in the spotlight, highlighting
THE its importance and, in doing so,
drawing upon different experiences
NETWORK globally to find practical, innovative
solutions to challenges in education.”
Rana Dajani
The winning projects each We Love Reading,
receive international recognition, 2014 winning project
as well as a cash prize
of US$20,000. “ Being a WISE awardee is a statement
in itself. Wholeheartedly, from Mexico
The six winners and finalists are given to the world, we are humbled to
support and visibility through: participate in this inspiring community.
We will continue to unleash the joy of
children, youth, teachers and parents
as global changemakers with our play-
The Innovators directory
reflect-act education.“
Dina Buchbinder Auron
Education for Sharing,
WISE media and 2020 winning project
communication channels
“ To be recognized as the winner
Participation of the 2018 WISE Awards is a very
in the WISE Summit special achievement. It means that
the Partners for Possibility (PfP)
program meets the criteria of being
Participation in other a creative solution to a pressing
WISE Programs educational challenge, that is, reducing
the inequalities in the South African
education system.”
Dr. Louise van Rhyn
Partners for Possibility,
2018 winning project
AN INTERNATIONAL NETWORK OF EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE
Since the creation of the WISE Awards in 2009, WISE has received over 4500 applications from over 150 countries,
resulting in 72 winning projects.
Family Business for
Education, UK
United World
Schools:
Teaching the
Unreached, UK Me & MyCity, Finland
Creative
Teacher Education in Partnerships, UK
Sub-Saharan Africa-
TESSA, UK RoboBraille, Denmark
1001 Nights Life Skills and Alison, Ireland Think Equal, UK
Citizenship Education Program, Pathways to
Canada Education, Rewrite the Future School 42,
Canada Save The Children, France
Jump Math, Micro:bit Educational UK Ideas Box, France Mother Child
One Village One Pre-school,
Canada Speed School, Foundation, UK China
PhET Interactive USA Education Program -
Simulations, Lights to Learn, MOCEP, Turkey
USA MIT Spain Education for Growth and Value
Cristo Rey Network OpenCourseWare,
Corporate Work Creation, Lebanon
USA Technology-based Deaf Satya Bharti School
Curriki, USA Study Program,
USA Generation, Education, Pakistan Program, India
USA Nafham, Egypt Parenting The
Little Ripples, USA School Business We Love Reading, Jordan Educate Girls, India Future, China
OpenStax CNX, Partnerships,
USA Medersat.com, Morocco Street Children: Al-Bairaq, Qatar Tara Akshar, India
Morocco Reintegration The Citizens Foundation,
Education for through Education, Solar-Powered Floating Schools,
Pakistan BBC Janala, Bangladesh
Sharing, Mexico Egypt
IThra Youth Initiative, UK/Bangladesh
Saudi Arabia
Project Nanhi
Kali, India Barefoot
College Solar
Widows Alliance Arpan’s Personal Electrification &
Network- WANE, Safe Space Clubs for Girls, Safety Education Enrich Education Cambodian Children’s Fund,
Ghana Nigeria PEAS, Programme, India Program, India Cambodia
Akilah Institute, UK/Uganda
The Talking Book The Smallholder Rwanda Zambia
Escuela Nueva Program, Farmers Rural Bridge International
Activa, Colombia USA/Ghana Studio, The Educate! Academies, Kenya
Nigeria Experience,
USA/Uganda Justice Defenders, Kenya
Distance Learning in Stawisha Instructional
the Amazon Forest, Ubongo, Leadership Institute, Kenya
Brazil Tanzania Learner Guide,
Tanzania
Programa Criança
Alternate Feliz, Brazil
Education for Rural
Development, Peru
Geekie, Brazil
The Financially
Sustainable School,
Paraguay
Partners for Possibility,
SuenaLetras, South Africa Next Einstein Initiative,
South Africa The Song Room,
Chile Australia
PSU Educarchile, Videobooks for Deaf
Chile Children, Argentina
Te Kotahitanga,
New Zealand
2020 WINNING PROJECTS
Think Equal (UK) comprehensive coaching program for Education for Sharing (Mexico) Justice Defenders also partnered with
Initiated by Think Equal teachers and school leaders that sustains Initiated by Education for Sharing the University of London (UoL) to allow
the learnings through professional learning inmates to earn a Bachelor in Law (LLB)
Education for Sharing (E4S) uses games and
Think Equal works with education ministries communities. To date, Dignitas has while serving their sentences. Through
play-based methodology to raise awareness
to adopt its free program mediating value- partnered with 260+ schools across 6 its legal clinics, JD provides free legal
of SDGs-related issues among K-12 students.
based, experiential, social and emotional counties and 2 countries. Dignitas has services in 46 prisons in Kenya and
Created in Mexico, it managed to reach
learning for children aged 3-6. The curriculum empowered 1500+ School Leaders and Uganda. Over 24,000 inmates benefited
thousands of low-income schools through
covers age appropriate lessons in empathy, impacted the learning of 87,000 students. from those services, of whom 12,600
programs co-designed with government
emotional literacy, resilience, self-regulation, Dignitas’ 2022 impact goal is to reach were released from jail. The organization
and corporate partners. Since 2013, the
critical thinking, gender equality, peaceful 300,000 children. trained 341 inmates as part of the
organization has successfully expanded
conflict resolution, self-esteem, etc. – a total paralegal program, and 23 inmates
of 25 competencies and skills, which Think
... internationally and now works on online
graduated from the LLB program.
teacher training to reach an even broader
Equal deem to be critical as the foundation for
positive outcomes in life. (Reach 14 countries
Barefoot College Solar Electrification audience. (Reach: 10 countries across Latin ...
with Enrich Education (India) America)
globally) Initiated by Barefoot College International Parenting The Future (China)
Education for Sharing (E4S) uses games Initiated by Hupan Modou Foundation
Think Equal reached over 38,000 children Through its combined programs, Solar and play-based methodology to raise
in 14 countries, with strong feedback from Electrification and Enrich, Barefoot College awareness of SDG-related issues among Parenting the Future (PTF) offers new
educators of the impact on the children comprehensively trains disadvantaged K-12 students. Created in Mexico, it possibilities: improved caregiver‒child
and even their families. The porgram women worldwide to become solar managed to reach thousands of low- interactions; on-the-job training for women
along with governments in many of these engineers, innovators, educators, and agents income schools through programs co- in child development; better training,
countries, which have all piloted the of sustainable change within their local designed with government and corporate management, and implementation using
program and are in various stages of roll communities. (Reach: 93 countries globally) partners. Since 2013, the organization has advanced technologies; and lifelong learning.
out; Their 3-year strategy aims to reach Barefoot College International makes successfully expanded internationally and A parent-engagement program and first entry
1.1 million children by 2022. education a reality by improving factors now works on online teacher training to point for family services, PTF guides caregivers
... that impinge on education in extremely reach an even broader audience. in developing skills and behaviors that foster
children’s development and strengthen
Stawisha Instructional Leadership rural and remote parts of the world, ...
where traditional grid infrastructure and families. (Reach: China)
Institute (Kenya)
Initiated by Dignitas classroom education simply are not Justice Defender (Kenya)
feasible. They use a literacy-optional, Parenting The Future (PTF) offers a step-
Initiated by Justice Defenders
language-independent sign-language and by-step curriculum for children in China
Stawisha Leadership Institute offers innovative
color-coding curriculum called ENRICH to aged 6to 36 months old. The program is
training and coaching to empower schools Justice Defenders (formerly African Prisons
teach digital and financial literacy, civil and delivered at either parenting centers or
and educators in marginalized communities Project) aims to increase access to justice
human rights, health and microenterprise homes by coaches recruited locally and
to transform students’ opportunities. With a for Kenyan and Ugandan inmates through
production, with vocational and trained in the methodology. PTF leverages
focus on instructional leadership, classroom legal education, training and practice. (Reach:
educational elements that can be added advanced technology for its monitoring
culture and learner engagement, Dignitas’ Uganda, Kenya)
on according to the customized needs and evaluation efforts. It is implemented
program is designed to transform School
of each community. Since the launch in two counties in the Shaanxi region
Leaders’ and Teacher Leaders’ mindsets, tools Justice Defenders (JD) establishes legal
of the Solar Program in 1987, Barefoot through 20 centers and three home-visit
and techniques. (Reach: Kenya, South Sudan) clinics that are run by prison inmates
College has supplied electricity to 58,475 sites in Ningshan and five centers in
inside congested prisons in Kenya and
households in 93 countries and trained Qingjian.
Through the Stawisha Instructional Uganda. JD trains prison inmates to
Leadership Institute, Dignitas offers a 3,500 women solar engineers in 50 become auxiliary paralegals to defend
countries. their case and those of fellow inmates.
2019 WINNING PROJECTS
Family Business for Education (UK) than the device and the website to start Programa Criança Feliz (Brazil) from the beneficiaries is incorporated
Initiated by Street Child fulfilling its broad mission of fostering Initiated by Ministry of Citizenship into the programme and evaluations
interest in programming. The program has are conducted at regular intervals to
The CFP is an integrative program that offers
Family Business for Education aims to develop worked with partners globally to provide measure its efficacy. An evaluation of
and optimizes a network of protection and care
income by starting a family business for access to entry-level technology but with the programme revealed that of the
services for mothers and children in poverty.
children’s sustained education and care. It is a high ceiling so that children can develop 8% children reported to have faced an
Through home-visit based parent engagement
an intervention combining social work, a family mastery of complex principles using the unsafe situation after attending the PSE
programs, it helps parents of young children
business package, and follow-up monitoring device. Since 2014, Micro:bit has operated programme, 90% of them were able to
from the poorest families in Brazil to develop
via a 20-week savings scheme. (Reach: Sierra in more than 60 countries and benefited seek immediate help. To-date, Arpan
cognitive skills and promote early development
Leone, Nigeria and Liberia) more than 20 million students. has empowered over 130,000 children
in children. (Reach: Brazil)
and 100,000 adults and counseled 8000
Family Business for Education supports ... CFP delivery of the program is done by children who disclosed abuse through this
low-income families with support home visitors. The program emphasizes program.
United World Schools: Teaching the
packages to help fund children’s Unreached (UK)
the importance of understanding the ...
education, including financial aid, business emotions of young children as well as
Initiated by United World Schools
training, planning support, mentoring, and the other aspects of children’s holistic Akilah Institute (Rwanda)
access to incentivized savings schemes United World Schools sets up primary development. The approach shifts the Initiated by Davis College
and loans. Since 2009, the project has schools for students from linguistic minority paradigm of education beyond preliteracy/
supported over 15,000 families, and communities in remote areas in Cambodia, numeracy to learning in other domains - Akilah Institute is a women-only higher
44,000 children have benefited from this Myanmar, and Nepal and engages cognitive and socio-emotional, language education institute in Rwanda, delivering
program. Family Business Scheme has stakeholders from the local community to and physical development. Since October industry-aligned, competency-based diploma
been successfully replicated in Liberia and build, run, and maintain these schools. (Reach: 2016, Criança Feliz’s home visiting programs in hospitality management, business
Nigeria by local street Child entities and Cambodia, Nepal and Myanmar) program reached nearly 500,000 children management and entrepreneurship, and
local partner organizations. United World Schools has managed to and pregnant women in more than half of information systems. (Reach: Rwanda)
integrate linguistic minorities into the Brazil’s municipalities across all 27 states.
... national education system successfully. ... The program incorporates elements of
By teaching children to read, write, soft skills training into a curriculum that
Micro:bit Educational Foundation (UK) and count, and to speak their national has been developed in conjunction with
Arpan’s Personal Safety Education
Initiated by Micro:bit Educational languages, they gain the skills to enter the private sector to deliver an industry-
Programme (India)
Foundation secondary education and access improved relevant program. By reaching historically
Initiated by Arpan Foundation
job opportunities. In the long-term, disadvantaged sections of society, the
Micro:bit is a physical computing device that is education will increase these children’s program has already benefited over 900
Personal Safety Education is a programme
made available to students in order to improve future earnings and help lift their students on campus and has over 500
by Arpan which focuses on preventing child
their interest levels in programming. The communities out of poverty. Since 2009, graduates alumnae since 2010.
sexual abuse by educating students about
offering also includes access to web-based UWS has enrolled over 37,000 children personal safety skills. It also supports children
code editors for students to program on and into more than 226 schools. with counseling post-disclosure and empowers
is supported by content, teacher training, and
parents and teachers to provide a safe
accessories developed in conjunction with
environment for children. (Reach: India)
partners. (Reach: Global)
Arpan’s Personal Safety Education (PSE)
Micro:bit is designed that it does not
programme provides sessions to children
need any of the additional elements other
according to various grade levels with
refreshers at regular intervals. Feedback
2018 WINNING PROJECTS
Technology-Based Deaf Education with over 86% placed in jobs at 3 months areas and teach them life skills and citizenship up more than 2520 classes in 1961 village
(Pakistan) postgraduation, and 62% still employed education. (Reach: Global) early education centers in 27 counties
Initiated by the Family Educational one year after placement. Ninety-three (cities) of nine provinces across China.
Services Foundation 1001 Nights is a multi-platform
percent of graduates were unemployed More than 3200 preschool teachers were
educational entertainment program based
entering the program, and for those who recruited and 170,000 children benefited
Technology-Based Deaf Education works to on the award winning animated television
had jobs, they earn income of 3-4 times since 2009.
overcome the critical lack of quality education series 1001 Nights (Alf Layla Walayla).
higher after graduation than before the
Each animated episode was developed ...
for Deaf children in Pakistan, harnessing digital program.
technologies to transform Deaf education and to teach a different civic value. The 40
Partners for Possibility (South Africa)
offer unprecedented access to resources for ... lesson-plan curriculum, uses 10-minute
Initiated by Symphonia for South Africa
language development. (Reach: Pakistan) animated episodes as the focal point of
Safe Space Clubs for Girls (Nigeria) (SSA)
in-class lessons that include interactive
Initiated by the Centre for Girl-Child discussions and activities. The number
The project has been committed to Partners for Possibility aims to improve the
Education (CGE) of children that have now benefited form
Deaf education in Pakistan since 1995, quality of education by capacitating the school
establishing schools for deaf children from Using intensive mentor-led “safe space” girls the intervention is now over 1 million
principals of under-resourced schools to
Kindergarten to Grade 12 across six cities. groups for adolescent girls to acquire the basic across the MENA, Asia, Europe and North
lead change within their schools and their
FESF developed the first-ever Pakistan academic competencies and critical life skills America
communities, through connecting business and
Sign Language (PSL) online dictionary with they would need to succeed in school and ... school leaders. (Reach: South Africa)
7,000 words which is used nationwide. beyond. (Reach: Nigeria)
To the date the projected has impacted One Village One Preschool (China) The program taps into an abundant
Safe Space Clubs is a pioneer in the
more than 50,000 students and their Initiated by The China Development national resource to develop the
adaptation of the safe space methodology
extended family. Research Foundation (CDRF) leadership capacity of principals in
to girls’ need for strengthened core
... academic competencies and mentored under-resourced schools by facilitating
support as they attend understaffed and One Village One Preschool aims at providing partnerships between principals
underfunded rural schools. The core accessible early childhood development and business leaders. Both partners
Generation (USA) services to remote, mountainous, and participate in a 12-month structured
components of CGE are: community
Initiated by Generation: You Employed, impoverished villages through Village Early leadership development program, while
engagement, mentored led safe spaces,
Inc. Education Centers (Reach: China) simultaneously tackling challenges
subsidization of school fees, training for
female teachers, and the nurturing of girl together in schools and learning from
A global program that seeks to transform The project is an impact investment and about each other. In 2020 PfP was
advocates. Of the 1120 girls in CGE’s first
education to employment systems to prepare, solution that provides accessible early invited to join the Million Lives Club as a
program 82% have now graduated from
place, and support people into life-changing childhood development services in early Vanguard member – as acknowledgement
secondary school, with an estimate delay
careers that would otherwise be inaccessible. childhood centers in remote villages in of the fact that the programme has
in the age of marriage by 2.5 years.
(Reach: Global) China. This non-formal, center-based, positively impacted more than a million
... preschool project trains volunteers as people in and around more than 1,350
Generation trains people in profession- “first teachers” and provides low-cost, schools in South Africa.
specific skills, places them in jobs, 1001 Nights Life Skills and Citizenship 42-weeks-per-year early childhood
and tracks their progress thereafter. Education Program (Canada) education for young children ages 3-6
Employment programs are often Initiated by Big Bad Boo Studios years to enrich children’s language
synonymous with training alone. and socio-emotional skills, boost their
1001 Nights Life is an academic curriculum
Generation takes a holistic approach, and socio-emotional development, well-
developed for use in formal and informal
has over 38,000 graduates in 14 countries, being, school readiness, and later school
learning environments that uses entertainment
(cartoons) to engage children living in conflict performance. So far, the project has set
2017 WINNING PROJECTS
PhET Interactive Simulation (USA) Learner Guide (UK) 42 (France) Lights to Learn (Spain)
Initiated by University of Colorado Boulder Initiated by Camfed Tanzania Initiated by School 42 Initiated by Organization of American-
Ibero Countries
Advancing science and math literacy Opening up pathways to opportunity and Using an innovative and collaborative learning
worldwide through innovative interactive employment for young women in rural model to train the information technology Promoting quality education and community
simulations that support more effective and Tanzania, while simultaneously tackling professionals of the future, and improve social development in rural and marginalized areas
engaging education (Reach: International) the learning crisis in under-resourced rural mobility (Reach: France, USA) of Latin America by introducing electricity and
schools. (Reach: Tanzania) internet to rural schools (Reach: Latin America)
The project has developed over 130 42 is a high quality, computer-
research-based simulations (sims) that The Learner Guide Program tackles programming training program. Lights to Learn aims to improve
engage students and transform the the often debilitatingly low academic It is free of charge and is open to anyone quality education in Latin America
teaching and learning of science and self-esteem among marginalized girls between the ages of 18 and 30 whether through a transnational cooperation.
math, along with extensive teacher by offering social and learning support they possess an academic degree or not. The project seeks to promote access
resources. These sims create animated, from relatable role models. It ensures The training takes place over a period of to quality education and contribute to
interactive, game-like environments in that young people have the necessary three to five years. At 42, neither financial the strengthening of Latin American
which students learn through exploration foundation, including a broader set of ability nor educational degree are weighed democracies using electricity and ICTs in
and discovery. life skills, to transition to productive in the selection process. Students are the classroom to provide better education
and fulfilling livelihoods in Tanzania. It selected solely on the basis of their talent and to extend the school day. The project
...
provides a scalable, sustainable model and motivation. There are no classes and also offers technical and vocational
Second Chance(USA) that simultaneously tackles the quality no professors at 42. The students are in education to illiterate adults.
Initiated by The Luminos Fund of education and opens up opportunities charge of their success and the success
for young women in the post-secondary of their classmates. Students learn by
Enabling out-of-school children to catch up transition. The program operates in 403 tackling a specific project in groups.
to their grade level in government schools Tanzanian secondary schools with 954
through an intensive, child-centered pedagogy active Learner Guides. Learner Guides ...
for teaching basic literacy and numeracy.
Ubongo (Tanzania)
(Reach: Ethiopia, Liberia)
Initiated by Ubongo Edutainment
The Speed School accelerated learning
Bringing fun learning to millions of kids
program enables out-of-school children
in Africa by leveraging the power of
aged 9 to 14 to achieve functional
entertainment, the reach of mass media, and
literacy and numeracy in just one year
the interactivity of mobile phones. (Reach:
and transition back to local government
Africa)
schools to study with students their own
age. Since the mid-2000s, to date, the Ubongo leverages the reach of mass
program has benefitted over 130,000 media, the stickiness of stories, animation
children and their families. and music, and the interactivity of mobile
technology to bring millions of kids across
Africa fun learning at low cost. Ubongo’s
multiplatform edutainment reaches
millions of kids aged 3-14 weekly on TV,
radio, mobile and web.
2016 WINNING PROJECTS
JUMP Math (Canada) Ideas Box (France) Geekie (Brazil) TARA Akshar (India)
Initiated by JUMP Math Initiated by libraries without Borders Initiated by Geekie Initiated by Development Alternatives and
ReadingWise International
Enhancing human potential by fostering a deep Enabling access to education for vulnerable Democratizing access to high-quality
understanding and love of math in students communities affected by humanitarian crises education through an adaptive learning Combatting adult illiteracy through a
and educators (Reach: Canada, USA, Spain and forced displacement via a mobile, high platform (Reach: Brazil) computerized literacy and numeracy program
and Bulgaria) quality, safe and attractive learning space for women in rural India (Reach: India)
Geekie is an adaptive e-learning platform
(Reach: International)
The program uses a guided discovery that constantly customizes students’ The program works to reduce high
method to provide comprehensive mostly Ideas box is a portable education unit learning experiences instead of providing rates of adult illiteracy among women
free resources for teachers to teach math. consisting of compact media centers a single standardized solution to all. The through a digital program that uses the
Impact studies show that the program has with laptops, tablets, e-readers, books, program offers three main features to Laubach method over a period of 56 days.
significantly increased learning outcomes cameras, games, and other resources to students- Geekie Test, Geekie Lab and Implemented with strong stakeholder
in comparison to conventional math support refugees and other vulnerable Geekie Games. Geekie Test and Geekie support, instructors are recruited and
programs and has reached over 300,000 populations. Each box can serve up Games assesses the students’ learning trained in the villages where Tara Akshar
students from grade 1 to 8. to 70 people of all ages. Since it was needs and Geekie Lab customizes the conducts its basic literacy and numeracy
successfully piloted in 2014, 85 boxes study plan for every student, adapting programs, thus building local capacity.
... have been deployed around the word with content based on how each student The number of validated Tara Akshar
Education for Growth and Value 400,000 visits of the ideas box program learns best. This approach has helped graduates now exceeds 165,000 women.
Creation (Lebanon) mainly in refugee camps. more than five million students in over
20,000 schools. According to a study
Initiated by Promotion et Development ... students who used Geekie’s personalized
Social (PRODES)
Little Ripples (USA) study plan had an improvement in scores
Providing vocational education to rural five times higher than those who had a
Initiated by iACT
Lebanese women to reverse the trend of urban standardized, pre-determined study plan.
migration (Reach: Lebanon) Providing a cost-effective and replicable
early childhood development program that
The program focuses on regions with
empowers refugee women to implement
high rates of unemployment and urban
culturally inspired, play-based education for
migration in Lebanon to support the
their children (Reach: Chad, Central African
socio-economic development of women
Republic, Cameroon, Tanzania, Greece)
through vocational training in tourism
and hospitality. It has also launched the The program is designed to be refugee-
‘Institute of Management and Services’ and community-led in order to build
(IMS), a professional, well-equipped long-term capacity and address the unique
training structure offering qualified training needs of children and communities
with official approval from the Ministry of affected by trauma, violence,
Education and with European validation to displacement, and uncertainty. Little
ensure long term impact. Ripples develops a strong foundation of
learning, interpersonal skills, empathy, and
peace for children and teachers to recover
from severe trauma and grow into happy,
healthy, and contributing members of
society.2015 WINNING PROJECTS
Al-Bairaq (Qatar) The Educate! Experience (USA) Nafham (Egypt) Videobooks for Deaf Children (Argentina)
Initiated by the Centre for Advanced Initiated by Educate! Initiated by Nafham Initiated by Canales Associacion Civil
Materials, Qatar University
Delivering an impactful and cost effective Providing k-12 students in five Arabic speaking Promoting reading opportunities for deaf
Encouraging Qatari high school students to skills-based model of education that teaches countries with free crowd-sourced educational children through a free online video library
develop a sustained interest in STEM subjects youth to solve poverty. (Reach: Uganda) videos covering their national curriculum (Reach: Argentina)
(Reach: Qatar) (Reach: Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Algeria
The program provides secondary school Videobooks in Sign Language is a free
and Syria)
Al-Bairaq is a STEM program that ignites students in Uganda with the 21st century access site which contains books read in
the interest of K-12 students from Qatari skills needed to take leadership initiative, Nafham provides 5-15 min. video Argentinian, Uruguayan and Paraguayan
schools through creative mentoring tools, create their own small businesses, and lessons covering Egyptian, Saudi, sign languages (LSA, LSU and LSPy) by
and cutting-edge technologies. Students improve their livelihoods. By impacting Algerian, Syrian and Kuwaiti curricula deaf readers so that deaf children can
also take part in experimental research youth directly, building teachers’ capacity for all students starting from primary enjoy stories in their natural language.
and hands-on activities to come up with to deliver student-centered learning, and until secondary school. Nafham enrolled Videobooks also has voiceover, which
innovative products that are applicable to advocating for system-wide adoption of 10,000 contributors who contributed with allows them to be read by hearing families
everyday life. their model, Educate! aims to transform thousands of educational videos. Nafham and teachers even if they do not know
secondary education in Africa. In 2017 reaches more than 700,000 active users sign language, thus encouraging social,
...
the Educate! Experience will impact every month. cultural and educational inclusion of deaf
Bridge International Academies (Kenya) over 19,000 youth intensively across 490 ... children.
Initiated by Bridge International schools in Uganda.
Academies The Talking Book Program (USA)
Initiated by Literacy Bridge
Providing accessible, high-quality education
through a centralized platform that empowers Delivering key messages on sustainable
communities to improve learning outcomes for farming methods and health practices to rural
children (Reach: Kenya, India, Nigeria, Uganda, communities (Reach: Ghana, Rwanda, Kenya
Liberia) and Uganda)
The program developed a child- Literacy Bridge and its partners produce
centered educational platform, which and record practical audio lessons on
is administered centrally and can be sustainable farming methods and key
implemented at scale. It leverages health practices, which are loaded onto
research, technology and data analysis Talking Books. The messages, in the form
to develop teacher and learner academic of interviews, songs, dramas, and stories,
content, recruit and train local educators, are intended for users who are not literate
monitor and improve the model, and and have little access to electricity. The
dramatically improve learning outcomes program reached 500,000 users so far.
for children. The model also encompasses
running free public schools under a public
private partnership agreement.2014 WINNING PROJECTS
We Love Reading (Jordan) Alternate Education for Rural Educate Girls (India) Me & MyCity (Finland)
Initiated by Taghyeer Development in Peru (Peru) Initiated by Foundation to Educate Girls Initiated by the Economic Information
Initiated by Fondacion Codespa Globally Office and Youth TAT
Changing mindsets through reading to create
changemakers. Encouraging children to Promoting the integration of rural work and Improving girls’ enrollment, retention and Offering pupils positive experiences of the
read for pleasure through a cost-effective school life to improve students’ employment academic performance in government schools economy, society and entrepreneurship
grassroots approach (Reach: International) prospects (Reach: Peru) through community empowerment (Reach: through a hands-on learning environment
India) (Reach: Finland, China)
A grassroots systems change approach for The program aims to create permanent
a global movement to impact education, interaction between social and Educate girls aims to provide quality Me & MyCity, a Finnish education
early childhood development,mental professional development and school in education for all girls by mobilizing and innovation, is a learning concept aimed
health and social entrepreneurship during which students alternate between home leveraging public, private and community at primary and secondary school
Covid19 and beyond. The program uses and school life for two-week period. It has resources to improve access to education students that deals with working life,
a community based model to foster been recognized by Peruvian government and school quality. The project started entrepreneurship, economy, and society.
the love of reading among children to as a successful learning model for rural in 2005 with a pilot in 50 government
The learning module includes training
build education resilience. The program areas. To date, over 3000 have enrolled in schools and scaled its intervention to
for teachers, learning materials based on
involves local volunteers who organize the program. 5000 schools across three districts. Some
the national curriculum and a visit to the
regular read-aloud sessions in public 60,000 students have been enrolled in
community spaces by the use of books ... school thanks to the program.
Me & MyCity learning environment. The
The Song Room (Australia) learning environment for primary school is
that are age-appropriate, attractive,
and neutral content-wise and in local Initiated by The Song Room ... a miniature city where students work in a
Street Children: Reintegration through profession and function as consumers and
languages. The program has enabled the
Providing arts-based programs to enhance citizens as part of society. The concept to
creation of a virtual community through Education (Egypt)
quality learning, personal development and secondary school deals with global
a mobile application allowing learners Initiated by FACE for Children in Need
community involvement for children (Reach:
and trainers to share experiences and economy. To date, over 300,000 students
International) Decreasing the number of street children
exchange knowledge. We Love Reading and have participated in the Me & MyCity
living and working on the streets of Cairo by
is innovative because it is based on The Song Room is a provider of in- learning module.
providing education and life skills services
shared basic human values across the school arts-based programs for the most
(Reach: Egypt)
world to allow the Program to be adopted disadvantaged children in Australia. It
anywhere, it fosrs a mindset of I can for provides courses in music, drama, dance, The project works with street children
ownership, agency and sustainability and the visual and media arts, designed to help them reconnect with their
and it focuses on the human human to meet the needs of the school and families and to the school system or to
interaction because we are social the community. The programs seek employment through a tailored pathway
creatures. We Love Reading is a social to improve social wellbeing, school of psycho-social support and intervention.
movement that has spread to 57 countries attendance and learning outcomes among The aim is to provide children with
and counting. In Jordan alone, the project underprivileged groups. The project has emotional support, education, and life
has trained 3,500 women and opened run face-to-face programs in over 1,500 skills, including road safety awareness,
2,500 libraries, benefitting more than schools throughout Australia, and online hygiene and health. In 2016, FACE
100,000 children. It is the Butterfly effect. arts education programs through the Street Children Program has reached and
ARTS:LIVE platform, directly engaging supported over 2000 individual children,
over 1 million students in Australia and through street outreach activities. More
... now available for educators worldwide. than 150 children and young people have
been reintegrated into their family, school
... and employment during the same year.2013 WINNING PROJECTS
Medersat.com (Morocco) PEAS (UK) Pathways to Education (Canada) Alison (Ireland)
Initiated by BMCE BANK Foundation for Initiated by Promoting Equality in African Initiated by Pathways to Education Canada Initiated by Advance Learning Information
Education and Environment Schools (PEAS) Systems Online
Helping youth in low-income communities to
Solving the social issue of historical Amazigh Unlocking the potential of young people by graduate from high school and access post- Online learning platform enabling users
underperformance in primary education delivering access to affordable, sustainable, secondary education (Reach: Canada) worldwide to gain employability skills through
by bringing their native language into the high-quality secondary education (Reach: free, self-paced multimedia courses (Reach:
Pathways to Education Canada aims
classroom (Reach: Morocco) Uganda/Zambia) International)
to help young people from low-income
Medersat.com is a rural program for PEAS creates high-quality, sustainable communities across Canada to graduate Alison provides over 1,000 free courses
Amazigh children that constructs and secondary schools that contribute to long- from high school and transition to post- to eleven million registered learners the
operates pre-schools and primary schools term societal change, poverty reduction secondary education, training, and world over with over 1.5 million graduates
with Amazigh language curriculum. The and the empowerment of young people employment. Thanks to its holistic of its courses. Alison offers free learning,
project seeks to ease the transition from in Uganda and Zambia. Public-private program providing academic, social, one- certification, learning management and
pre-primary to primary school and has so partnerships with both the Ugandan and on-one attention, and financial supports, publishing to all, opening up the world
far reached out to 15,000 pupils. Zambian Ministries of Education help the organization has experienced of knowledge and skills transfer to the
PEAS receive a capitation grant per pupil tremendous growth since its inception. It masses. Alison empowers not just
... to keep fees as low as possible. The now operates in 20 communities across individuals, but any organization wishing
IThra Youth Initiative (Saudi Arabia) project now runs 28 schools in Uganda Canada, helping over 5,490 students each to train its people on a very broad range of
Initiated by King Abdulaziz Center for and two in Zambia, which together benefit year, improving graduation rates in these subject at no cost. It offers an innovative
World Culture 15,000 students. communities by 85%. test system where an employer or college
can challenge a graduate at any time to sit
Innovative and hands-on education in science, ... a simple online test.
technology, engineering and mathematics
Te Kotahitanga (New Zealand)
(STEM) for secondary-school students (Reach:
Initiated by The University of Waikato
Saudi Arabia)
An in-classroom secondary-school teacher
iThra Youth Initiative is a youth
program to improve educational achievement
development project that includes
and opportunities for Maori students (Reach:
initiatives promoting transition towards a
New Zealand)
knowledge-based society. The programs
conducted under this initiative include The program addresses one of the major
science and math camps, workshops, challenges facing education in New
international scientific expeditions, a Zealand today, namely the continuing
portal hosting the scientific content and a social, economic and political disparities
reading festival targeting public schools in between the descendants of the
urban and rural areas across Saudi Arabia. Anglo-European people and indigenous
The program has reached 15,500 students Maori. The project offers an innovative
from 2013-2015 with 78% female curriculum and pedagogy in order to
program participants. increase involvement, success rates and
life opportunities for young Maori.2012 WINNING PROJECTS
Cristo Rey Network Corporate Work Satya Bharti School Program (India) RoboBraille (Denmark) PSU Educarchile (Chile)
Study Program (USA) Initiated by Bharti Foundation Initiated by Synscenter Refsnaes Initiated by Fundación Chile
Initiated by Cristo Rey Network
Providing high-quality education to Transforming documents in braille and other A free interactive online pre-college in Chile
A sustainable-revenue model of high-school underprivileged children in rural India (Reach: formats (Reach: International) (Reach: Chile)
education for low-income students (Reach: India)
RoboBraille is a free web-based service Educarchile empowers students to take
USA)
The program provides holistic quality that converts textual educational materials responsibility of their educational process
The project has powerful formational education, free of cost, to underprivileged into formats such as braille, mp3 files, by providing a tool kit for their preparation
impact on low-income students— children in remote rural areas. With structured audio books, e-books and visual towards the national examination for
demystifying the world outside their a special focus on girls, the program braille for the blind and partially sighted, tertiary education (PSU). Over the years,
neighborhoods, developing valuable brings in innovative school processes to people with dyslexia or poor reading skills, this free, online platform has helped to
workplace readiness skills, and building develop self-reliant individuals with a deep and the illiterate. Currently, RoboBraille provide equal opportunities for university
the competence, confidence, and sense of social commitment. Through serves between 1,000 and 2,000 daily entrance requirements by reducing
aspiration so important to college and 254 Satya Bharti Schools, the Program user requests all over the world in 15 territorial and socioeconomic gaps
career success. Students work five days currently reaches out to over 45,000 European languages and in Arabic. across the student population in Chile.
per month in an entry-level, professional underprivileged children in the villages Educarchile uses existing social networks
job and the fee for their work is used to of six states of India. To date, more than ... to set up study plans, content delivery and
pay a majority of tuition costs. To date, the 300,000 students, over 12,000 educators Cambodian Children’s Fund - general support services. The program
project consists of 32 college preparatory across 3700 villages in 13 Indian states Generational Change through also provides vocational guidance through
high schools across the USA, serving have drawn benefit from the Foundation’s Education (Cambodia) videos aimed at helping students select
more than 11,600 students. It partners quality education initiatives. Initiated by Cambodian Children’s Fund their career of choice and trace their
with 2,500 companies. (CCF) professional development.
...
Providing education and care for children and
families from the Steung Meanchey landfill
Solar-Powered Floating Schools
(Bangladesh) district near Phnom Penh (Reach: Cambodia)
Initiated by Shidhulai Swanirvar Sangstha The program continues to transform
Solar-powered floating schools for year- the lives of over 2,000 students and
round education in flood-prone areas (Reach: more than 2,500 families in the Steung
Bangladesh) Meanchey landfill district, one of the most
impoverished and environmentally toxic
The project ensures children’s education places in the world, on the outskirts of
in Bangladesh even during the height of Phnom Penh. The program generates a
the monsoon. The boats collect students path to higher education and employment
from riverside villages and provide on- by creating an environment where food
board classes. Each boat school has a security, housing, and healthcare remove
classroom for 30 students, an Internet- the barriers to education - through
linked laptop, a library and electronic its 6 core program areas - Education,
resources. To date it benefits over Leadership, Career and Life Skills,
115,000 families in Bangladesh. Childcare, Healthcare, and Community
Outreach.2011 WINNING PROJECTS
BBC Janala (UK) School Business Partnerships (Morocco) Teacher Education in Sub-Saharan SuenaLetras (Chile)
Initiated by BBC World Service Trust Initiated by Al Jisr Africa- TESSA (UK) Initiated by The Center for the
Initiated by The Open University Development of Inclusion Technologies
Providing English language lessons through Involving the business sector to improve the
mobile devices (Reach: Bangladesh) quality of education (Reach: Morocco) Improving teacher education in Sub-Saharan Supporting literacy learning for children with
Africa (Reach: International) hearing disabilities (Reach: Argentina, Chile,
BBC Janala enables people to learn School-Business Partnerships uses
Colombia, Mexico, Uruguay, Costa Rica and
English in a simple and affordable way the expertise of the business sector to TESSA continues to work with partners
Spain)
using multimedia devices. At a negligible improve the management and quality across sub Saharan Africa. The program
cost, BBC Janala provides audio lessons of education. By involving a diversity of has recently secured a large grant to SuenaLetras is an open-source tool
to 26.3 million individuals in Bangladesh members, school conditions are improved sustain work for the next three years and that aids literacy learning by using sign
who want to improve their English with better facilities and equipment, the to expand its work in further francophone language as a bridge. It supports teachers
language skills and improve their job installation of computers, labs but also African countries. The program has of students with hearing disabilities aged
prospects. the design and implementation of new reached 500,000 teachers. It has also 4 to 12 years. The program has been
... curricula. The program benefits 160,000 inspired a large scale project in India – downloaded more than 24,000 times.
students in 320 schools in Morocco. TESS-India working in 7 states and also
OpenStax (USA) reaching large numbers of educators.
Initiated by Rice University ...
A library of customizable educational materials Creative Partnerships (UK)
(Reach: International) Initiated by Creativity, Culture and
OpenStax CNS is a dynamic non-profit Education (CCE)
digital ecosystem serving millions of users Developing the creative skills of young people
per month in the delivery of educational (Reach: UK, Lithuania, Norway, Sweden,
content to improve learning outcomes. Germany, Czech Republic, Hungary, Pakistan,
There are tens of thousands of learning Chile, Wales, Scotland, Ireland)
tools called pages that are organized into
Since 2002, Creative Partnerships
thousands of textbook-style books in a
worked in 2,500 schools in England to
host of disciplines. All this material is
develop creativity in young people through
easily accessible online an downloadable
partnerships between schools and
to almost any device, anywhere, anytime.
creative professionals. Since its launch
it has benefited 7000 schools, 190,000
teachers and 2.2 million children and
young people.2010 WINNING PROJECTS
Next Einstein Initiative (South Africa) Mother Child Education Program - MIT OpenCourseWare (USA) Rewrite the Future (UK)
Initiated by the African Institute for MOCEP (Turkey) Initiated by the Massachusetts Institute of Initiated by Save the Children International
Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) Initiated by ACEV – Mother Child Technology (MIT)
Improving the provision of education for
Education Foundation
Training talented postgraduate students Providing educational content through children in conflict affected and fragile states
from across Africa in mathematical sciences Training mothers as “first educators“ (Reach: the online sharing of MIT course (Reach: (Reach: International)
through a pan-African network of Centers of International) International)
Rewrite the Future has changed children’s
Excellence (Reach: Africa)
This is a home-based low-cost 25 week- MIT OpenCourseWare is an open, web- lives through education in 20 conflict-
AIMS prepares Africa’s top mathematics long early childhood education program based publication that makes available affected countries. The program has
and science graduates for careers in that targets both mother and child, with core educational teaching materials from helped 2.2 million children get back into
academia, industry and government. educational outcomes geared toward a majority of MIT courses for free. It school, and secured a better education
Currently, the project gives full both groups: enriching children cognitively shares over 2,400 course sites across for more than 10 million children. The
scholarships to 200 high-potential to boost school readiness and optimal 33 academic disciplines and has reached campaign has now been fully integrated
students annually in South Africa, Senegal, psychosocial development, and training of nearly 250 million individuals in more than into Save the Children’s activities.
Ghana and Cameroon. It has trained 560 mothers to create sustainable, nurturing 220 countries and territories worldwide.
students from 38 countries, one third of and healthy home environments. MOCEP The full collection can be searched for
whom are women. offers low-cost alternatives to center- teaching materials and insights into MIT
based programs, providing support to teaching through its Educator portal.
...
achieve quality in preschool education, ...
The Citizens Foundation (Pakistan) and promote family participation.
Initiated by The Citizens Foundation Programs have been replicated in The Smallholder Farmers Rural Studio
15 countries, reaching over 900,000 (Nigeria)
Building purpose-built schools by providing individuals and training over 12,500 Initiated by The Smallholder Foundation
quality education to the less privileged in urban teachers and volunteers.
sums across Pakistan (Reach: Pakistan) Developing the creative skills of young people
(Reach: UK, Lithuania, Norway, Sweden,
TCF is Pakistan’s leading organization in
Germany, Czech Republic, Hungary, Pakistan,
the field of formal education with 1,000
Chile, Wales, Scotland, Ireland)
purpose-built school units nationwide and
an enrollment of 145,000 students. TCF The Smallholder Farmers Rural Studio in
encourages female enrolment and strives Imo State, Nigeria, provides information
to maintain a 50 percent female ratio, with and advice in the local language on
a full female faculty of 7700 members. agriculture and environment management
Around 11,500 jobs have been created in and market access. The radio station has
communities in which TCF operates. 250,000 listeners.2009 WINNING PROJECTS
Escuela Nueva Activa (Colombia) PROJECT Nanhi Kali (India) Widows Alliance Network- WANE The Financially Sustainable School
Initiated by Fundación Escuela Nueva Initiated by the K. C. Mahindra Education (Ghana) (Paraguay)
Trust and Naandi Foundation Initiated by Mama Zimbi Foundation Initiated by Fundacion Paraguaya
Improving quality education for peace and
democracy (Reach: International) Supporting the education of underprivileged Empowering widows through life long learning Providing education to chronically poor young
girls in India (Reach: India) (Reach: Ghana) people (Reach: International)
Escuela Nueva Activa model improves
quality, relevance and efficiency of The program empowered 3,10,000 WANE empowers widows economically The Financially Sustainable School
education, by nurturing civic and underprivileged girls in poor rural, remote and socially by equipping them with provides free education and training to
democratic attitudes and behaviors and tribal and urban areas. Everyday, the business skills. The project offers its the poor while producing and trading
the development of social, emotional and program provides after school classes in services through a network of over goods. Students run on-campus rural
entrepreneurial competencies for the language and mathematics. Moreover, 400 widows’ clubs and societies enterprises whose income fully pays
twenty-first century. Fundación Escuela schools are provided with supplies which provide vocational, business and for their education. The model has been
Nueva has developed projects and kit comprising of a schoolbag, shoes, entrepreneurial training to over 8000 replicated by more than 50 organizations
interventions in more than 13 countries, books, uniforms and feminine hygiene widows in Ghana. in 27 countries.
having reached 840.000 children and material. The program provides parents ...
16.000 teachers in the last 5 years. and communities with counseling on the
importance of sending their girls to school.
... Distance Learning in the Amazon
Forest (Brazil)
Curriki (USA) Initiated by The Amazonas State
Initiated by Curriki Secretariat of Education -SEDUC/AM
Eliminating the education divide by providing Connecting remote communities through the
the largest free global community library of live transmission of classes (Reach: Brazil)
educational content (Reach: International)
The project to connects students in rural
Curriki hosts a free library of educator communities and locations without regular
-vetted learning materials for educators, school systems, including difficult access
parents and students around the world regions in Amazon, via Internet and
in all K-12 subject areas and in many satellite technology. The project reached
formats—from individual lesson plans, to over 400,000 students from 2007 to 2017.
instructional videos and units, to games
and simulations. All content contributed by
educators and select partners is available
to others for use, adapt and share at no
cost. In addition, Curriki curates resources
into course-sequenced, standards-aligned
units to enable educators to easily find
materials. The platform has reached
almost 14 million educators and an
estimated 160 million students around the
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