We are excited to welcome 66 partners to our new PEAK initiative. Get to know a few of them here – then scroll down for the full list!
Global Fund for Children supports local organizations in Central and South America, sub-Saharan Africa, and South Asia that are helping kids who have experienced pandemic-related education disruptions access and thrive in learning environments that prepare them for future success. The Partnership to Educate All Kids (PEAK) initiative is supported by the LEGO Foundation. It fosters the learning and development of children aged 6 to 12 by enabling local organizations to sustain or expand their work; developing capacity to integrate learning through play; and strengthening networks for advocacy and learning so that community-based organizations can connect, exchange learnings, and share innovations.
The PEAK initiative provides core flexible funding and capacity development support to 66 community-based organizations, listed below, that are reaching 100,000 children around the world who are facing barriers to educational success that have been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. The initiative also provides emergency grants to GFC partners to address unmet community needs that impact educational success. You can find a list of the GFC partners who have received emergency grants through this initiative here.
Africa
INTERNATIONAL CHILD DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
Ghana | Lashibi
International Child Development Program (ICDP) helps children develop social skills by placing the child at the center of all its interventions. The organization also educates parents, educators, and community members about the benefits of child-centered approaches to a child’s growth and development.
APPLIED SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY LABORATORIES
Uganda | Gulu
Applied Sciences and Technology Laboratories exposes students from remote schools to improved and equitable access to high-quality, hands-on STEM education and programming through science clubs.
The Americas
ASSOCIAÇÃO DE ASSESSORIA AOS POVOS DA FLORESTA
Brazil | Manaus
Associação de Assessoria aos Povos da Floresta (AFLORA)/ SECOYA works with the Yanomami Indigenous people to promote differentiated education for Indigenous children and adolescents through the training of Indigenous teachers and educators, as well as health education.
FUNDACIÓN HAGA QUE PASE
Colombia | Cali
Fundación Haga Que Pase provides complementary educational activities focused on music, the arts, ecology, and nutrition to public school students in disadvantaged neighborhoods in Cali, particularly those with large Afro-Colombian and migrant populations.
Asia
SABUJ SANGHA
India | West Bengal
Sabuj Sangha runs a play-based model school and nurtures the idea of joyful learning in an area of India with high levels of human trafficking. The organization’s residential school for rescued child laborers provides age-appropriate education and helps mainstream students into the formal education system.
ATOOT NEPAL
Nepal | Kapilvastu District and Lumbini Province
Atoot Nepal works in Kapilvastu district and Lumbini Province in Nepal to empower girls through sports and education. By using football as a tool for development, and in partnership with schools, Atoot creates opportunities for girls to build their confidence as well as leadership, team work, and social skills while working with families and community members to raise awareness about the importance of girls’ education.
The Full List:
AFRICA
Ghana
International Child Development Program (ICDP)
Mother of All Nations Foundation
Move the World
Starters Technology
Street Children Empowerment Foundation
Young Visionary Leaders Ghana
Youth Advocates Ghana
Kenya
Haki Centre
Jitegemee Children’s Program
Maji Mazuri
Oasis Mathare
Uganda
Amuno Rural Hub
The Andtex Training and Care Organization
Applied Sciences and Technology Laboratories
BaNgaAfayo Initiative Uganda
Centre for Adolescent Reproductive Health Foundation
Community Focus International
Implicit Effect Admonitors Agency
Read to Learn Foundation
Zambia
Amos Youth Center
Creative Hands
Kitwe Arts Foundation
Na Tubelenge Children’s Library
The Paideia Project
ReachAll
Topping Crue Foundation
Tusekwile Imiti Ikula Foundation
THE AMERICAS
Brazil
Associação de Assessoria aos Povos da Floresta
Associação Núcleo de Educação Comunitária do Coroadinho Creche e Escola Porta de Papel
Associação Pazear
Biblioteca Comunitaria Moara
Cores do Amanhã
Instituto Mãe Lalu
Projeto Construindo Sonhos
Colombia
Fundación Dar Amor
Fundación Enséñanos a Creer
Fundación Espíritu Indomable
Fundación Haga Que Pase
Fundación Niñas de Luz
MARE
Músicas de la Tierra
Ruleli Corporación Social y Cultural
Guatemala
Asociación AMA
Asociación Dejando Una Sonrisa
Asociación Futuro Vivo
Coincidir
ConnectED
Organización Sololateca por los Derechos de las Mujeres Jóvenes Indígenas
ASIA
Bangladesh
Centre for Development & Peace
Community Management Center
DESH
Development for Disadvantaged People
Ekmattra Society
Prattasha Samazik Unnayan Sangstha
India
Gramin Shiksha Kendra
Jubayer Masud Educational & Charitable Trust
Pro Sport Development
Sabuj Sangha
Suchana Uttor Chandipur Community Society
Towards A Prosperous India Foundation
Nepal
Atoot Nepal
Bloom Nepal Schools
Changing Stories Nepal
Childreach Nepal
International Child Resource Institute – Nepal
Peace for People
Header image: A site visit to PEAK partner Fundación Niñas de Luz in Colombia. © GFC
