COMMUNITY-POWERED
CHANGE FOR CHILDREN
Zaare, welcome! We are AfriKids.
Locally-led and world-class, every week we help hundreds of communities in Ghana rise up and take action to give their children stronger starts and brighter futures.
Tomorrow’s leaders
are not learning
It is estimated that by 2050, Africa will be home to 40% of the world’s children. And right now, nearly 9 in 10 children in Sub Saharan Africa are not learning – unable to read a simple text by age 10.
These findings are echoed in Ghana, where AfriKids works, with Early Grade Reading and Mathematics Assessments revealing that by grade 2 (typically 7-8 years old), just 2% of children are able to read with fluency and comprehension, and just 27% are able to answer a single subtraction level 2 question correctly – the easiest of these being 19 – 6.
We’re on a mission to change this.
A world where
all children learn
Global studies have shown that if all women completed just primary education, child mortality would drop by a sixth, maternal death would be cut by two thirds and a single year of primary school increases future earnings by 5-15% for boys and 10-20% for girls.
Ensuring education for Africa’s children – equipping them to break the cycle of poverty and help tackle global issues like climate change, social inequality and conflict – is not just the right thing to do, it’s critical to the future of humanity.
Our solution:
Unlocking the power of communities.
We believe profoundly in the power of local wisdom and agency to create deep and lasting change for children. Our ‘Means, Motive, Opportunity’ model helps communities turn challenges into opportunities.
HELP COMMUNITIES PRIORITISE AND MANAGE THE COSTS OF EDUCATION
We provide training and support to help parents and caregivers tackle family poverty and build sustainable livelihoods. This reduces the risk their children will miss school to work, marry or because they don’t have basic supplies.
BUILD COMMUNITY UNDERSTANDING, FAITH AND COMMITMENT TO EDUCATION
Working with local authorities and opinion leaders, we campaign and build support for children’s rights. This helps shift harmful social norms like child labour and child marriage, and builds accountability and support systems within communities, that will be there long after we leave.
HELP COMMUNITIES DRIVE AND DEMAND IMPROVEMENTS TO THE QUALITY OF EDUCATION
We bring communities together with schools and education authorities to discuss challenges and work together on solutions that improve children’s access to safe, inclusive, quality education.
