Educate!

Providing Training and Mentorship to Develop Entrepreneurs and Leaders

Fast Facts

Location:

Uganda, Rwanda, Kenya, Tanzania

Sponsored by:

Ann McStay

Grant Years:

2011, 2012, 2013

Category:

Education, Job Skills

Website:

experienceeducate.org

How Educate! Is Making a Difference

Educate! develops young leaders and entrepreneurs across Africa by equipping them with the leadership, entrepreneurial and life skills to succeed in today’s economy.

Work of Educate!

  • Provides a two-year social entrepreneurship and leadership course in Ugandan secondary schools, with mentoring and alumni support.
  • Partners with governments, schools and teachers to integrate employment-focused, skills-based curricula into national education systems across Uganda, Rwanda, Kenya and Tanzania.
  • Runs experiential “school solutions” and “out-of-school youth bootcamps” to support young people, especially girls, who cannot complete formal secondary school.
  • Measures and monitors outcomes.  Studies show Educate! participants earn significantly more, have higher business-ownership rates and experience improved gender equity outcomes.
  • Scales program expansion and broadly impacts youths’ lives with a strongly African-led team and partnerships in multiple East African countries.

Initiatives Supported by Project Redwood

2011:  $25,000 to deliver individual programs at 3 Kampala, Uganda, schools and to develop a national entrepreneurship curriculum.

2012:  $25,000 to deliver individual programs at 5 Kampala schools and improve the curriculum.

2013:  $25,000 to deliver a  two-year course for 150 high school students in Uganda, and mentor participants.