Our intervention

Four interventions that keep teachers teaching and learners learning

To meet these objectives, REACH-Education uses four innovative approaches that support the whole learning community: teachers, learners and the families around them.

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At a glance

For teachers: Continuous professional development for trained, semi-trained and untrained teachers.
For wellbeing: Guidance and counselling for learners, teachers and the wider learning community.
For displaced teachers: E-learning apps and distance education that bring them back into the classroom.
For learners: Self-Learning Kits of textbooks, workbooks, stationery and digital resources.

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Continuous professional development

We give trained, semi-trained and untrained teachers professional development and teaching resources to improve learner outcomes.

Teacher shortages and low levels of training are among the biggest barriers to education in the ASALs. REACH-Education supports the teachers who remain, whatever their level of training, with ongoing professional development.

Online CPD tools in REACH-Education's Digital Library give teachers courses, webinars and resources they can use remotely, and the Exam Vista test generator helps them build assessments that match what their classes have covered.

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Psychological support

We offer guidance and counselling to support the wellbeing of the learning community, reduce anxiety and meet long-term physical, psychological, social and emotional needs.

Learners and teachers in northern Kenya have lived through conflict, terrorism, drought and displacement. REACH-Education's counsellors and special needs assistants support the whole learning community, not only academic progress.

Mentorship builds self-esteem, resilience and confidence among local teachers, so they can in turn support their learners.

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Re-enlisting displaced teachers

We bring displaced teachers back into the classroom through robust e-learning apps and other distance education tools.

Many teachers have left North Eastern Kenya because of security threats. Distance education lets them keep teaching learners in the region without being physically present.

Working mainly online also reduces the risk of targeted reprisals against staff, in line with REACH-Education's security protocols.

Where we work and why

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Self-Learning Kits (SLKs)

Textbooks, workbooks, stationery and digital resources given to individual learners to support their learning in and out of the classroom.

Because each kit is given to an individual learner, learning can continue outside the classroom, wherever that learner is.

How Self-Learning Kits work

Back the teachers

Support teachers working in some of Kenya's hardest places to teach.

$20 pays an online teacher for a lesson with ten children.

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At a glance

For teachers

Continuous professional development for trained, semi-trained and untrained teachers.

For wellbeing

Guidance and counselling for learners, teachers and the wider learning community.

For displaced teachers

E-learning apps and distance education that bring them back into the classroom.

For learners

Self-Learning Kits of textbooks, workbooks, stationery and digital resources.