Community-Led
Listen to communities and involve them in designing and sustaining solutions.
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Our modelOne school. Many pathways.
CEF's community-driven model connects quality education to practical skills, innovation and sustainable development, guided by five principles.
Guiding principles
Five principles behind everything we do
Practical Learning
Connect classroom education to critical thinking, leadership, creativity and real-world problem-solving.
Technology and AI
Promote responsible use of emerging technologies to improve learning and address local challenges.
Local Solutions
Start with available resources, learn through practice, and scale approaches that work.
Sustainable Livelihoods
Connect education to higher learning, vocational skills, employment and entrepreneurship.
The school as a platform
Quality education first, then the areas that make learning lead somewhere
Quality education
STEM and technology
Entrepreneurship
Community school
A platform for all six areas
Health and well-being
Climate and agriculture
TVET
Growing step by step
A phased approach to every learning center
Not every school needs to offer every service from day one. A CEF school starts with a strong core and adds services as funding, local demand, staffing and evidence of impact allow.
Core school
Foundational and secondary education, trained teachers, a safe learning space and community ownership.
Skills and well-being
Digital literacy and STEM clubs, girls' mentorship, and health and well-being education.
Pathways
Selected TVET courses, entrepreneurship, and school farm or climate projects.
Community hub
The centre opens to the wider community through workshops, youth innovation and partnerships.
Start small, start nowAdd services as funding, demand, staff and evidence allow
Learner pathways
From education to opportunity
Starting point
Quality education plus practical skills
Secondary education connected to STEM, TVET, health, climate action and entrepreneurship.
Higher educationUniversity and further study
TVETMarket-relevant technical skills
EmploymentSkilled, productive work
EntrepreneurshipBusinesses and local solutions
Built to last
A model that can sustain itself
CEF already combines grant funding with earned revenue: $47,000 raised in grants and $17,000 generated in earned revenue. We combine grants, earned income, community contributions, partnerships and individual giving so that no single source decides whether a school survives.
Income-generating activities never come before access: low-income families, and especially girls, come first.
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