Our Approach
Our Work ▸ Our Approach
We effect change through grass-roots development, empowering young people to identify issues, develop solutions, and have a positive impact in their communities.
We believe that the best people to change communities are the people who live in those communities, once they have the tools and experience needed to make a difference:
Access to world-class Higher Education to provide knowledge, expertise, and 21st Century Skills.
An International Perspective to help them take a disruptive approach to identify issues and solutions in their own communities.
Our leadership programme that encourages Scholars to take social responsibility, collaborate, and pay benefits forward to improve the lives of others.
We focus on orphaned students because they have all experienced the psychological and economic hardship of losing one or both parents. We believe that this experience gives them a strong sense of empathy and further drive to prevent such hardships for future generations.
Why Africa?
The African continent has the highest extreme poverty rates in the world, including 23 of the world's 28 poorest countries. It urgently needs a new generation of compassionate leaders who can provide innovative solutions, unlock its talent, and raise its people out of poverty.
The continent also has the potential to solve some of the world’s biggest problems. For example, it has 60% of the world’s solar energy potential and 70% of its cobalt, key for making electric vehicles. But unlocking potential like this requires us to train young people. There are only around 600 electrical engineers in Ethiopia, compared to 48,600 in the UK.
By supporting talented students from across Africa, and empowering them with the skills and experience they need to become future leaders, we create a ripple effect across communities. .
Our final goal is not the Scholars’ education, but that through education and training Scholars will be equipped to initiate change, innovation, and development in sub-Saharan Africa. As such, it is ultimately not us who defines the aim of this work, but the Scholars, who have a deeper knowledge of the challenges their communities, countries, and regions face.
We believe that this grassroots, bottom-up vision of development is a complementary and urgently needed approach.
