Educate the mind
Education & Skills
Displacement takes children out of school, often for years.
3 programmes
Three pillars · twelve programmes
What we do
Our work rests on three pillars, represented in the Foundation's logo by the open book, the hand holding a seedling and the house. Together they form a continuum of care: educate the mind, equip the hands, secure the home.
Our three pillars
Equip the hands
Livelihoods & Economic Inclusion
Relief meets today's need; an income meets next year's.
3 programmes
Secure the home
Shelter, WASH & Protection
A safe home is the floor everything else stands on.
4 programmes
How the pillars work together
One road out, not three services
A family that has been displaced does not have one problem. The children are out of school, the adults have lost their trade, and the home is gone. Our three pillars are designed to be used together, and a household may be supported by more than one at the same time.
We have deliberately kept the structure small. It is easier to do a few things properly, and to prove that they worked, than to do many things and prove nothing.
Running through everything
Across all pillars
Two programmes are not confined to a single pillar. They support all three, and they are how we meet people before a programme begins and stay with them after it ends.
Across all pillars
Community Wellbeing & Mental Health
Known publicly as MindCheck
Health and mental-health outreach, and early access to support.
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Across all pillars
Durable Solutions & Resettlement Support
Accompanies households through relocation and settling.
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Our logic
Our theory of change
We follow a simple, repeatable method: identify needs, provide support, and create lasting impact. Open a section to read more.
The method, from inputs to impact
Inputs
- Programme funding
- Trained team and volunteers
- Partner capability
- Community relationships
- Legal and technical expertise
- Safeguarding systems
Activities
- Needs assessment and consultation
- Enrolment and catch-up learning
- Skills, capital and mentoring
- Shelter repair and construction
- Legal advice and documentation
- Health and wellbeing outreach
Outputs
- Children enrolled
- Adults trained and capitalised
- Shelters completed to standard
- Households documented
- Communities reached
Outcomes
- Children retained and progressing
- Enterprises still trading at 12 months
- Households securely housed
- Rights and tenure protected
- Improved wellbeing
Impact
- Self-reliant households
- Dignity restored
- Poverty reduced
- Resilient communities
From outputs to outcomes
An output is what we did: a fee paid, a grant disbursed, a roof repaired. An outcome is what changed: a child still in school at the end of the year, a business still trading twelve months later, a family still housed and secure. We are building our monitoring framework to capture outcomes. How we measure impact.
The assumptions we test
A theory of change that carries no assumptions is not a theory; it is a wish. Ours rests on four, each of which we test rather than presume.
01That school places exist and partner schools will honour fee agreements
Written place commitments secured before a cohort is enrolled; payment against invoice, per term
02That a market exists for what the people we train produce or sell
Demand verified before a trade is selected; buyer linkage treated as part of the programme
03That households can remain where we invest in their shelter
Right to remain verified before shelter works begin, the reason Protection is paired with Shelter
04That support reaches those most in need
Written scoring, community verification, and recorded selection decisions open to challenge
Every programme has a written model behind it
Who it serves, what the standard package contains, what it costs per person, how it is measured and when support ends. We are glad to share the relevant model.