Capacity Building

World Education is dedicated to improving the lives of the poor through education, and economic and social development programs.

The Center for Capacity Development at JSI and World Education

Organizational capacity development is at the core of World Education’s model and has helped improve the ability of local organizations and government services to meet the needs of their stakeholders for over 60 years.

World Education's approach is both participatory and facilitative. We look at all aspects of organizational functioning, from mission and governance to management, planning, financial administration, monitoring and evaluation, human resources, and external relations.

Participatory assessments identify baselines and targets at each level of an organization, a process that encourages discussion, critical thinking, and buy-in for change. This then leads to a series of inputs targeted to improve organizational functioning that can be anything from training, mentoring, exchange visits, participation in World Education’s innovative civil society academies, or other individual- or organizational-level activities.

Featured Projects

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Essential GBV Services and Prevention Project in Malawi

Bantwana is addressing on school-related gender-based violence prevention through an integrated approach that is strengthening the resilience of vulnerable adolescents and their families.

Women's Entrepreneurship Center - Laos

The Women's Entrepreneurship Center (WEC) in Vientiane, Lao, was launched to foster the development of women-owned sustainable small businesses.

Peace Corps Mozambique Literacy Training and Evaluation Services

World Education is training Peace Corps Volunteers to teach literacy and set up community libraries, and providing technical assistance in the evaluation of program impact.

Featured Resources

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World Education in the Lao PDR: 2016 Impact Report

Netball - Drills to educate young people about Sexual Reproductive Health and HIV/AIDS

Mother's Associations in Benin: Advocates and Agents for Girls' Education

Features

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Breaking the Cycle of Child Labor: Sharadha's Story

After enrolling in a nonformal education class targeting children who are forced to work in the brick industry, Sharadha was able to transition back to formal school.

Using Soccer to Fight HIV

When Fortune's mother died, Fortune says that she was too young—at age six—to understand the loss.

From Hardship to Hope

Twelve year-old Zanele's father died when she was just a little girl, and her grandfather struggled alone to support a household of fourteen individuals.