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21 Jul 23

A Tale Of Triumph: Holy Stars School

By Sharon Nashipae – Communications and Community Coordinator Story submitted by Edith Isaji, School Leader – Holy Stars School At Dignitas, we believe that teachers are powerful agents of change with the potential to drive positive learning experiences for the children in their care and for the community at large.…

28 Feb 23

Reaching out to those furthest behind: Leveraging a blended approach towards training and coaching of educators

By Nancy Gikandi – Research & Development Manager Learning poverty is a significant challenge in the Global South, with millions of children facing limited access to quality education and inadequate infrastructure, resources, and teaching staff. According to World Bank and UNESCO’s Institute of Statistics, 53% of children in low-and middle-income…

21 Feb 23

Collaboration for Impact Scaling: A collaborative coaching at scale field study visit

By Sharon Nashipae – Communications & Community Coordinator With the rapid shifts in how the world works, Dignitas has in the recent past amped up its efforts in reaching more teachers and spreading our impact even wider. We came up with LeadNow, an award-winning leap in transforming how we deliver…

20 Feb 23

Harnessing remote coaching tools to promote increased educator competency and narrow the learning gap.

By Deborah Kimathi – Chief Executive Officer Learning poverty is a persistent and complex challenge facing education systems across the globe. Sadly, the reality is that poor quality schools, with little investment in teachers and school leaders, are inequitable institutions that do not support learning and thriving for every child.…

28 Sep 22

Teachers, Teaching & the Teaching Profession

By Claude Kandem – Grants & Partnership Manager “Teach him if you can the wonders of books, but also give time to ponder the extreme mystery of birds in the sky, bees in the sun and flowers on a green hill. Teach him to have faith in his own ideas,…

24 Feb 22

Every Child Deserves an Excellent Education!

You may have noticed that we’ve adopted the hashtag #AllChildrenLearning on much of our social media content over the last few months. We started using this during our December outreach campaign, and it stuck! It’s message rings true for us, and for our work, beyond any single season. Our friends…

08 Feb 22

What We Learned in 2021; Here We Come 2022!

What a year we had in 2021! We were amazingly privileged to partner with 274 schools in marginalized communities around Kenya, to equip and support 859 School Leaders, so that 73,843 children could experience better quality teaching and learning! In 2020, we stretched our team and resource to provide additional…

07 Jan 22

New Year, New Opportunities – Come Join Our Team!

Happy New Year! What a privilege it is to be able to launch into a new year with a focus on children typically left behind. As we get into 2022, we’re not only launching a new annual strategy cycle, but our next five year strategy – watch this space! Front…

30 Nov 21

Meet our Dignitas Alumni – Teacher Eunice and Teacher Alvin!

Have you ever wondered what Dignitas’ school partnerships look like in action, and what that partnership means to our School Leaders? We’ll be introducing you to some of our Alumni over the next few days so that you can find out more! Teacher Eunice has been working at Destiny School…

30 Nov 21

Meet our Dignitas Alumni – Teacher Edwin!

Have you ever wondered what Dignitas’ school partnerships look like in action, and what that partnership means to our School Leaders? We’ll be introducing you to some of our Alumni over the next few days so that you can find out more! Teacher Edwin has been teaching at Destiny School…