covid – Dignitas Project

01 Oct 21

Dignitas’ LeadNow wins World Bank and HundrED Recognition!

Dignitas is delighted to have its innovative LeadNow platform for teacher professional development recognized as one of ten top innovations globally addressing the need for scalable and impactful teacher professional development. The World Bank and HundrED have just released a Spotlight Report highlighting the top 10 education innovations supporting in-service teacher…

01 Jun 21

Pushing Boundaries: Learning Never Stops

Written by Celestine Atieno, Learning and Evaluation Officer In the just-concluded Dignitas Leadership Academies, the team made use of real-time data in powerful ways. Real-time data, shared in daily briefings by our Learning and Evaluation team was used to ensure the effectiveness of activities, securing impact for learners who need it…

01 Jun 21

Pushing Boundaries: Reaching the Hard to Reach

Written by Justus Maina, Dignitas Leadership Coach The COVID-19 outbreak has caused one of the greatest disruptions to education witnessed in Kenya, and indeed the globe. In an attempt to prevent transmission of infection and to ensure the right to education for all learners, Dignitas quickly shifted from traditional in-person…

01 Jun 21

Pushing Boundaries: Alumni Championing the Future

Written by Mercy Munialo, Dignitas Leadership Coach The magic of the African Baobab tree cannot be compared to any other tree. The tree has an awe-inspiring physique; it’s extremely huge, enormously tall. Once you see it, you are immediately amazed at just how beautiful it is. Has anyone ever told…

01 Jun 21

Pushing Boundaries: Scaling New Heights!

In 2017, Dignitas was partnering with just 21 schools, with an ambitious goal of reaching 300,000 children by 2022. As I joined the team towards the end of that year, it was clear that we would struggle to reach our goal if we stuck at the same pace. We immediately…

04 Feb 21

Project Kanya: Equipping School Leaders to Bring ALL Girls Back to School

As education systems react to the COVID-19 pandemic, we know that girls are at greater risk of suffering education losses as a result of school closures. According to the Malala Fund report, “Girls’ Education and COVID-19,” while most systems were focused on remote learning strategies, girls had differential access to…

04 Feb 21

New Learning during COVID-19 for 21st Century Skills

If you’ve been following closely, you’ll know that Dignitas responded quickly and effectively to COVID-19 school closures with our Leaders of Learning program which sought to keep the learning and well-being of vulnerable children on track. An important element of the Leaders of Learning program was the Learning Packets that…

03 Feb 21

2021: A Year of Growth, Impact and Evidence!

Despite the challenges of 2020, our amazing Dignitas team managed to have two virtual retreats, in August and December. These were extremely valuable in helping us pause, reflect and learn amidst the chaos of 2020. During the retreats we took time to reflect on what we were learning, reviewing evidence…

03 Feb 21

Hope for At-Risk Girls in the COVID-19 Crisis: Dottie Scholars

Written by Mercy Naitore, Finance and Admin Officer Dottie Scholars is a girls scholarship program launched by Dignitas in 2011. The program aims to provide young women from marginalized communities with an opportunity to attend a high-quality secondary school and develop as leaders and role models in their community. In total…

08 Jan 21

Looking Ahead: Supporting Learners to Thrive to 2021

What a year 2020 was! It is still strange to think that, at this time last year, we sat at our desks planning for a year that would most definitely not unfold as foreseen. We worked together as a team to set goals and make plans that would be thrown…