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01 Sep 20

My Story, My Voice, My Mission: A Leadership Journey

Dignitas is always looking for professional development opportunities for our amazing team members. We were so pleased when our Programs Director Roselynn, was selected as one of Acumen‘s East African fellows for 2020. She shares here some of her reflections on her journey so far. As part of Acumen EA Fellowship…

28 Aug 20

Making Progress for Children in Crisis: 10,773 Children Impacted!

School Leaders are pillars of our communities, not just leading schools, but community leaders in their own right. Since school closed in March 2020, Dignitas has been working to equip, empower and support our School Leaders as new Leaders of Learning for this current global crisis. Equipping and supporting school…

25 Aug 20

School Leadership in a Time of Crisis

If we’ve ever doubted the place of great leadership, the current global crises, including the COVID-19 pandemic have demonstrated its importance. This is no different for educational institutions. Whether school based or not, the need for educational leadership has been a painful lack for many across the world. As schools…

25 Jun 20

Coaching Journey: A Successful Walk With my Teachers

Coaching is a core element of Dignitas school partnerships, one we often refer to as a our ‘secret sauce’. With COVID-19, we’re coaching remotely, but here’s a flashback from Dignitas Leadership Coach Justus, highlighting the impact of walking the coaching journey with one of his assigned school teams. As we…

16 Jun 20

Stawisha Graduation: A Virtual Celebration!

Until the advent of COVID-19, which brought most countries’ economies, work life and schooling to an abrupt stop, we didn’t imagine that we could conduct an actual virtual graduation. Virtual learning? Yes. Thousands if not millions of students are already using virtual spaces to learn. However, virtual graduation had not crossed…

09 Jun 20

Meet the young world-changers behind ‘Music Beats COVID’

If you follow Dignitas on social media, you may have seen us sharing the ‘Music Beats COVID’ campaign. This fantastic campaign was designed and executed by two of our youngest supporters, Rhea and Neha, along with their friend Reeyan. Their generosity and compassion have simply blown us away. We wanted…

01 Jun 20

Keeping 12,000 Children from Marginalized Communities Safe and Learning!

Since the COVID-19 crisis hit Kenya mid-March, the Dignitas team have been extremely busy. You may have already read our post highlighting the beginning of our plans, and this update as we began to think about how best we could support children in marginalized communities whilst schools are closed. As…

04 May 20

Generosity Makes the World Go Round!

Since the COVID19 crisis began to unfold in Kenya, and around the globe, one of the brightest spots has been seeing communities come together, seeing organisations collaborate in response, and seeing individuals reach out to others with care and kindness. All of this brings light and hope in dark times.…

22 Apr 20

Long Term Impact of a Global Crisis on Children Left Behind

As schools around the world have closed their doors, and children have been sent home in the world’s response to COVID-19, our hearts and minds have gone to a particular group of schools and children. APBET schools (Alternative Providers of Basic Education and Training) are a significant provider of education…