learning – Dignitas Project

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,…

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…

Emotional Intelligence in the Classroom: Dignitas

30 Nov 21

Meet our Dignitas Alumni – Teacher Benjamin!

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 Benjamin is the school leader at Golden…

01 Oct 21

LeadNow: Ensuring Impact

The World Bank and HundrED have just released a Spotlight Report highlighting the top 10 education innovations supporting in-service teacher professional development – our exciting new platform LeadNow made the list! In the process, we were asked to share our advice for policymakers intent on leveraging technology for teacher professional development. Here’s what we said……

01 Oct 21

The Road to LeadNow

As soon as the COVID19 pandemic hit Kenya in March 2020 we realised that it was going to be important for us to work alongside our school partners to ensure our commitment to them remained relevant and impactful. Whilst we never would have imagined that national school closures would have…

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…

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

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…

26 Jan 21

Meet our new Advocacy and Development Director

It has been an exciting start to the year for the Dignitas team. We’ve been privileged to grow our team by welcoming a new Advocacy and Development Director on board. Ng’ang’a Kibandi comes to us with a wealth of experience, and a passion for quality education that offers all children…