Debra Laxton from the University of Chichester reflects on her trip to Kyaka II refugee settlement in Uganda with Children on the Edge. Working with our team, Debra has been helping to develop and evaluate a play-based programme assessment framework and tool that the local community are rolling out for their early years programme in Uganda.
![]() We are thrilled that Children on the Edge has been welcomed into the Global Schools Forum community. This network of organisations from around the world work to improve education outcomes for children in low and middle income countries. Congolese refugee children living in Kyaka II refugee settlement in Uganda are cut off from early years education at the most vital stage of their development. Children on the Edge are working alongside refugee communities in the settlement, helping over 5,000 young children access early childhood education through our award-winning cluster learning model.
![]() Guest blog from Sarah Ndlovu, our International Education Specialist about how we’re breaking the mould, and using play to create an effective early years assessment tool in Uganda. ![]() In Kyaka II refugee settlement, Uganda, Children on the Edge have been trying to find a better way to assess whether our early years programme is having a positive impact on the children we work with. Are we effectively preparing them for the future? ![]() We’d like to introduce you to 4 year old Bieneme, whose development has come on in leaps and bounds since joining our cluster group lessons in the Kyaka II refugee settlement in Uganda. Small Loans, Big Impact: creating a sustainable legacy in Kyaka II refugee settlement, Uganda25/10/2023
![]() In Kyaka II refugee settlement in Uganda, we support teachers from our early years programme to set up their own businesses by providing small business loans. Read about how this initiative works and meet Martha, who used her £40 loan to set up a thriving sewing business.
![]() In Kyaka II refugee settlement, Uganda, Children on the Edge have been trying to find and develop better ways of assessing whether our early years programme is having a positive impact on the children we work with. Are we effectively preparing them for their unknown and potentially difficult futures? Find out how an innovative new approach is helping make assessments both meaningful and joyful. ![]() Written by Sarah Ndlovu International Education Specialist Children on the Edge |
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