Category: Partnerships

CARE (Cooperation for Advancement, Rehabilitation and Education) Pakistan provides free and quality education to over 285,000 underprivileged children in Pakistan. InHive is working with them to pilot alumni networks at 20 schools, with support from the UK Government administered Small Charities Challenge Fund. Since late 2018, we have provided training and advice to empower the CARE team to develop alumni networks for themselves. Building on our inhive approach, CARE has established alumni committees that have been successful at hosting career talks and expanding educational aspirations. One alumni group has helped enroll the first girls in a village to go to …

LEAP (the ‘Lending for Education in Africa Partnership’) is a social lending fund that provides affordable finance to youth from low and middle-income backgrounds in East Africa. They are pursuing their higher education and cannot fully cover the cost of their higher education through conventional loans, bursaries, scholarships or other means. In addition to its tailor-made loans, LEAP also offers its LEAP Fellows career readiness and financial literacy training, and forges partnerships to create pathways to gainful employment for its supported students. In 2017, inHive was brought on as a strategic partner to support the LEAP Programme, a consortium managed …

The Mastercard Foundation is one of the world’s largest foundations, dedicated to advancing education and financial inclusion to catalyze prosperity in Africa. inHive is the lead strategic and technical advisor for the construction of its 50,000 strong global network. Our work began in 2018, with an initial scoping study that listened to young people to understand their motivations. Now we are working with them to design and test governance structures, train and coach network leaders and codify a methodology for the Foundation to replicate at scale. Ashley Collier, Senior Manager at the Mastercard Foundation said: “It has been a wonderful …

EducAid runs an educational network comprising of free schools, teacher training, and tertiary programmes in Sierra Leone. In 2016, inHive was brought on as an advisory partner to improve the impact of its recently launched 3,000 strong alumni network. inHive examined the past performance of the network and advised on data collection and management, strategic planning and impactful activities to support the most marginalized students. By August 2018, the network was strong and agile enough to mobilise in response to devastating flooding in Freetown, supporting students who had lost their homes and families. Erin Northey, CEO of EducAid, said: “Working …

Frontline recruits, trains and develops children’s social workers and managers in England. In 2016, inHive supported Frontline to launch their Fellowship – a movement of people who have completed one of their programmes. All fellows are committed to improving the lives of vulnerable children and families through social work and leadership in broader society. Our work included listening to fellows to understand how the movement could enhance and support their leadership and impact; advising on strategy and direction; and support to measure the impact of Fellowship activity. For the first two years following the launch, inHive coached the team at …

Ourschool helps state secondary schools across Victoria, Australia to build alumni networks to benefit students and strengthen their school communities. inHive has been involved from day one.  Our initial support focused on the design of the pilot programme, advise on the fundraising strategy and the development of practical “how-to” resources. Now, Ourschool is an enthusiastic founding member of the Global Network, where inHive is facilitating the sharing and learning of best practice across the world.    Caroline Milburn, Chief Executive Officer of Ourschool, Said:  “The advice and support we’ve received from inHive, has been invaluable. We could not have progressed as far as we have in our quest to develop an alumni …

Tāwai Takapiri Connect Futures supports schools in low socio-economic communities to develop thriving, enriching, sustainable alumni networks. The organization was founded following a seminar and working group led by inHive’s Abi Nokes  and alumni expert, Vicki Fowler.  We provided ongoing support during the set-up of the organisation, including the design of the pilot programme that is now running in ten schools across the country.  inHive’s Abi Nokes continues to sit on the Board of Advisors for Tāwai Takapiri Connect Futures and the organisation will be participating in the Global Network.  …

The Private Education Development Network (PEDN) runs programmes in low-cost private schools serving under-resourced communities in Uganda. inHive worked with PEDN to integrate alumni networks into primary and secondary schools in its Eastern and Central regions from early 2019 to 2020. Our work included training staff in the inHive approach to network building, coaching them through the implementation phase and monthly strategy and planning discussions. The work was delivered as part of Opportunity International’s grant with the UK Government’s Girls’ Education Challenge Project.  Joy Mukisa, Programs Director at PEDN, said in late 2019: “I thank inHive for training me and …

Health Poverty Action (HPA) takes a social justice approach to health, tackling the root causes of poor health like poverty. inHive is working with HPA to develop alumni networks at 28 schools in Rwanda, as part of work funded by the Girls’ Education Challenge. We supported HPA with programme design, training and ongoing evaluation and support and the work is already having an immediate impact. Since September 2017, alumni engagement has helped to decline absenteeism, improved careers advice and boosted school’s financial resources. One alumni group lobbied local leaders to provide free school meals for the poorest students. The Health …

Akazi Kanoze Access (AKA) helps fight unemployment of young people from the most vulnerable families in Rwanda. inHive has established a partnership with AKA to champion the prospect of alumni network building at 45 schools in Kigali, Rwanda. Our work included scoping feasibility and researching the potential of networks to tackle the underlying challenge of youth unemployment. The vast majority of participating schools welcomed the prospect of alumni engagement and we are continuing to pursue fundraising prospects for a full scale pilot programme. Valence Twagizihirwe, Executive Director of AKA, said: “inHive has a strong and hardworking team.  You can be …