IEC projects

introduction to projects

Projects are an integral part of IEC's work. Implemented in partnership with local NGOs, they work towards lasting, bottom-up, tangible change at grassroots level. Through our projects, we see education working as a vehicle for improvements in livelihood and well-being, and acting as a powerful catalyst for community voice and change as groups form and grow in confidence.

To date, the majority of our projects have been based in Sub-Saharan Africa, however we have recently been working on transferring lessons learnt in the South to work with marginalised groups in the UK.

Past projects

To see information on some of IEC's past projects, click here.

Projects in development

Uganda > we are currently seeking funding for a project designed with our in country partners aimed at using our non formal education and community development experience to provide opportunities for returnee child soldiers in the north.

Nigeria > we have a project in the early stages of development with the Nigerian NGO PARE focused on enabling nomadic communities in the north to explore and demand their rights using video.

Streatham, UK > looking at using what we have learnt overseas, we are working with partners to develop and fund a project addressing the educational needs of refugees and asylum seekers in London which will involve using a participatory learning approach to ESOL combined with community integration.

East Anglia, UK > IEC is exploring opportunities to share lessons it has learnt through its work with nomadic groups in Africa with organisations working with gypsy and traveller communities in East Anglia.

Sudan > IEC is hoping to continue working with the organisation SOLO to develop a number of spin-off projects developed by communities that have arisen from work to date on BSLP.