PARTNERSHIP HIGHLIGHTS

MindLeaps’ involvement in Kenya is an example of the partnership model at work.

In 2018, MindLeaps launched a program in Amagoro, Kenya working with local NGO Kiwimbi, an organization that creates Community Learning Centers to support education. MindLeaps provided dance classes to six groups of students (totaling 150 youth) for three months. The fieldwork also included an intensive Train the Trainer series to prepare and position local teachers and excelling youth to continue the program.

In 2019, MindLeaps launched a program in Kisumu, Kenya, for children with special learning needs. The program marked the launch of a new inclusive curriculum. The new curriculum allows MindLeaps to work with a larger range of children with greater and more diverse learning needs. The program in Kenya was created in partnership with Kisumu Urban Apostolate Programs, which works with the local communities of Kisumu to improve the standard of living by integrating cultural, economic, environmental, health, and educational values. It was funded by Chance for Childhood, a charity working in Africa to support the most vulnerable children, such as street children, disabled children, and children affected by conflict. MindLeaps program in Kisumu served 235 children.