HOW WE BEGAN

A phone call in the middle of the night from Louise Batamuriza, a talented Rwandan preschool teacher who had been mentored by Jan Brown, started the adventure. Louise had opened a new school in January 2012. It was equipped with just one box of 24 Crayola® Crayons and a mat on the floor! Financial resources, learning materials, skilled teachers...Bright School needed everything.
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Almost immediately, TEACH Rwanda became a reality, and lives began to change dramatically on two continents. The vision—to bring world-class, culturally relevant practices in early childhood education and teacher mentoring to Rwanda—quickly expanded. Today, TEACH Rwanda is transforming the education infrastructure across the country.

 OUR VISION AND MISSION

Vision
Rwanda will be a nation of analytical thinkers, confident communicators, collaborative innovators, and compassionate leaders, with a culture that embeds life-long learning based on play and projects.

Mission
Collaborate with education leaders through teacher capacity-building to implement global best practices in play and project-based learning that will result in a world-class education system in Rwanda.





                                              Photo Credit: Ana Kenk

​TEACH RWANDA is transformational

TEACH Rwanda is transforming early childhood and primary teacher mentoring in Rwanda. We prepare Rwandan teachers to offer children engaging, meaningful learning experiences. TEACH Rwanda…

• Provides preservice and in-service professional development needs assessments, observations, workshops, tools, and resources,
• Encourages our Exemplary and Project Schools to use creative, low-cost Rwanda-centric learning materials and furnishings,
• Insists on just 20 children per preschool classroom with two well-prepared teachers, and no more than 24 primary children with one teacher, all of whom implement modern teaching strategies, and
• Builds Rwandan teacher and school supervisor's leadership capacity.

We welcome partnerships with public and private schools,
colleges and universities, TTCs, other INGOs and NGOs,
and Rwandan government officials.
TEACH Rwanda is a non-profit,
U.S.-based NGO and an INGO in Rwanda.

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WHY WE ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT Evidence-based, high-quality EDUCATION

Early childhood  and primary education lay the foundations for life-long learning. High-quality, hands-on early experiences are essential for children’s holistic brain development.

Outputs

• Joyful, curious children thrive and grow at their own pace.
  
• Well-educated teachers creatively plan a Rwandan curriculum that embeds deep and rigorous respect for the country’s culture.
• Families are enthusiastic about modern education methods that enhance their children’s engagement in learning.
  

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Outcomes

• Improved academic and social preparation of children for further school, as well as life in Rwanda and the world.
• Resilient, creative students who resolve problems using analytical thinking.
• Developmentally appropriate measures of success in early childhood and primary education as well as teacher education.
• Rwandans lead their country's development!