Edward Ngumo's Contact Details

Edward Ngumo's Company Details

Education Effect Africa

Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya • 3 Employees
Nonprofit Organization Management

Education Effect Africa (EEA) is a Kenyan non-governmental organization focused on providing children living in marginalized areas with high quality education. Since our inception in 2013, Education Effect Africa has been working with disadvantaged communities living in informal settlements of Nairobi and rural areas of Central, Western and Nyanza regions of Kenya.Our work is guided by the implementation of the following programs:1. Enhancing access to and quality of education: We focus on sustained, intensive and quality teacher professional development alongside improving and increasing the physical infrastructure of schools. In addition, we also provide scholarships to bright but financially disadvantaged students in areas that we work.2. Innovation in education: Education Effect Africa promotes active and experiential methods of teaching. We provide teachers and students from marginalized areas with modern sources of knowledge such as Internet resources, computers and educational software.3. Bridging the digital divide: Access to digital technologies and the ability to benefit from new information and communication tools are a prerequisite of contemporary education. Education Effect Africa has been facilitating the launch of computer laboratories in marginalized areas of Kenya as well as offering ICT trainings to teachers and students.4. Water, sanitation and health: Education Effect Africa is providing primary schools with hygienic toilets, clean sources of water and hand-washing facilities. Our trainers and facilitators assist the teachers in delivering effective health education classes to children in all grades of primary school.