windle trust international
Oxford
Windle Trust International (WTI) challenges poverty and inequality by expanding
access to and improving the quality of education and training, for communities
affected by conflict, displacement, neglect or discrimination. WTI is dedicated
to reducing inequalities in access to high quality education for these
communities, particularly for women and girls. We have a specific focus on
increasing access to education for conflict-affected communities seeking to
reach children and young people who have been forced to flee or who have been
denied education because of the chronic marginalisation that so often
accompanies conflict. Our ability to work in insecure and unpredictable areas is
one of our distinctive features. We have a geographical focus on East Africa and
the Horn of Africa. With offices in Sudan, South Sudan and the UK, we combine
local knowledge and expertise with international contacts and a global
perspective. This is especially important in our scholarships programme, where
we work in partnership with some of the UK’s outstanding universities to provide
opportunities for access to world-class teaching institutions. Reflecting our
values we work across the breadth of the education sector from primary schools
to the tertiary sector. Our commitment is to work with communities in all their
diversity – girls and boys, refugees and citizens, teachers and school
management committees. We are flexible in the way we work and have a breadth of
talent to draw on. Where it is the most appropriate option, we are able to work
at community level to make sure that projects are on track. At other times, we
will operate at a policy level, seeking to shape the broader context or drawing
attention to issues that we think are important, but too often neglected.
Whatever the project, we will implement it to the best of our ability.
