308 Pre to Tertiary Schools
308 Pre to Tertiary Schools
15 Creative Industry Hubs and Agricultural Projects
15 Creative Industry Hubs and Agricultural Projects
15 Creative Industry Hubs and Agricultural Projects
to unite powerful grassroots projects and release the human potential of Africa.
42,000,000 lives changed
to unite powerful grassroots projects and release the human potential of Africa.
42,000,000 lives changed
are innovating across the continent of Africa: thousands of resourceful grassroots leaders committed to seeing wholeness in their communities. Loom International believes that together, we have greater momentum and add strength to each other. Together we are better and more beautiful than we would have been alone.
For the next fifteen years, the Social Innovators who make up Thrive Africa have committed to partnering together to impact over 42,000,000 members of their communities. This means millions of children given the opportunity of holistic education, families supported through Family Resource Centers, youth given the opportunity of job skills training, and pregnant mothers and their children accessing the healthcare they deserve. Loom International is facilitating the collaboration of Thrive Africa and serving as needed in the areas of our strength: capacity training and connections.
Thrive Africa’s education focus targets:
It includes innovative models that both meet community needs and create jobs, with an intentional platform to enable learners to be key contributors to their nations.
– Sypora, Early Education Coordinator
The wellbeing of a community is essential to its holistic transformation. Thrive Africa focuses in three areas:
– Robi, AndareAfrica
– Nick & Cheryl, Uwepo/Our Trees Our Future
To create real change there must be economic sustainability. Thrive Africa promotes entrepreneurship and job creation, particularly in:
In the next fifteen years, Thrive Africa’s initiatives will impact millions of lives across East, South, Central, and Western Africa. View the map below to learn more. The interactive map is best viewed on a tablet or larger screen.
SOUTH
AFRICA
ESWATINI
BOTSWANA
NAMIBIA
ANGOLA
ZAMBIA
MALAWI
ETHIOPIA
SOUTH SUDAN
RWANDA
MADAGASCAR
MOZAMBIQUE
ZIMBABWE
TANZANIA
UGANDA
KENYA
CONGO
BURUNDI
Provides access to education,community development, and business for sustainability for youth in first nations communities in South Africa.
A training vehicle and production hub for digital creative skills, designed to normalise access for marginalised youth and to be operated sustainably through its income generation activities.
Meaning ‘to help one another’, Thušanang aims to create sustainable community-based Early Childhood Development services and strengthens families in vulnerable districts of South Africa.
Working to break the cycle of poverty, with special emphasis on families who have been affected by prostitution, through education and empowerment.
Operates a preschool and other children’s programs as well as feeding programs, with the goal of effectively empowering children through partnerships with churches, families, and teachers.
A network of educators and 31 schools from across East Africa who are solving common struggles in their work: teacher quality, curriculum implementation, classroom management, and funding gaps.
Education in vulnerable communities of Rwanda.
Education in vulnerable communities of Uganda.
Education in vulnerable communities of Uganda.
Education in vulnerable communities of Uganda.
are innovating across the continent of Africa: thousands of resourceful grassroots leaders committed to seeing wholeness in their communities. Loom International believes that together, we have greater momentum and add strength to each other. Together we are better and more beautiful than we would have been alone.
For the next fifteen years, the Social Innovators who make up Thrive Africa have committed to partnering together to impact over 42,000,000 members of their communities. This means millions of children given the opportunity of holistic education, families supported through Family Resource Centers, youth given the opportunity of job skills training, and pregnant mothers and their children accessing the healthcare they deserve. Loom International is facilitating the collaboration of Thrive Africa and serving as needed in the areas of our strength: capacity training and connections.
Thrive Africa’s education focus targets:
It includes innovative models that both meet community needs and create jobs, with an intentional platform to enable learners to be key contributors to their nations.
– Sypora, Early Education Coordinator
The wellbeing of a community is essential to its holistic transformation. Thrive Africa focuses in three areas:
– Robi, AndareAfrica
– Nick & Cheryl, Uwepo/Our Trees Our Future
To create real change there must be economic sustainability. Thrive Africa promotes entrepreneurship and job creation, particularly in:
In the next fifteen years, Thrive Africa’s initiatives will impact millions of lives across East, South, Central, and Western Africa. View the map below to learn more. The interactive map is best viewed on a tablet or larger screen.
SOUTH
AFRICA
ESWATINI
BOTSWANA
NAMIBIA
ANGOLA
ZAMBIA
MALAWI
ETHIOPIA
SOUTH SUDAN
RWANDA
MADAGASCAR
MOZAMBIQUE
ZIMBABWE
TANZANIA
UGANDA
KENYA
CONGO
BURUNDI
Provides access to education,community development, and business for sustainability for youth in first nations communities in South Africa.
A training vehicle and production hub for digital creative skills, designed to normalise access for marginalised youth and to be operated sustainably through its income generation activities.
Meaning ‘to help one another’, Thušanang aims to create sustainable community-based Early Childhood Development services and strengthens families in vulnerable districts of South Africa.
Working to break the cycle of poverty, with special emphasis on families who have been affected by prostitution, through education and empowerment.
Operates a preschool and other children’s programs as well as feeding programs, with the goal of effectively empowering children through partnerships with churches, families, and teachers.
A network of educators and 31 schools from across East Africa who are solving common struggles in their work: teacher quality, curriculum implementation, classroom management, and funding gaps.
Education in vulnerable communities of Rwanda.
Education in vulnerable communities of Uganda.
Education in vulnerable communities of Uganda.
Education in vulnerable communities of Uganda.
“What I love about Loom’s work is the finding and accompanying of leaders in East Africa whose concerns, visions and projects are geared towards the well-being of the community. The way you meet and perceive people, live friendships, help, accompany, organize and develop ideas, your faith and trust, the respectful interaction with each other and…
“What I love about Loom’s work is that they only support and promote projects that are started by local people. Together with them, Loom considers how they can provide meaningful and targeted support. This is done with great mutual appreciation.”
“I am fascinated by stories I hear, stories of people, the choices people have, and the decisions they make with them. I heard about Loom from a mutual friend, and what interested me most was Loom’s grassroots approach in lifting vulnerable communities of the world out of poverty through the involvement of their own community…
“My internship as a Field Project Researcher allowed me to develop my research skills and really dig into my education in order to evaluate the information in way that contributed to the holistic and locally-led development goals of Loom. I was challenged by the amount of autonomy that I was given in research, and through…
“I became interested in Loom because of their relationship with the Local Expert and their focus on interdependent relationships on the field. The more I volunteered with them and heard the stories of the incredible people they partnered with, the more I wanted to be a part of their vision. I’ve learned so much about…
“I chose [to intern with] Loom because I knew from a member working there what they are doing and I really liked their vision. At the time, I was working towards my Master’s of Business Administration in Germany. I have learned how my Studies and NPO’s can belong together. My absolute highlight was my marketing…
