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Meet Joy, a teacher in St Patrick Primary School in Jinja, Uganda. Jinja  is a city in the Eastern Region  of Uganda , located on the north shore of Lake Victoria .   The biggest local employer is the Kakira Sugar Works  (KSW), a member of the Madhvani Group  of companies. KSW is one of the largest sugar factories in East Africa, employing over 7,500. The factory burns bagasse  byproducts from sugar manufacturing to generate 50 megawatts of electricity for internal use and sa

Meet Heleen, part of the leadership team at GROW Daycare in Bourj Hammoud, Beirut, Lebanon. Hellen is from the Netherlands and works as a speech therapist, training caregivers in how to support children in their language development. Day-to-day life in Bourj Hammoud, one of Beirut’s most distinctive and densely populated neighbourhoods, is vibrant, hectic, deeply communal, and shaped by decades of history—especially its strong Armenian heritage. Although the area has become m

Meet Sahr, proprietor of Christ Our King School in Sierra Leone. He is also the pastor of a local church. Sierra Leone derives its name from the Lion Mountains near its capital, Freetown. In the late 18th century, some African Americans who had fought for the British Crown during the American Revolutionary War were resettled in Sierra Leone, forming a community named Black Loyalists . This resettlement scheme was partly motivated by social issues in London, with the Sierr

Meet Mireille, Site Manager at Grow Preschool in Bourj Hamoud, Beirut, Lebanon. Bourj Hammoud is located just off of the highway and surrounded by the communities of Dora , Karantina , Sin el Fil and Achrafieh . The founding father of Bourj Hammoud and its municipality was the Armenian Catholic Father Boghos Ariss who was instrumental in laying the foundations of a bustling city and center for the Lebanese Armenian community and served as its mayor for many years. Bourj Hamm

Meet Karna, Head Teacher of Immanuel D. B. School in Dhanghadi in Western Nepal. Dhangadhi's economy is predominantly based on agriculture. The fertile plains surrounding the city make it an ideal location for cultivating crops such as rice, wheat, sugarcane, maize, and vegetables. Dhangadhi is the gateway to nearby tourist places like Shuklaphanta National Park , Ghodaghodi Lake and Khaptad National Park . It is the connecting city between nearby cities of Mahendranagar , A

Tomorrow, the world gathers to mark UNICEF's World Children’s Day, a day devoted to the rights, hopes, and limitless potential of every child. It's a day to reflect on who we are, and who we must become, for the sake of the next generation. But as we raise our voices for children, I want to begin with a truth that is too often overlooked: Children may carry our future, but teachers carry our children. We cannot meaningfully honour children without honouring the people who gui

Today, I want to show you what it looks like when reflection becomes action. At Aprender, we have always believed that education is the human engine of progress, the quiet force that shapes every future, every innovation, every society. But for too long, quality teacher training and school leadership support have remained out of reach for the very communities who need them most. We were determined to change that. So, in partnership with Ontum Education ( Ontum.co ), we built

Reflections on Education and the Future of Progress.  Part 3. Technology, humanity and the shared pursuit of education for all If we can now see the divided world clearly, then the question becomes: what next? The answer begins, as it always has, with education. Because education is how humanity remembers itself. It is how we choose coherence over chaos, purpose over power, and compassion over complacency. At Aprender, we believe the next chapter of progress depends not on in

Part 2. What Does This All Mean, Then? Dystopian Utopia we call progress.  If the world is divided between its utopia and its dystopia, what does that leave for the rest of us, those trying to teach, to lead, to make sense of both? It means we are living inside a new architecture of illusion. We call it progress, but it has taken the shape of reality bubbles: self-contained worlds of abundance and access, floating side by side, giving the impression that humanity is moving fo

The Dystopian Utopia We Call Progress We stand at the height of human innovation and at the edge of a quiet collapse. Artificial intelligence can dream, diagnose, and write symphonies. Satellites can map every inch of our planet in real time. We are, by every measurable standard, living in a utopia of possibility. And yet, half the world still waits for light. Children study beneath flickering candles, teachers cross rivers to reach their classrooms, schools operate without p

We showcased our new tech to the teachers there, joined by our new technology partner, Ontum, and working alongside our long-term partner in Uganda, the Jinja Educational Trust.

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