Funded by the Old Dart Foundation and partnered with the Ministry of Education and Amazonas and Puno’s regional governments.
The Brighter Futures project provides better educational services to children from native communities in rural and border areas. It works with 8 schools in Puno and 8 schools in the Amazonas, all located far away from electrical networks that deem these schools too costly to be reached, aiming to create a roadmap for national public schools in rural areas.
Parents and teachers from the Aimara, Awajún and Wampis communities will actively operate and maintain the sustainable energy, connectivity, sanitation, information and communication technologies that power up the schools. The knowledge created by the community and the project team will be passed from generation to generation, given that the school curriculum will incorporate environmental education, with a focus on circular economy and renewable energy.
Due to the pandemic and the increasing importance of remote learning, educational apps in native languages will be available for the 16 schools and a further 225k children in indigenous communities throughout the country who need access to education.
2019 – 2022
Peru
Energy access
Title: Brighter Futures. Making quality education a reality in rural schools in Peru
Dates: November 2019 – October 2022
Location: 5 communities in Condorcanqui, Amazonas and 4 communities in Huancané, Puno – Peru
Our role: We’re problem solvers, bringing together the institutions that can make the 16 schools the seed of inclusive, just, sustainable education for all children in rural areas of Peru.
Participants: 700 students and 14 teachers in 16 schools are part of the pilot intervention. Through the educational apps, 225k students from indigenous communities.
Project Budget: 1.2 million GBP
Theme: Energy access
Partners: Ministry of Education, regional governments of Amazonas and Puno, educational communities of the 16 educational institutions, local authorities, among others.
Lead Donor: Old Dart Foundation
of schools have access to basic services
of fourth-graders achieved satisfactory mathematics skills, and 11% in reading
This project will help children in rural communities access a safe, healthy and stimulating learning environment that allows them to achieve their full potential.
Our school model, which offers a sustainable alternative to communities in remote locations, has the potential to transform the lives and futures of over a million children and their families struggling to receive a quality education. Moreover, the roadmap for schools in rural areas, designed at regional and national levels, enables this model to be replicated with private and public funds, generating positive outcomes beyond its initial reach.
The dream is big, but I believe that this project will leave its mark, and it will have sustainability in the future (…) so that our children will be the ones to guide the development of our district, our province, our region, and why not, our country as well
Víctor Choquetico, head of the school in Paria Ocopampa, Puno
The project has created alliances and extended its reach beyond its initial communities in just over a year. Collaboration between different levels of government, the private sector, and families leads to long-lasting solutions to address the obstacles associated with rural schooling. In addition, the project contributes to the development of a school model that supports access to quality education and basic services.
This project contributes to progress against four of the 17 SDGs.
Goal 4: Quality Education
Brighter Futures pursues creating a model that secures quality education and can be replicated in rural areas facing the same challenges.
Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation
Clean water access and proper sanitation are key components of the schools as they are pillars of the children and their families health.
Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy
The schools are provided with energy that generates access to new technologies and learning tools for the children and their teachers and heats the water in the Andean region.
Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities
Through access to education in native languages, Brighter Futures promotes learning opportunities equal to all children.
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