Link Christmas Challenge – Fiona Anderson

Tonight’s speaker came to us through the power of Zoom! Our first since moving into our new meeting venue, with a couple of members also joining us on Zoom, and, thanks to the IT/digital wizards in the club it went very well! 

Fiona Anderson, Development Manager with Link Education International

Fiona shared with us the underpinning strategy and philosophy for the work that LINK is doing in Ethiopia, Malawi, Rewanda and Uganda, each with its own local director funded by LINK. They are supporting 70-80,000 children at the moment.

Improving learning through enhancing teaching leadership and quality, creating safe and inclusive learning environments. They work with governments and local communities to meet their aims that all children receive an effective and comprehensive education. They use a School Performance Review Cycle as the methodology of choice which covers all the aspects of improvement that you would expect and subsequently deliver the improvement plan drafted in partnership with the community who then monitor progress 

The strategic goals of the charity are

Strengthen education systems

Promote education in emergencies 

Build resilience to climate change

Maximise impact

Advocate for education to be a global priority 

The vote of thanks was given by Rodger Thom