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Educat

Education Catalyst

 

 

Educat has started up as an NGO in Rwanda and Denmark, where it does fundraising. It aims to sell professional coaching services in Rwanda and thereby earn what it needs to help micro-entrepreneurs (such as street-vendors). It is lead by Andreas Nørlund who was inspired by the KAOS Pilot educational approch to entrepreneurship in Denmark.

 

Through training of trainers, specified coorporate coaching, and training of young entrepreneurs Educat plans to introduce entreprenurship education in Rwanda. The vision is a one-year diploma program. The training sessions cost a minimum fee as Educat wish to become a sustainable do-good-business, and to get away from the culture of dependcy on aid.

 

The youth in Rwanda needs to take their own initiative and create their own future. Educat wish to assist with this. In addition, Educat works closely with YES Rwanda to help young entrepreneurs set-up or expand their business, by building on the skills of the Rwandan youth.

 

 

 

Educat works on

• Setting-up entreprenurial coaching programms to help the Rwandan youth (18-35) build and expand their means of obtaining a sustainable income.
• Coaching and coaching programmes for entreprenurial teachers, promoting appreciative enquire and other best practice approches from Kaospiloterne in Denmark and well-tested ILO training programms.
• Establishing a high-education institute for entrepreneurial learning in Kigali, Rwanda.
• The REAL Platform traning and coaching in entrepreneurship and leadership.
• Becomming sustainable business with a big CSR policy.

 

Educat Rwanda offers

• Proffessional coaches to SMEs and larger corporations
• The Micro Entreprenurial trianing (MET) programme for young Rwandans under 35 with YES Rwanda

 

Educat Denmark offers

• A volunteer network, where you can share your experience and assist in promoting the good work Educat does in Rwanda.
• Educat also seek to change development aid so that it becomes sustainable, hence people with similar ideas are encouraged to join and help shape development policy.
• Currently, there are networks in Copenhagen and Århus but new initiatives are welcome.

 

Purpose

• To create a sustainable development in Rwanda by focusing on entrepreneurial coaching.

 

Other relevant information

• Founded in: 2009.
• Religious or political affiliations: Development must be sustainable.
• Open for new members: yes.
• How to join a programme: Participants for the MET are chosen based on surveys that Educat itself carries out. Thus, walk-inregistrations are not likely to get in although it is not impossible.
• Demands for membership: You don't have to be a member to either help or to receive help, however fomal membership is 150 kr.

 

Financial information

• Donors: DANIDA, GIZ, Pokerstars, the GIA group
• Expenses: For MET, rwandan facilities, staff, the diploma Programme.
• Number of Employees: App. 8 in Rwanda.
• Lacks? Fundraising to create an entrepreneurial educational facility