GLOBAL PARTNERS FOR DEVELOPMENT
320 PROFESSIONAL CENTER DR 120, ROHNERT PARK, CA 95928 www.gpfd.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: GPFD's mission is to take an authentic and sustainable approach to community-driven development in impoverished regions of East Africa. That means supporting schools and community-based organizations to manage education and health interventions that generate lasting change for local people.

Global Partners believes community leadership is the key to responsible and sustainable development and that local people have the right to drive change in their schools and communities. Education is exceedingly important in the fight against poverty, and, accordingly, our Community-Driven Education (CDE) Program:-Mobilizes low performing primary schools and their communities-Places resources and decision-making power in the hands of local people through community meetings facilitated by Global Partners staff -Builds relationships between schools and local people-Betters communities perceptions of the importance of education-Encourages teachers to integrate into communities-Funds projects that impact attendance and other education and health outcomes that are identified, implemented, and planned by communities

Many schools in East Africa lack clean water and adequate sanitation systems. A lack of clean water and sanitation leads to decreases in school attendance, higher dropout rates, and an increase in physical, social, and psychological illnesses. Global Partners responds to communities with water needs through WASH (water, sanitation, and hygiene) projects that provide clean water infrastructure, assistance in water management and sustainability, sanitation facility improvement, and hygiene education. Global Partners WASH projects have been shown to reduce rates of diarrhea and parasitic and respiratory infection and enable students to spend significantly more time on homework.

All children have the right to attend school in a safe environment that is conducive to learning. Unfortunately, many schools throughout East Africa lack suitable spaces to learn. Lack of classrooms leads to overcrowding. Poor structural design leads to classrooms that overheat, leak water, and are poorly ventilated. In addition, a shortage of teacher housing means that teachers have to travel far distances to reach their schools. As a result, weather and transport problems often prevent them from teaching their classes. Global Partners responds to school infrastructure needs identified by schools and communities by partnering with them on projects such as building and renovating classrooms and constructing teacher housing.

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