Our Partners

The work of PEAS would not be possible without the generous support of so many of our partners. The list below is by no means exhaustive and we are extremely grateful to everyone who supports our work.

Costa Foundation

The Costa Foundation support coffee-growing communities around the world. Set up in 2006, the Foundation helps to provide access to education in these communities, as well as supporting the coffee-growers. The Costa Foundation has built 22 schools around the world.
An exciting new partnership is developing between PEAS and the Costa Foundation. The Foundation has funded Hibiscus High School, Ntungamo and Pioneer High School, Mityana, which opened February 2011. It is a partnership we hope that will continue in the future.

ARK (Absolute Return for Kids)
 

ARK is an international charity whose purpose is to transform children's lives. They were founded in 2002 by a group of leaders in the alternative investment industry who decided to pool their skills and resources to improve the life chances of children. ARK projects focus on health in sub-Saharan Africa, education in the UK, US and India and child protection in Eastern Europe.

Together ARK and PEAS plan to set up 10 schools together, the first two of which will open in February 2012.

Teach First

PEAS has developed a ground-breaking partnership with Teach First, a not-for-profit organisation that selects outstanding graduates from Britain's top universities and places them as teachers in 'challenging schools' for a period of at least two years. John Rendel, PEAS CEO, is a Teach First alumni himself and qualified as a maths teachers through the programme.

PEAS send alumni of the Teach First programme to Uganda. These volunteers have two main roles; founding new PEAS schools and helping to develop teaching and learning by transferring the skills and knowledge they have learnt during their time in London schools. Teach First also supports PEAS in many other ways, not least by providing cheap office space in London.

The COINS Foundation

COINS is a company that works in the construction industry, supplying construction and house-building software. Their newly established COINS Foundation aims to fund projects that offer relief to vulnerable and disadvantaged people and communities both in the UK and internationally. We are hugely grateful to the COINS foundation for their support in expanding our school building programme and in facilitating our partnerships with other charities working in our field. 

Got Matar

PEAS is working in partnership with the Got Matar Development Group on the development of a new secondary school serving a rural community in Western Kenya. Find out more about the project here.

The New Forests Company

The New Forests Company is committed to contributing to the local communities where it runs projects and joined with PEAS to support the development of Forest High School.

The Best Practice Network (BPN)

The Best Practice Network is a company whose vision is to be the leading provider of professional development in the Children's Services sector. BPN are fundraising to support PEAS and will fund this year's teacher conference in Uganda, as well as providing expertise in its organisation.

Venture Partnership Foundation (VPF)

VPF is a grant-making foundation dedicated to supporting social entrepreneurs and the charities the run. PEAS is very proud to have been awarded multi-year funding from VPF, which includes both financial support and consultancy.

The Waterloo Foundation

The Waterloo Foundation is a grant-making foundation based in Wales that runs a number of different funding programmes including world development. The Waterloo Foundation has partly funded the construction of a new PEAS school in Northern Uganda (Lamwo Kuc Ki Gen High School) as well as our work with the Ugandan government.

The Laura Case Trust

The Laura Case Trust is helping PEAS put five of our students through university, on the understanding that they will return to PEAS schools for 3 years to act as finance managers and science teachers. The trust awards a grant to PEAS to cover the cost of the students' university fees.

The Equitable Charitable Trust

The Equitable Charitable Trust has given PEAS a three year grant to build and equip laboratories in new PEAS schools. This grant is important in giving PEAS students access to science education.