Projects – Page 2

Full-Scale Project for the Non-Profit CENPEC by Magali Lopes

Magali Lopes, a great ambassador for pro-bono Action Learning in Brazil, discusses a full-scale project she worked on for the non-profit CENPEC, the Center for the Study and Research in Education, Culture, and Community Action. CENPEC, has been around for over thirty years. Their mission is to improve the quality of education for Brazil’s impoverished […]

Supporting the Karibu Centre in Nairobi

WIAL Better World promotes Action Learning through pro-bono coaching. WIAL is working with the Karibu Centre, located in a suburb of Nairobi, Kenya. They educate approximately 100 underprivileged pre-schoolers in Swahili and English, to assist them in obtaining placements in state-run Kindergarten. Without both languages, these youngsters are unlikely to start school. In addition to […]

Action Learning helping a Kyrgyzstan NGO

The goal of the WIAL Better World program is to help executive teams and upper management of non-profits grow professionally using pro-bono Action Learning coaching. Vice President of WIAL Global, Sudeep Mohandas, shares his experience working with a new, grassroots organization for women in Kyrgyzstan. These women had no previous professional organizational experience. Through workshops […]

Action Learning Helps a Small Village in Burkina Faso Discover Alternative Ideas for Accessing Safe Water

Burkina Faso, in West Africa, has one of the lowest levels of HDI (Human Development Index) in the world. It’s comprised of thousands of villages all suffering from the chronic problems of high unemployment, extreme poverty, child labor, dangerous living conditions due to civil unrest, and limited access to safe water. Senior Action Learning Coach […]

WIAL Action Learning Helps to Improve Curricular Offerings

WIAL Better World is working with Vida Jovem (Young Life), a Brazilian NGO that provides professional training and other development opportunities for vulnerable young people ages 14 to 21, with the aim to help them find job placements. Cristine Napoli, a volunteer WIAL Action Learning Coach in Brazil, has provided action learning coaching for the […]

BETTER WORLD FUND HAS GLOBAL IMPACT

At WIAL, we believe Action Learning can help to make the world a better place. One of the ways this is possible is with the WIAL Better World Fund, which supports many worthwhile community-based organizations through action learning services. Our funding recipients include organizations and individuals all over the world that are working to improve […]

Action Learning Drives Rebuilding of Community Library

Hurricane Maria devastated the Caribbean country of Dominica in 2017 and particularly destroyed all libraries. Of significance is the library in the Portsmouth community because it serves several villages, that even prior to the hurricane did not provide the best home settings for learning. The Chief Librarian, Ms. Vernanda Raymond, brought the problem to an […]

Action Learning Improves Cross-functional Communications for a Non-Profit in Taiwan

The ZS Foundation Taiwan is a non-profit that assists at-risk youth in Taiwan, Vietnam, Burma, and the Yun-nan province in China. The CEO of this organization attended an Action Learning workshop led by May Han (PALC) in the spring of 2018. The Foundation´s CEO thought Action Learning would benefit the staff of his employees by […]

Pro-bono Program Transforms Lar da Bencao Divina, a Brazilian Non-Profit

In 2015, the World Institute for Action Learning (WIAL), created the Better World Program. The goal was to bring Action Learning to others in a socially responsible way, by encouraging Action Learning Coaches to share their skills pro-bono with non-profit organizations to help these organizations solve problems in a more creative way, to improve functionality […]

A Solution Space for Freelancers & Solopreneurs – Another Audience for Action Learning

Traditionally, Action Learning takes place within large corporations. A new program, Your Solution Space, found a broader application of Action Learning that can benefit many more constituents than was initially thought after a successful trial in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Feelancers and solopreneurs enjoy more flexibility, and the freedom to work. There are many digital nomads […]