Four Pillars PLUS

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Key Information

The Four Pillars PLUS approach uses scholarships, teacher professional development, mentoring of girls and community participation to improve the quality and relevance of education for orphans and other vulnerable children, especially girls, in primary and secondary school. The foundation of Four Pillars PLUS is to engage communities in the particular challenges facing girls and their families. The PLUS aspect of the program takes into account the culture and context of each project location and incorporates activities that are most appropriate for building support for girls' education, enriching the local economy and ensuring sustainability through education, skills, training and employment.

Lead Implementing Organization(s)

Location(s)

Sub-Saharan Africa

Kenya, Nigeria

Activity URL

https://www.fhi360.org/projects/four-pillars-plus

Government Affiliation

Non-governmental program

Years

2008 - 2018

Partner(s)

Not applicable or unknown

Ministry Affiliation

Unknown

Funder(s)

GE Foundation

COVID-19 Response

Unknown

Geographic Scope

Global / regional

Meets gender-transformative education criteria from the TES  

Unknown

Areas of Work Back to Top

Education areas

Attainment

  • Primary completion
  • Primary enrollment
  • Secondary completion
  • Secondary Enrollment

Other

  • Transition from school to work

Other skills

  • Vocational training

Cross-cutting areas

  • Gender equality
  • Social and gender norms and beliefs

Program participants

Target Audience(s)

Girls (both in school and out of school), Youth

Age

Not applicable or unknown

School Enrolment Status

Not applicable or unknown

School Level

  • Lower primary
  • Upper primary
  • Lower secondary
  • Upper secondary

Other populations reached

  • Boys (both in school and out of school)
  • Community leaders
  • Fathers
  • Mothers
  • Other caregivers
  • Parent-teacher associations/school management committees
  • Religious leaders
  • Teachers - female
  • Teachers - male

Participants include

Not applicable or unknown

Program Approaches Back to Top

Community engagement/advocacy/sensitization

  • Community mobilization
  • General awareness-raising/community engagement

Health and childcare services

  • Adolescent-friendly health services

Learning while working

  • Apprenticeship/internship

Life skills education

  • Gender, rights and power

Mentoring/psychosocial support

  • Adult (non-teacher) mentors

Reducing economic barriers

  • Financial literacy training

School-related gender-based violence

  • Safe and welcoming schools

Teaching

  • In-service teacher training – gender-responsive pedagogy

Tutoring/strengthening academic skills

  • Tutoring - general

Women's empowerment programs

  • Advocacy/action

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Program Goals Back to Top

Education goals

  • Improved academic skills (literacy and numeracy)
  • Increased school completion (general)
  • Increased school enrolment (general)

Cross-cutting goals

  • Changed social norms
  • Improved financial literacy and savings
  • Improved health - other
  • Increased advocacy/civic engagement
  • Increased employment/job-related skills
  • More equitable gender attitudes and norms
  • Reduced school-related gender-based violence (SRGBV)