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)