Pilot Projects
Each pilot is shaped by the place it serves. To protect privacy, communities are identified only by general area — our target is at least one Sankofa-led pilot in every volunteer country by the end of 2026.
A chance meeting in October 2025 became a classroom of 95 children. Ten months on, three pilots are running across rural Tanzania, teaching 185 pupils with the resources already at hand.
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Twenty-nine engineering students wrote and refined around fifty course plans using only materials already available in a village classroom — then spent three hours teaching them to 106 tribal schoolchildren, and presented what they learned to an international panel.
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Forty minutes in a school compound with banana fibre, a ball and a group of learners with high support needs — and a lasting lesson about what participation really looks like.
Read the full storySadangi is a tribal village in India, where the Aashraa Foundation first built trust through weekly nutrition kits and quarterly health camps before opening learning centres — a model of community-first engagement now delivering STREAM education to tribal learners.
A creative arts–centred pilot in Kampala where learners explore banana plant fibers and local materials to craft ropes, mats and more — demonstrating how culturally grounded, hands-on learning fosters inclusion and innovation.
An emerging pilot being developed with local volunteers, with on-the-ground narrative support from our Nigeria network.
We’re actively seeking new pilots and the community surveys that make them possible. If you’d like to start a Sankofa programme, we’d love to hear from you.
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