As we work towards promoting more responsive and inclusive education in Kuwait, we want to share our learnings and tools so that others may join us on this journey.
Our white paper
Here you will find more details about how and why Aswatna came into existence, an analysis of the demographics of each cohort and the issues they identified, as well as lessons learned from our major stakeholders—the en.v team, trainers, and of course the participants. We close with recommendations for schools, students, organizers, and other stakeholders who may want to adopt Aswatna into their own spaces.
Unveiling Educational Challenges
Key insights and learnings for implementation
Our data
Interested in learning more about how we could build youth agency, develop more responsive and participatory programs, or create more inclusive spaces? Check out our recommendations and toolkits for youth leaders, educators, administrators and anyone else willing to do the work!
68
Students who completed the training
62
Number of Ideathon participants
22
Schools students came from
88
Issues identified by students during PAR module
6
Issues being addressed in our pilot projects (school governance, inclusion, curriculum diversity, mental health, safe spaces, discrimination)
1,203
Number of people interviewed / surveyed through PAR projects
The ideathon generating ideas for the future
Students’ research was also used as the foundation for our Aswatna Ideathon, which took place in December 2022 and brought our participants back together with other youth, activists, educators and administrators, to collectively design innovative pilot projects based on their findings and experiences. We are excited to see what else we can learn and what opportunities emerge as we kick off these collaboration experiments in the new year! Below are four projects that went into the pilot phase