Knowledge matters. What we do with it changes everything.
Great ideas can begin anywhere: in a classroom, on a farm, around a workshop table. World Education Foundation brings these worlds together, connecting academic knowledge with the experience and ingenuity of local communities.
Founded by Marques Anderson in 2010, WE creates opportunities to learn through doing. Our work brings people across disciplines and borders into a shared process of listening, designing and putting ideas into practice.
Every place brings its own knowledge. Follow the connections between our fieldwork, academic collaborations and creative projects.
Places in our story Fieldwork, collaborations & program development
03 THE WORK, UP CLOSE
Many places. A shared possibility.
From early education work in Peru to community research in Myanmar, discover the projects and collaborations that have shaped our journey.
Each story carries its place, period and stage of work.
04 QUESTIONS WORTH EXPLORING
Ideas for what comes next.
Learning models, mineral traceability, community technology and shared futures. Explore the foundation’s research concepts and commitments.
A CHAIN OF LOCAL POSSIBILITY
From the land. To livelihoods. To health.
In DR Congo, connecting local quinine producers with manufacturing in Bukavu linked agricultural knowledge to malaria-treatment production.
364,651+
malaria treatments reported from the raw material supplied
100+
direct or indirect jobs reported across farming, pharmaceuticals and transport
Historical outcomes reported by the foundation in June 2015. These figures describe that program and reporting period.
05 THE WE APPROACH
Start by listening. Learn by doing.
The people closest to a challenge bring essential knowledge. WE:SOLVE brings that knowledge into a practical, collaborative design process.
01 / LISTEN
Begin with people.
Listen to local experience. Ask questions, build trust and understand what matters in daily life.
02 / CONNECT
Learn together.
Bring community knowledge into conversation with learners, practitioners and researchers across disciplines.
03 / MAKE
Give ideas form.
Turn shared questions into sketches, prototypes and practical possibilities that people can explore.
04 / EVOLVE
Test. Reflect. Share.
Learn from what happens, adapt to the setting and carry useful knowledge into the next conversation.
LEARNING IN ACTION
A workshop becomes a place to ask, listen, imagine and create.
06 THE HUMAN PICTURE
A world of stories. Look a little closer.
Moments of work, learning and connection from the foundation’s photography archive. Select a photograph to explore.
Original foundation photography. Oslo exhibition photographs by Rasmus Kongsøre.
07 THE THREAD THAT CONNECTS US
Every person brings a piece of the possibility.
The foundation grew from Marques Anderson’s journey from professional sport into global learning and community development. That journey became a question at the heart of WE: how can people with different experiences learn from one another and build something useful together?
Early foundation accounts also describe sports-development work in East Africa, connecting Marques’s experience in professional sport with opportunities for young people.
Across the work, the commitment is the same: respect local knowledge, connect people across borders and create space for practical learning.
MARQUES ANDERSON Founder, World Education Foundation
