Why Us
Human Practice Foundation builds and restructures schools in parts of the world where it’s needed the most. We believe that schools create lives. That’s why we create schools. Schools are the most effective way to bring about positive change.
All over the world, schools make up the most fundamental part of our communities. All children deserve to be part of a school with quality education that enables them to build a life of their own – a life where they have the power to shape their own future.
Transparent
At Human Practice Foundation we believe that donors and beneficiaries alike deserve total clarity and transparency about their donations.
Therefore, we allocate 100% of project donations directly to those in need with zero leakage through the support of a group of Founding Partners, who pay all the foundation’s administrative costs.
Local
We believe that change starts where help is needed, which is why we work with our own implementing organizations on the ground in Nepal and Kenya.
This means our projects can be implemented with full agility and our programs can be iteratively improved through local co-creation.
Holistic
We never initiate a project by asking ourselves how much it can be scaled, but rather how deep we can anchor our support. Our work does not stop until we have given children the best conditions to create a better future for themselves and our schools have become top-performing public schools with thriving students. This is the cornerstone of our Holistic Community Approach.
LATEST NEWS
Our 2021 Impact Report
The report highlights both the Human Practice Foundation’s impact to date and what we have learned over the years, as we look to the future. Among many highlights, please find a few of our key results on education from a baseline survey (2018-2021) att 33 of our schools where we have implemented our Full School Model:
- Grade 12 graduation has increased by 121%
- English grades at Secondary level have increased by 78%
- The drop-out rate has decreased by 35%
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+34,000
children helped since 2014.
18.7
million USD raised since 2014.
91
school building projects –
now working towards 150.
33%
better grade averages at the 33 schools where our Quality Education Program has been implemented in Nepal.
1,000+
farmers reached. Towards 2022, we’ll expand the coffee program to cover an additional 1400 farmers and their 5000 family members.
35%
lower drop-out rates at the 33 schools where our Quality Education Program has been implemented in Nepal.
The Human Practice Foundation is working towards achieving the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
The Human Practice Foundation is working towards achieving the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
HPF Child Empowerment Model
Our Work
Human Practice Foundation creates schools, quality education, and entrepreneurial projects that give children and their communities the power to create a better future. We see schools as our starting point for making a positive impact on the entire community, both creating local jobs, better education, and long-term development projects.
We approach all our projects with business strategic methods, thus minimizing bureaucracy and maximizing the positive impact on children and their communities.
Thanks to our founding partners, which covers all administration costs, 100% of all donations are allocated directly to our projects with full transparency.
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Our Locations
Nepal
28.6% of Nepal’s population is still multidimensionally poor. Affected by many years of civil war and earth- quakes, the Nepalese government is not capable of improving the quality of the school system alone. Human Practice Foundation works in Nepal, building schools, establishing quality education, and launching entrepreneurial projects to help the local business community.
Kenya
36% of the total population in Kenya live in absolute poverty and the educational system lacks the means to facilitate the changes needed to secure the children a future of their own. Human Practice Foundation is present in the rural areas of Kenya, building new schools, strengthening local businesses, and training teachers to heighten the overall level of education.
Denmark
In Denmark Human Practice Foundation works at public schools where an increasing number of Danish students experience stress, loneliness, depression, and anxiety, which often leads to withdrawal from social contexts. The foundation works to battle this development, making sure that all children have the ability to learn, thrive, and succeed.
Who We Are
HPF was founded by Ms. Pernille Kruse Madsen in 2014, a former corporate lawyer turned activist. Pernille decided to commit her life to providing education and opportunities for those most in need after witnessing the devastating fates of girls without access to education.
Pernille was joined by a group of visionary business people, our Founding Partners, who have supported HPF with strategic guidance and full funding of the organisation’s Copenhagen-based Management Team. All HPF’s overhead expenses are funded by the Founding Partners.
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