When actions flow from the heart.
That’s human practice.
Where a child is born should not define their future.
The Human Practice Foundation was born from a simple but powerful realization: millions of children are denied education not because of ability, but because of circumstance. What began with a single school in eastern Nepal has grown into a global effort to create opportunity through education, always working side by side with local communities.
1. Infrastructure
We build and renovate public schools to create safe, inclusive environments. The essential foundation for learning to happen.
2. Learning
We work with teachers so that children improve their foundational and socio-emotional skills.
3. Economic empowerment
We support families through income-generating activities, so children can stay in school and thrive beyond it.
+84.000
Children supported with access to better education
171
School building projects across Nepal and Kenya
$52 million
Raised till date to support long-term impact
31%
Improvement in Learning Achievement
26%
Increase in continued education
160%
Increase in family income
The high five of our work
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1. Go where others don’t
We focus on the places children are most often overlooked. Not in capitals. Not where others already operate. From the mountains of Nepal to the Maasai Mara, we go where the need is greatest.
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2. Work beyond the classroom
Education does not happen in isolation. We partner up with teachers and school leaders to improve learning, and with families to strengthen incomes, so children stay in school and succeed.
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3. Own teams on the ground
No intermediaries. No layers. One team. We work directly in the communities we serve, ensuring speed, efficiency, and full accountability for results.
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4. Measure what matters
Results are what count. Attendance. Progress. Dropout rates. Family income. We track what changes and use data to improve continuously.
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5. Direct every donation to impact
100% of public donations go to projects. Thanks to our Founding Partners, all public donations fund work on the ground, ensuring full transparency and measurable impact where it matters most.
Take action
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Support us
You can support our work with a direct donation or choose to get more involved in specific projects or long-term investments
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Partner with us
You can partner with us if you are an individual or company able to contribute pro-bono skills, services, or products.
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Start a fundraiser
You can join our country chapters and support our dedicated teams in raising funds to bring education to more children.
Pernille Kruse Madsen, Founder of Human Practice Foundation
I hold a law degree from the University of Copenhagen and an HD in Finance from Copenhagen Business School. I worked as a lawyer at Gorrissen Federspiel and later as Senior Legal Counsel at Maersk Drilling.
In 2014, although my career was progressing well, I chose to step away. I travelled out into the world in search of a greater sense of meaning.
My journey took me to remote communities in Nepal, far beyond the reach of most development programmes. There I met young girls with virtually no access to education or opportunity, and for whom trafficking and exploitation were not the exception but an expected outcome.
To understand where these girls ended up, I travelled to India. In the brothels there, I met girls who had been trafficked from villages like the ones I had just visited, trapped in exploitation simply because they were born without access to education, protection or opportunity. That day, in a brothel in India, I made a decision: I would do everything I could to prevent other children from ending up in such terrible circumstances, without a future, like the girls I met there.
I realised that trafficking is the visible symptom, but the root causes are poverty, inequality and a lack of quality education. To create lasting change, we had to intervene much earlier. That conviction became the foundation of Human Practice Foundation.
Today, we work for children’s futures on two fronts. In Nepal and Kenya, our model is built for long-term change rather than short-term aid. To transform local communities, we use three levers. We build a strong foundation with good facilities in public schools. We train teachers and school leaders. And we help parents earn an income, so they can send their children to school and support their education.
In Denmark, we run Inner Strength in Danish public schools. The programme strengthens children’s well-being by helping them believe in themselves, accept themselves as they are, improve their focus and build good relationships.
We measure success in outcomes, such as school retention, transition to further education and long-term well-being and mobility, and we work with an international team, boards in Denmark, Sweden and the UK, and partners who see this as a strategic investment in human capital.
For me, this is not just a mission. It is a personal commitment.
