Education & Protection

Helping children feel safe, included, and ready to learn.

1. Making Education Inclusive

Every child has the right to learn. We support girls and children with disabilities to access school, raise awareness about their rights, and train teachers to meet diverse needs.

2. Promoting Children’s Rights

We work with parents, teachers, and community leaders to help them understand their role in protecting and supporting children’s education, especially for those most at risk.

3. Creating Safe Learning Spaces

We improve school infrastructure to help all children access education,and stay in school. By tackling practical barriers like distance from home, unsafe buildings, and inaccessible facilities, we make learning safer and more inclusive.

4. Working in Partnership

We recognise that local communities are best placed to identify solutions to their development needs. We work in partnership with parent teacher associations, schools, and local government to improve education to create solutions that last.
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Classrooms Without Borders: Good Neighbours UK Brings Nepal’s Inclusion Story to York St John

James Gold from Good Neighbours UK (GNUK) recently delivered a guest lecture at York St John University, as part of the first-year Sociology modu...
Marc Greene (Chief Executive Canopi Foundation & Education Saves Lives) with Zarina Douglas-Sori, Chief Executive, Good Neighbours UK

Wa Kanday Gooro! Bringing Accessible Health Education to Zarma-Speaking Communities

Marc Greene (Chief Executive Canopi Foundation & Education Saves Lives) with Zarina Douglas-Sori, Chief Executive, Good Neighbours UK ...
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Promising Signs: Follow-Up Research Shows Shifting Attitudes Among Young People in Ghana (Get the Report here)

In 2023, Good Neighbours UK and Good Neighbors Ghana began working with the University of Manchester on a research partnership to understand and ...

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Zarina Douglas-Sori
Chief Executive
Zarina studied international development at the University of East Anglia and since 2001 has worked for charitable organisations in the United Kingdom and overseas in the fields of poverty alleviation, inclusion, food security and sustainability.

Zarina is passionate about community-led development and empowering minority and disadvantaged groups to lead positive and impactful development and social change. Prior to joining Good Neighbours UK, Zarina worked as a grant officer for Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust. Zarina has experience of leading and managing development programmes. She spent 13 years in West Africa supporting farming families to improve their subsistence and commercial agriculture. Zarina is bi-lingual in English and French and loves learning languages. In her free time Zarina enjoys crochet, karate and yoga.