Supporting the Girl Child (Adopt a School)

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Consistently educating generations is essential to building a greener and more sustainable planet. Evolve Charity Trust creates long-term impact in education through a focused and holistic approach that strengthens both access to learning and the quality of education. By doing so, Evolve empowers children to grow into confident, capable, and active members of society.

Our work is built on three core pillars:

  1. School Supplies
    Providing essential items such as uniforms, sandals, bags, notebooks, and pens to remove barriers to education, especially for girls.
  2. Teacher Education (Inspire)
    Equipping teachers with the skills, mindset, and tools to deliver engaging, inclusive, and impactful learning experiences.
  3. Brighter Minds Training
    Delivering cognitive development programs that enhance thinking skills, focus, emotional balance, and learning ability.Together, these pillars form a sustainable education model that delivers lasting transformation for students, teachers, and communities.

At present, Evolve Charity Trust supports 49 schools across 11 states in Nigeria, impacting over 24,000 girls over six years by providing essential school supplies such as uniforms, sandals, bags, notebooks, and pens. These efforts reduce barriers to education, foster resilience, and build capacity for climate action.

Inspire Teacher Training

Inspire | Integrate | Include – Teacher Training Program

Teacher training at Evolve is not a one-time intervention. It is a structured, three-module journey designed to create sustained impact in schools. The program consists of three distinct modules, each with a specific purpose and
outcome:

Inspire: Inspire is a 3-day experiential workshop for teachers focused on value-based education, discovery-based training, essential life skills, and Heartfulness heart-centered learning. This module equips teachers to create joyful, activity- based classroom environments and lays the foundation for long-term engagement.

Integrate: Integrate supports teachers in embedding the Inspire learnings into everyday classroom practices. It helps translate concepts into regular teaching methods, ensuring consistency, relevance, and meaningful application within the school curriculum.

Include: Include focuses on building internal leadership within schools. One champion teacher from each school is selected and trained to lead weekly group sessions, mentor peers, and sustain the program independently over time.

This three-tiered structure—Inspire, Integrate, and Include—is a key global differentiator for Evolve, ensuring depth, continuity, and long-lasting impact rather than one-off training sessions.

Brighter Minds

Based on the science of Neuroplasticity, Brighter Minds (BM), a Heartfulness initiative, is a training methodology designed to catalyze cognitive growth for children between the ages of 5 and 15 for a lifetime of learning. Using our proprietary interactive tools and techniques, each of our training programs aims at whole brain activation where the right brain is stimulated through exercise, sound waves and relaxation to achieve left-right equilibrium. The result is an intellectually, socially and emotionally brighter mind. This program improves our cognitive development through neuroplasticity using the following programs:

  • Alpha (ages 5–15)
  • Alpha Plus (16–20)
  • Restart (35+)

Presently, we have trained 683 students already in Lagos State & Port Harcourt, Rivers State in Nigeria.

Testimonials

“The support from EVOLVE Charity Trust is truly appreciated, It helps keep our teachers and children in school and has significantly improved their academic performance. We are grateful for this partnership.”

Mrs. Lloyd Akintunde

Principal Omole Senior Grammar School, Lagos

“Our students cannot pay the government – approved levies, they struggle to afford food and other basic needs. We are happy and deeply grateful for this support. Thank you for coming to our aid, Evolve Charity Trust.”

Mrs. Edima C. Eyoo

Principal Community JNR Secondary School, Ogbelle, Rivers State

“I want to thank Evolve Charity Trust for what they gave to us. I don’t have shoes and they gave us sandals. I want to thank Rayhann, Evolve Charity Trust, thank you very much.”

Abdulwzeez Fathia

Student of St. James Grammar School, Oshogbo, Osun State

“Kundila is blessed to be selected amongst all the schools in Kano. For five years now, we have consistently benefited from the support from Polaris Bank and Evolve Charity Trust. Thank you Evolve Charity Trust for remembering our students, teachers and community.”

Mr. Madiebo Godwin

Community Leader, Kundila-Kano

Mental Health & Wellness

To support the mental well-being of students across Africa Evolve has partnered with the Heartfulness Institute, a global organization that offers relaxation and centering techniques free of charge.

Heartfulness aims to reduce the effects of thought pollution through heart-centered relaxation and centering techniques that help students calm their minds focus better and transition smoothly into study mode. By working with the energy of the heart these practices support emotional balance reduce stress and anxiety and improve sleep. Formal meditation practices are introduced only for students aged 15 years and above.

These Heartfulness relaxation techniques and meditation programs are practiced in schools by students and teachers.

FAMILY PLANNING

Securing women’s right to voluntary, high-quality family planning around the world would have powerful positive impacts on the health, welfare, and life expectancy of both women and their children. It also can affect greenhouse gas emissions.

225 million women* in lower-income countries say they want the ability to choose whether and when to become pregnant but lack the necessary access to contraception. The need persists in some high-income countries as well, including the United States where 45 percent of pregnancies are unintended. Currently, the world faces a $5.3 billion funding shortfall for providing the access to reproductive healthcare that women say they want to have.

Carbon footprints are a common topic. Addressing population— how many feet are leaving their tracks-remains controversial despite widespread agreement that greater numbers place more strain on the planet.

* Source: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26956690/

Environment & Reforestation

Our collaboration with the Heartfulness Institute amplifies our environmental commitment. Our pledge is to plant 6,000 trees in India over the next seven years, reflecting our dedication to environmental well-being and responsible stewardship integrated into community projects.