Inspiring, training and supporting teachers working in communities affected by conflict, displacement and poverty

Creating hope for the next generation

MEP is a teacher training organisation holding to no fixed ideology. It was built by teachers who understand the demands of the job. We have over 20 years’ experience working in refugee camps, migrant schools and in other marginalised communities.

Finding the Middle Way

How we work

Mobile: We use mobile units of trainers to reach scattered communities

Education: We take a practical approach, valuing both the ‘progressive’ and the ‘traditional’

Partnerships: When required, we work alongside teachers providing in-class training and support over an extended period, so building professional partnerships tailored to the needs of the teacher.

In addition:

MEP delivers courses for teachers wishing to gain an internationally recognised certificate from Cambridge University

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"AN EXCELLENT AND CONSTRUCTIVE INITIATIVE"

TESTIMONIALS & AWARDS

WILL MILLARD (MEP PATRON)
Sponsoring MEP in the Great North Run

"THE PIONEERING SPIRIT AND REMARKABLE TENACITY IN ESTABLISHING TEACHER TRAINING, MAKES ME VERY PROUD TO BE NAMED AS THEIR PATRON"

Over the years, a number of supporters have raised thousands of pounds by taking part in the Great North Run. We are very grateful to them for raising funds which have allowed us to develop our projects

Awarded Tefl.com
Charity of the Year 2011

Nominated for the Guardian International Development Achievement Award 2013

British International Schools Awards 2018
Harrow International School Bangkok won the British International Schools Award for ‘Outstanding Community Project’, which was, in fact, the work done in conjunction with MEP on the Thai/Myanmar border and inside Myanmar itself. One of its main features has been the award of Cambridge certificates to over 600 teachers in the migrant and refugee communities and inside Burma.
Entries for the British International Schools Awards came from schools in 38 countries. In this context the award validates this project as being the best of its type in the world.

Journeys on the Edge

Journeys on the Edge traces the growth of Mobile Education Partnerships, an educational charity built from scratch by teachers, which became an international award-winning organisation. MEP works with communities ‘on the edge’, many displaced by war, poverty and oppression inside Burma (aka Myanmar) and on the Thai/Burma border. This is not a sentimental presentation of ‘victimhood’ but a very candid, sympathetic and human exploration of how an organisation was built in these challenging circumstances.

“I felt there was an important story to tell which had universal appeal. As ordinary teachers, we had become involved in an endeavour that was profoundly extraordinary, something which inspired us to take outrageous risks. What we did touched the lives of thousands of people. and our own lives would never be the same again.”

- Bob Anderson, author of Journeys on the Edge and Founder of MEP

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