African Revival - Investing in Education

What African Revival - Investing in Education does

African Revival (legally AR International) is a UK-registered charity (Charity Reg No. 1108718) founded in 2005 and headquartered in London, delivering education infrastructure and programs in rural Uganda, Zambia, and South Sudan. Its core products include school construction (classrooms, latrines, teacher housing, boreholes, rainwater harvesting tanks) executed using ISSB (interlocking stabilised soil block) technology, an environmentally friendly compressed-soil block method that reduces cement and firewood versus fired brick construction. Adjacent program offerings include water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) infrastructure, literacy initiatives (Read Together, Phonics), early childhood development (Step Up, Jumpstart ECD), a Model EDC Teacher Training Centre, school demonstration farms, and girls' advocacy clubs addressing menstrual hygiene and retention.

The organization serves rural primary and nursery schools and the surrounding communities, with named beneficiary sites including Koboko Primary Schools, Kitgum Core Primary Teacher College, Jiro Primary School, Kozi Primary School, and Lugobo Schools. Programmatic scale encompasses 300+ partnered schools and 120,000+ children supported since inception. The business model is donation- and grant-funded: revenue derives entirely from individual donors, corporate partners, trusts and foundations, and institutional donors including UK AID, the EU, Geneva Global, Education Opportunity Foundation (formerly British Foreign Schools Society), Just A Drop, Haileybury Youth Trust, Book Aid International, Play It Forward, SNV, IIRR, Amplify Change, and others. Operational delivery is community-led, with direct program implementation through school, diocesan, and community partnerships rather than through intermediary NGOs.

Name

African Revival - Investing in Education

Legal name

AR International

Website

https://africanrevival.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2005

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

African Revival (AR International) is a UK-registered charity that has built schools, WASH infrastructure, and education programs for rural primary and nursery schools across Uganda, Zambia, and South Sudan since 2005, funded entirely by donations and grants from institutional and individual donors.

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NAICS

Educational Services (611), Educational Support Services (611710)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

International Development & Donor-Funded Education Programs (EDADALAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Education Access & Quality (International Development) (BPAGABAE), Emergency Education / Education in Emergencies (EiE) (BPADADAN), Education Partnerships for Equity, Inclusion & Gender (EDADALAF)

Keywords

• Education infrastructure development
• School construction services
• Water sanitation hygiene
• Teacher training programs
• Early childhood education

Headquarters

HQ city

Send, Surrey

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations and Charitable Grants: African Revival operates as a registered charity (Charity Reg No. 1108718) funded through individual donors, corporate partners, trusts, foundations, and institutional donors including UK AID, EU, and various NGOs.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

African Revival is a UK-registered charity that constructs and equips rural primary and nursery schools in Uganda, Zambia, and South Sudan — including classrooms, latrines, teacher housing, boreholes, and rainwater harvesting systems using eco-friendly ISSB technology — and runs complementary education programs in literacy, phonics, teacher training, school demonstration farms, girls' advocacy, and early childhood development.

Product overview

African Revival operates a portfolio of interconnected education programs focused on improving quality at nursery and primary schools across Uganda, Zambia, and South Sudan. The core offerings include infrastructure construction (classrooms, latrines, teacher housing, boreholes using eco-friendly ISSB technology), sanitation and water projects, and specialized educational programs including the Read Together literacy initiative, Mega Phonics expansion, Jumpstart ECD programme, Model EDC Teacher Training Centre, School Demonstration Farms, Girls' Advocacy Clubs, and the Step Up Project for early childhood development. These programs work together to transform schools into thriving learning environments.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 120,000 children have fulfilled their potential through African Revival programs
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments2 records

API detail

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No

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Feature1 record

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Just A DropcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2009Supporting water and sanitation projects primarily in Zambia since 2009. Provides adequate latrines, boreholes for drinking water, and hand washing facilities to boost attendance and promote child hygiene.
• Haileybury Youth Trust (HYT)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHYT has been partnering with African Revival on construction projects in Northern Uganda using ISSB technology. They train local residents and refugees in ISSB construction, providing employment and ensuring community can maintain structures.
• Book Aid InternationalcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerProvides over one million new books every year globally. African Revival has distributed books to project schools in Uganda and Zambia, with South Sudan shipments planned.
• Play It ForwardminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSupporting water and sanitation projects at schools in Zambia for many years. Staff often visit schools and have extended support to include classroom and infrastructure builds.
• The Big GiveminorGTM or Marketing PartnerAnnual Christmas Challenge campaign where African Revival joins partners to generate new funding support through matched giving.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• BRAC: Large international development organization operating schools and education programs across multiple African and Asian countries; broader portfolio but overlapping mission in primary education for underserved communities.
• Plan International UK: Large UK-registered children's rights and girls' equality charity with substantial education programs across Africa; broader scope but overlapping donor base, geography, and school-focused interventions.
• Concern Worldwide: Ireland-based international humanitarian organization with integrated education, WASH, and livelihoods programs in Sub-Saharan Africa; comparable integrated rural school model and institutional donor mix.
• Save the Children UK: Major UK-registered international NGO running large-scale education, WASH, and child protection programs in fragile African states, including South Sudan; comparable donor base and country footprint but at much greater scale.

Direct peers

• buildOn: US-based nonprofit that builds schools in developing countries using local labor and community engagement, closely mirroring African Revival's school-construction and community-ownership model across rural Africa and beyond.
• Room to Read: Global nonprofit combining school infrastructure with literacy programs in low-income countries; highly comparable to African Revival's integrated Read Together, Mega Phonics, and school construction portfolio.
• Pencils of Promise: Nonprofit building schools and supporting education programs in developing countries; directly comparable in mission, school-construction focus, and grassroots community partnership model.
• CAMFED: Organization focused on girls' education across sub-Saharan Africa; directly comparable in geography (rural Africa), target beneficiaries, and donor-funded education model.
• SchoolBOX: Charitable organization focused on building schools and supporting primary education in developing regions; directly comparable in mission, school-construction focus, and grassroots community engagement approach.

Emerging players

• Education Cannot Wait: UN-hosted global fund for Education in Emergencies that channels pooled donor funding to NGOs operating in fragile and conflict-affected states; highly relevant as a potential funding partner for African Revival's South Sudan work.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/african_revival
• Facebookfacebook.com/africanrevival
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/africanrevival

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