One Big Change Kenya by LocaeRise
Kenya has set the direction.
Now let's help schools make it work.
One Big Change Kenya is building a practical implementation and evidence model that begins with what schools actually need, identifies the barriers preventing implementation and brings the right capability around those barriers.
Founding Catalyst
Catalyst capital to mobilise the Kenyan leadership, institutional pathway, founding-school route, Change Lens, evidence architecture and implementation infrastructure required to launch the founding programme.
Better together. Building better education.
One Big Change Kenya
Founding Catalyst Proposition
Contents
02 / Why Now
The policy direction exists.
The next challenge is implementation.
Kenya has already established the direction of education reform. The opportunity now is to better understand why implementation succeeds in some contexts, stalls in others, and what practical support schools need to move forward.
National Education Direction
Policy framework established
CBE
Competency-Based Education
Assessment
New assessment architecture
Senior School & Pathways
Transition pathways defined
School-Level Implementation
Where policy meets the classroom
"This is where policy meets the classroom."
This Catalyst builds the coordinated structures, partnerships and evidence that turn national education direction into school-level practice.
03 / What's at Stake
The direction is set. The cost of waiting is measured in classrooms.
Kenya has done the hard work of establishing a national direction. The opportunity now is to understand what will help that direction translate into consistent practice across very different school contexts.
The reform window is open now
Kenya's competency-based reforms are live. The momentum and institutional focus around implementation exist today. Implementation support aligned to that window compounds its value.
Another cohort waits
Every term without coordinated implementation support is a cohort of learners and teachers navigating reform alone. The cost is measured in classrooms, not just calendars.
Fragmented efforts stay fragmented
Strong programmes, partners and resources continue to operate in parallel. Without connective infrastructure, the learning across them stays locked and the same barriers recur.
The evidence gap persists
Without a disciplined diagnostic layer, well-intentioned interventions continue to be deployed before the underlying barrier is understood, and the cycle repeats.
Acting now turns momentum into implementation. Waiting lets the window narrow.
A Founding Catalyst Partnership is how the energy around Kenya's reform is captured and directed toward the classroom, this year, not the next planning cycle.
04 / The Implementation Gap
The needs exist. The resources exist. They do not always meet.
What Schools May Need
The Implementation Gap
What the Ecosystem Already Holds
Start with the school.
Illustrative Example
A school may appear to need devices. The underlying barrier might instead be teacher confidence, connectivity, implementation support or the suitability of the technology itself.
Before deploying the solution,
understand the barrier.
05 / Our Difference
Diagnose before we prescribe.
Change Lens™ by LocaeRise
In DevelopmentChange Lens is being developed as the implementation-intelligence layer behind One Big Change. It helps turn fragmented school insight into an actionable sequence.
What is getting in the way?
What matters most?
Who or what can help?
Did the support work?
What can others learn?
06 / Why LocaeRise
We help existing efforts land better.
What One Big Change adds
| Existing Capability | One Big Change Adds |
|---|---|
| Government programmes | School-level implementation intelligence |
| Foundation / NGO programmes | Evidence-led targeting around priority needs |
| Technology and training | Diagnosis before deployment and follow-through afterwards |
| Individual school projects | Learning across schools and contexts |
One Big Change is connective infrastructure for Kenya's education ecosystem.
Why LocaeRise?
Kenyan leadership and advisory architecture being assembled
07 / The Founding Project
Start small. Learn fast. Build with the people already in the system.
Founding County Pathway
The founding county will be confirmed through mobilisation. County engagement will be developed alongside the appropriate national education structures, standards and requirements.
The Catalyst Partner helps us build the mechanism that identifies school needs and mobilises the wider ecosystem around them.
08 / What KSh 12M Buys
KSh 12M buys implementation readiness.
The infrastructure required to launch the founding programme properly.
| Workstream | What It Unlocks | Budget |
|---|---|---|
| Kenya Leadership Mobilisation Operational founding leadership structure. | Operational founding leadership structure. | KSh 1.6m |
| County & Institutional Mobilisation Agreed entry pathway and institutional map. | Agreed entry pathway and institutional map. | KSh 1.8m |
| Change Lens V1 Change Lens V1 implementation-ready. | Change Lens V1 implementation-ready. | KSh 2.5m |
| School & Feasibility Preparation Qualified founding-school pipeline. | Qualified founding-school pipeline. | KSh 1.4m |
| Evidence & MEAL Architecture Founding evidence architecture. | Founding evidence architecture. | KSh 1.2m |
| Legal, Governance, Safeguarding & Data Founding assurance pack. | Founding assurance pack. | KSh 1.1m |
| Traction Partner Mobilisation Qualified partner/resource pipeline. | Qualified partner/resource pipeline. | KSh 0.8m |
| Travel, Meetings & Mobilisation Logistics Programme mobilisation completed. | Programme mobilisation completed. | KSh 1.0m |
| Contingency / Final Readiness Programme fully mobilised and ready. | Programme fully mobilised and ready. | KSh 0.6m |
| Total | KSh 12.0M | |
Budget Allocation
KSh 12.0M total
Indicative working catalyst budget, subject to final validation before commitment.
Today
Programme architecture + emerging relationships
Catalyst
6–8 Weeks Later
Leadership structure confirmed
Institutional entry route agreed
Founding-school pipeline
Change Lens V1
Evidence architecture
Governance / safeguarding / data readiness
Partner pipeline
Fully scoped 90-day founding implementation programme
09 / Why Equity Group Foundation
Why Equity Group Foundation?
Equity has already demonstrated the power of combining education, leadership development, long-term partnership and investment in Kenyan potential at scale.
One Big Change addresses a different but complementary layer: the conditions that help national education ambition translate into implementation at school level.
Wings to Fly
Individual learner opportunity and leadership development
One Big Change
School-level implementation barriers and coordinated capability
Common ground:
EducationLeadershipOpportunityPartnershipEvidenceKenyan capabilityIf Equity chose to become the Anchor Founding Catalyst Partner:
Their support would help move One Big Change Kenya from programme design into implementation readiness.
A mobilised Kenyan founding team
A credible county & institutional entry route
Change Lens V1 ready for founding implementation
Founding-school & partner pipelines
A fully scoped, evidence-ready 90-day founding programme
What would Equity receive?
Founding Catalyst Partner recognition (if desired)
Agreed output reporting
Catalyst completion & readiness report
Structured implementation learning
Appropriate participation in selected learning conversations
Aggregated insight relevant to education implementation (subject to confidentiality and data rules)
First conversation about participation in the founding implementation phase (where there is genuine mutual fit)
Help us build the bridge between national ambition and school-level implementation.
Our Ask to Equity Group Foundation
Founding Catalyst Partnership
6-8 weeks
Catalyst
KSh 12m
Founding Implementation
Indicative KSh 84.37m
Controlled Scale
Subject to evidence and agreement
One Big Change Kenya by LocaeRise
Start with the school. Build the evidence. Scale what works.
Better together. Building better education.
One Big Change Kenya by LocaeRise
Founding Catalyst Proposition
Prepared for:
Kenya has set the direction.
Now let's help schools make it work.
One Big Change Kenya is building a practical implementation and evidence model that begins with what schools actually need, identifies the barriers preventing implementation and brings the right capability around those barriers.
Founding Catalyst
Ready to Build → Ready to Implement
Better together. Building better education.
One Big Change Kenya
Founding Catalyst Proposition
Contents
Better together. Building better education.
02 / Why Now
The policy direction exists. The next challenge is implementation.
Kenya has already established the direction of education reform. The opportunity now is to better understand why implementation succeeds in some contexts, stalls in others, and what practical support schools need to move forward.
03 / What's at Stake
The direction is set. The cost of waiting is measured in classrooms.
The reform window is open now
Kenya's competency-based reforms are live. The momentum and institutional focus around implementation exist today.
Another cohort waits
Every term without coordinated implementation support is a cohort of learners and teachers navigating reform alone.
Fragmented efforts stay fragmented
Strong programmes, partners and resources continue to operate in parallel. Without connective infrastructure, the learning across them stays locked.
The evidence gap persists
Without a disciplined diagnostic layer, well-intentioned interventions continue to be deployed before the underlying barrier is understood.
04 / The Implementation Gap
The needs exist. The resources exist. They do not always meet.
What Schools May Need
Implementation Intelligence
What the Ecosystem Holds
Illustrative Example
A school may appear to need devices. The underlying barrier might instead be teacher confidence, connectivity, implementation support or the suitability of the technology itself.
Before deploying the solution, understand the barrier.
05 / Our Difference
Diagnose before we prescribe.
Listen
Understand
Prioritise
Match
Implement
Evidence
Learn
Sustain
Change Lens™ by LocaeRise
In DevelopmentThe implementation-intelligence layer behind One Big Change.
06 / Why LocaeRise
We help existing efforts land better.
One Big Change is not a replacement for existing programmes. It is the connective layer that helps them reach the right schools, address the right barriers, and learn from each other.
| Existing Capability | One Big Change Adds |
|---|---|
| Government programmes | School-level implementation intelligence |
| Foundation / NGO programmes | Evidence-led targeting around priority needs |
| Technology and training | Diagnosis before deployment and follow-through afterwards |
| Individual school projects | Learning across schools and contexts |
One Big Change is connective infrastructure for Kenya's education ecosystem.
Why LocaeRise?
How we connect
Kenyan leadership and advisory architecture being assembled
07 / The Founding Project
Start small. Learn fast. Build with the people already in the system.
Founding County Pathway
The founding county will be confirmed through mobilisation. County engagement will be developed alongside the appropriate national education structures, standards and requirements.
The Help We Are Bringing
SYSTEM
IMPLEMENTATION
EVIDENCE
CAPABILITY
COORDINATION
The Catalyst Partner helps us build the mechanism that identifies school needs and mobilises the wider ecosystem around them.
08 / What KSh 12M Buys
KSh 12M buys implementation readiness.
The infrastructure required to launch the founding programme properly.
| Workstream | What It Unlocks | Budget |
|---|---|---|
| Kenya Leadership Mobilisation | Operational founding leadership structure. | KSh 1.6m |
| County & Institutional Mobilisation | Agreed entry pathway and institutional map. | KSh 1.8m |
| Change Lens V1 | Change Lens V1 implementation-ready. | KSh 2.5m |
| School & Feasibility Preparation | Qualified founding-school pipeline. | KSh 1.4m |
| Evidence & MEAL Architecture | Founding evidence architecture. | KSh 1.2m |
| Legal, Governance, Safeguarding & Data | Founding assurance pack. | KSh 1.1m |
| Traction Partner Mobilisation | Qualified partner/resource pipeline. | KSh 0.8m |
| Travel, Meetings & Mobilisation Logistics | Programme mobilisation completed. | KSh 1.0m |
| Contingency / Final Readiness | Programme fully mobilised and ready. | KSh 0.6m |
| Total | KSh 12.0M | |
Budget Allocation
KSh 12.0M total
Indicative working catalyst budget, subject to final validation before commitment.
Today
Programme architecture + emerging relationships
Catalyst
6–8 Weeks Later
• Leadership structure confirmed
• Institutional entry route agreed
• Founding-school pipeline
• Change Lens V1
• Evidence architecture
• Governance / safeguarding / data readiness
• Partner pipeline
• Fully scoped 90-day founding implementation programme
09 / Why Equity Group Foundation
Why Equity Group Foundation?
Equity has already demonstrated the power of combining education, leadership development, long-term partnership and investment in Kenyan potential at scale. One Big Change addresses a different but complementary layer: the conditions that help national education ambition translate into implementation at school level.
Wings to Fly
Individual learner opportunity and leadership development
One Big Change
School-level implementation barriers and coordinated capability
What Equity's support unlocks:
10 / Our Ask to Equity Group Foundation
Founding Catalyst Partnership
6-8 weeks
Catalyst
KSh 12m
Founding Implementation
Indicative KSh 84.37m
Controlled Scale
Subject to evidence & agreement
Next Step
Founding Catalyst Conversation
Yvonne Buluma-Samba · Founder & Framework Director, LocaeRise | One Big Change Kenya
ybuluma@locaerise.com
Start with the school. Build the evidence. Scale what works.
Better together. Building better education.