Education in this sense is a tool for individual and community empowerment and transformation. Our approach is informal, challenging and exciting. You do not need any formal qualifications to take part, just a commitment to learning and change. Programmes and activities are open to individuals, community groups, faith-based organizations and public institutions, and we can tailor programmes flexibly to suit your organization's needs. We also hold one-off community arts events and workshops around specific issues.
Our approach owes a lot to the techniques pioneered by Paulo Freire and supplemented by practice elsewhere. We also draw upon organizing principles derived from Saul Alinsky and others.
These techniques and principles have been successfully adopted by community organizations, faith-based groups and issue-based networks in many countries. The Freire Institute welcomes enquiries from anywhere around the world, and we seek to co-operate with other Paulo Freire-related institutes and organizations.
