Multiply the future: Fund education
GPE is a unique partnership and proven platform for change, with a track record of mobilizing partners and financing behind country-led reforms anchored in domestic resources.
With a $5 billion replenishment, GPE will mobilize $10 billion in cofinancing for a combined $15 billion investment by 2030.
If we fail to invest now, the cost of our inaction will be a future of deepening inequality, lost potential and rising fragility—for everyone. What we do in the next 5 years will define the next 50.
Malawi: Transforming foundational learning through technology
In Malawi, only 13% of children can read by age 10. To address this crisis, the government launched the Building Education Foundations through Innovation and Technology (BEFIT) program to improve foundational learning through digital tools.
GPE played a catalytic role in supporting the government’s ambition to scale up the program nationwide, providing a $15.2 million Multiplier grant that was unlocked with match funding from several philanthropic funders.
Implemented by Imagine Worldwide, the program uses solar-powered tablets to deliver offline, adaptive learning aligned with the national curriculum.
Accelerating the pace of change
Our expanded investment will double our impact compared to the previous period—driving change at the pace and scale the world’s children deserve.
GPE operates with a small, efficient Secretariat. Despite a 25% increase in the number of partner countries since 2021 and inflationary pressures, we have kept operating costs under 7% of disbursements, minimizing costs to donors and partners. GPE also invests funds awaiting disbursement, generating nearly $250 million between 2021 and 2025—more than our operating expenses in the same period—maximizing the value of every donor contribution.
Investing in education to restore hope in Ukraine
The conflict in Ukraine has disrupted learning for over 5 million children. In response, the government—with support from GPE and partners—launched a program in Odesa and Zhytomyr that trained over 7,400 educators and reached 38,000 students with learning and psychosocial support. A $25.5 million contribution from Google, Microsoft and UNESCO unlocked $25 million from the GPE Multiplier, with additional support from UNICEF. The initiative is now expanding nationwide, with more than 61,000 teachers registered for online training and 39 new digital learning centers helping displaced children continue their education and access critical support.
HE Jakaya Kikwete
GPE Board Chair and former President of the Republic of Tanzania
“The choices we make today will have ripple effects for generations to come. Investment of US$5 billion in GPE will leverage partnerships and financing across 91 low- and lower-middle-income countries to help nearly 750 million children get a better education and break intergenerational cycles of poverty, fragility and inequality. Now is the time to fund education and multiply possibility for us all.”
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