What We Do

Why We Lead With Education

Across the communities we serve, the biggest barrier to better health, food security and environmental resilience is rarely a lack of solutions - it's limited access to the knowledge and skills needed to use them. That is why BWI puts education at the center of our work: we carry out applied research, then turn what we learn into training, tools and curricula that teachers, farmers, health workers and researchers can put to use directly.

In practice, that means equipping smallholder farmers with the knowledge to manage pests, disease and climate pressure on their crops; training community health workers to respond to neglected tropical diseases such as malaria and sleeping sickness; and building the research and teaching capacity of the scientists and institutions who carry this work forward long after any single project ends.

Our Focus Areas

Headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya, BWI was founded in 2019 to address the interlinked challenges of limited education access, poor health, low agricultural productivity and environmental degradation facing communities across Africa. We work at the intersection of education, health, food security and environmental sustainability, guided by our Harmony Nexus Approach - a framework that treats human, animal, plant and environmental health as connected, rather than separate problems.

Capacity-building is central to this work. We invest in training researchers, teachers and institutions across Africa, with a particular commitment to empowering women and young people to lead the next generation of research, education and innovation on the continent.

How We Work

Our approach combines three things: a founding methodology, multidisciplinary expertise, and a wide network of partners.

• Harmony Nexus Approach (HNA): Our founding methodology - a holistic approach that treats human, animal, plant and environmental health as interconnected, so our education and research programs address root causes rather than symptoms.
• Multidisciplinary teams: We bring together entomologists, biologists, social scientists and educators, because the challenges facing the communities we work with rarely fit within a single discipline.
• Partnerships: Our research and training are carried out with more than 70 national systems, research institutes and universities across Africa, Europe and Latin America - extending our reach, and strengthening the capacity of our partners as much as our own.