International Network for Development




	introduction

	aims and ethos

	focus on education

	the Koya

	multilingual education

	update

	contact

Introduction to INfD

Marginalised people are deprived of the health, education and work opportunities that most of us take for granted. Not only are resources for them limited, but even where they are available, access to them can be difficult or impossible. Social, cultural, political, environmental and economic factors work to maintain inequality.

INfD works towards wholeness in health, well-being and welfare for all, creating access to adequate and appropriate resources, empowering individuals and communities to improve their own life conditions.

It is often stated that the "foundation of development is education". If this is so, then it is essential to make education available and accessible.

INfD's main focus is the provision of adequate and appropriate resources for marginalised groups, particularly in education.

The provision of appropriate forms of education is possible only under certain conditions and the wider social, cultural, environmental, economic and political issues which hinder access need to be addressed.

INfD was set up by Pam MacKenzie with a group of friends and colleagues based in Cobham, Surrey, UK to address these wider issues as well as the specific educational needs of marginalized groups.

Tribal children in a government school in Andhra Pradesh, India