Developing communities and satisfying rights

through education and microfinance

Thirdway believes that all basic human rights are indivisible. This means that adequately fulfilling any one of them requires fulfilling all the others. 

Our holistic approach to community development implements this belief by tackling problems at their roots, not in isolation, but as a whole.  We have developed a four-pronged strategy:

1. Human rights and formal EDUCATION: We want to teach people about their rights and responsibilities, and provide the intellectual tools needed to operate as free thinkers. This is integral to our Klaas Haven educational program.
   
2. MICROFINANCE: We want to give entrepreneurship training and micro-credits so that people can improve their own micro-enterprise and earn a living. We call this program 'Microfinancing crafts'
   
3. TOURISM: We want to bring people together from all cultures in order to break barriers and learn from each other.
4. ICT: Since receiving and sharing information is essential to every good society, we want people to have access to information necessary for making good decisions.

In keeping with this, we have built the Klaas Haven Educational Complex to function as a community school, one in which the diverse but related conditions necessary for educational success are simultaneously addressed.

We have traversed a hard fought road.  JOIN US in realizing this vision.