Our Partnership Model

Why Our Model is Unique

Our model is based on the concept of “acompañamiento” – accompanying local partner organizations as they, in turn, accompany the educational paths of thousands of children and youth in Central America.

Our partners bring:

• Deep knowledge of the communities where they work
• Boots on the ground
• Many of our partners have their own, highly impactful models that have the potential to scale up
• Interest in partnership with Fabretto

We bring:

• 70 years of experience running a grassroots organization in Nicaragua and firsthand knowledge of the challenges that our partners face each day
• Technical and pedagogical support
• Proven educational models, like CaTec and teacher training programs
• Expertise in engaging donors of all types and sizes
• Experience with introducing and scaling up impactful programs

Our work together:

Based on collaborative needs assessments, together we sign a partnership agreement and develop a plan of action. Each plan is specific to our partner’s needs. Unlike many in the international cooperation space, our commitment to our partners is long-term, and we hope that our partnerships continue to grow and change over time. Plans of action may include:

• Introducing new methodologies
• Teacher training and staff development services
• Co-implementing programs, like Child Sponsorship
• Making targeted investments to scale up impactful programs
• Collaborating to develop new approaches
• Advocacy at the national and international level
• Engagement of donors and other partners, including fiscal sponsorship through Fabretto’s 501c3
• Institutional strengthening in areas like M&E and communications

Partnership Criteria

Fabretto uses these guidelines when beginning to explore a partnership with a new organization.

Our Partners:

• Focus on underserved communities: Like Fabretto, our partners are working to empower children, youth, and families in underserved communities with a particular focus in the most remote, rural areas.
• Community-embedded: We work with organizations that are closely connected to communities on the ground and have a deep understanding of stakeholder needs.
• Committed to shared values: Our partners share our core values of Equity, Integrity, Innovation, and Service, as well as commit to our child protection.
• Looking to grow and deepen their impact: We partner with organizations that are interested in growing their work and strengthening their programs together with Fabretto and willing to contribute time and resources to our partnership.
• Invested in capacity building: Beyond programming, our partners engage in knowledge-sharing and work with us to improve capacity across the organization, in areas including but not limited to project management, strategic communications, and engagement, particularly in the U.S. and Spain.