Impact Stories From Our Work

Beyond numbers, transformation lives in people. We use the Most Significant Change framework to capture firsthand accounts of mindset shifts — from students finding resilience to teachers reimagining what a classroom can be.

The Seed of P.O.S.S.I.B.L.E: Mr. Kato’s Growth Mindset Club

How One Teacher’s Initiative Built a Thriving Growth Mindset Club at Commune High School Kitende 

When Eviscreat Foundation first visited Commune High School Kitende to pilot our board game with Senior 1 students, we weren't looking for a champion. We found one anyway. Mr. Kato, a young and exceptionally enthusiastic teacher, didn't simply watch the session unfold — he interrogated it, firing sharp questions and envisioning what the game could become inside his school.

His excitement was contagious. When we shared our vision to establish an official Growth Mindset Club — complete with donated copies of P.O.S.S.I.B.L.E and a student-led structure — Mr. Kato immediately stepped forward as its first Patron Teacher. He recruited founding members, drafted a comprehensive club constitution, and set the whole thing in motion.

Today, that club is thriving. Membership continues to grow, and the change is visible where it matters most: in the classroom. Teachers report a marked shift in how students respond to academic difficulty. Where frustration and resignation once appeared quickly, there is now persistence and a genuine willingness to try. Students have internalised a core truth — success is not fixed; it is built through effort. Mr. Kato turned a single workshop into a lasting culture. 

The Domino Effect at Ushindi International: A Math Teacher’s Transformation

Our visit to Ushindi International School Kigo began with a faculty workshop unlike the typical curriculum session. Instead of lesson plans, we focused on something harder to measure: how a teacher's own mindset, language, and daily actions quietly shape the students around them. That afternoon, teachers and students from age five to eighteen played P.O.S.S.I.B.L.E together — and the results surprised everyone.

A seven-year-old girl stood out among all the players. She moved through the game with strategic clarity and resilience that left older, more self-conscious teenagers visibly humbled. It was a quiet but powerful reminder that a growth mindset does not require age or experience — only the right environment to take root.

Three months later we returned to launch the school's Growth Mindset Club. The students we had originally engaged remembered the core principles without prompting, confidently guiding new members through the game themselves. But the story that stayed with us came from the mathematics teacher.

"I started emphasizing that struggle is necessary, and that asking for help is a sign of strength, not weakness. My class is now significantly more responsive and positive toward new work." 

He had taken the workshop's ideas and deliberately embedded them into his teaching. Difficult problems were no longer dead ends; they became invitations. Students who once sat quietly — paralyzed by the fear of being wrong — now raised their hands and asked questions openly. The mindset had moved from a concept on a board game to the classroom environment.