Global Collaborations & Academic Partnerships Advancing SDG 1 – No Poverty

Global Collaborations & Academic Partnerships Advancing SDG 1 – No Poverty

At East Bridge University, collaboration is at the heart of sustainable impact. Achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 1 – No Poverty requires more than awareness — it demands purposeful partnerships that combine academic innovation, community engagement, and social responsibility.

EBU works alongside universities, non-profit organizations, and development agencies to design and deliver initiatives that create lasting change for individuals and communities facing economic hardship. From supporting education access through joint scholarship pathways to funding organizations that empower women, families, and youth, these collaborations translate academic purpose into social progress.

Each partnership featured here demonstrates how collective action can help break the cycle of poverty — ensuring that education becomes not just a means to learn, but a bridge to opportunity, stability, and dignity.

South African Christian Quality Assurance Authority Council (SACQAAC)

EBU is recognised and endorsed by SACQAAC, a body that advances cooperation and systematic quality review aligned with the African/National Qualifications Frameworks. By anchoring quality and recognition pathways, this partnership improves learner mobility and employability—key levers for lifting households out of poverty. Together, we align program standards with social outcomes so that credentials translate into real opportunity across Southern Africa.

 

All Nations Outreach Christian Council (ANOCC)

ANOCC—registered with South Africa’s Department of Social Development and recognised by SAQA—has endorsed EBU’s efforts to promote high-quality higher education globally. As ANOCC builds professional pathways and recognition for “religious professionals,” EBU’s academic standards and access models help convert training into livelihoods, community services, and income stability—supporting SDG 1 by strengthening employability and local service economies.

 

12 Alliance Partner Organizations, South Africa

EBU is formally recognised by a collective of educational, humanitarian, and cultural councils operating under the Hessekwa Kultuurraad—an alliance focused on education, peacebuilding, and human-rights advancement. By collaborating across universities, QA councils, and community bodies, we pair academic access with community development, enabling skills, jobs, and social protections that reduce poverty’s structural drivers across Southern Africa.

 

Mercosul Accreditation Agency (MACCA)

As a Full Accredited Member of MACCA, an intergovernmental body recognized by the National Accreditation Council of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Kyrgyz Republic and formally listed on the United Nations SDG platform, EBU contributes to a global network that links quality education with sustainable development.

This UN-affiliated partnership reinforces EBU’s mission to combat poverty through education — connecting international academic quality standards with community-level empowerment and equitable access to learning opportunities.