We collaborate to identify practical solutions to complex challenges facing children, youth, and those who support them.

Wonder Lab is a consulting group that partners with clients to improve children and youth’s learning and wellbeing in varied contexts internationally, including crisis-affected settings.

We bring together collaborative teams from a global network of trusted professionals with diverse experiences.

We deliver tailored, high-quality services including:

Technical Support

Research

Program Design

Facilitation

What makes us different

Wonder Lab takes a strengths-based approach driven by curiosity and compassion.

Our team facilitates thoughtful processes to identify practical solutions that are contextually appropriate and accessible. We draw upon evidence and ensure the voices of those that participate in and implement programs for children and youth are treated with respect and dignity.

  • “Wonder Lab managed to deliver our project in an incredibly short timeframe, meeting all our expectations in terms of content and design with extremely high quality. I trust the technical excellence of the Wonder team, their very strong project management skills, and the friendly, collaborative and patient approach to working with large organisations like Save the Children International.”

    Marian Hodgkin, Global Head of Humanitarian Education, Save the Children International

  • “Yaëlle and Stephen are extremely organized, proactive, and disciplined. They listened carefully and were able to identify key priorities. Such high quality work produced - very logical and easy to understand - yet deep and insightful. They are a pleasure to work with - open, approachable, and fun!”

    Amy Parker, Senior Learning through Play Advisor, Save the Children Denmark (2021-2024)

  • “We appreciated their expertise within the field and their flexible approach to adapt their work along the way to achieve the best possible result. The final products were of excellent quality and have been shared widely. Their recommendations to NORCAP have been included in our strategic action plan.”

    Maria Sellevold, Education Thematic Manager, NORCAP

  • “Working with Yaelle and Stephen was great, they were able to use their great communication skills to probe and get a comprehensive understanding of the context and work carried which in turn produced a high-quality report and presentation.”

    Anne-Marie Akiki, Adolescent Development Specialist, UNICEF

  • “Stephen’s approach to all collaborations is one that exudes commitment and professionalism. He is reliable, efficient, and effective. He communicates regularly and follows up with clear and detailed communication. Perhaps what I value most about our collaboration is his understanding of the sector, and his sense of when it is time to be flexible and when it is important to push through and achieve results.”

    Therese Curran, Middle East Regional Education Advisor, Norwegian Refugee Council (2020-2023)

  • “Stephen used his communications skills to develop a package of technical guidelines appropriate for country office and youth resulting in engaging, motivating, fun, and creative activity-focused guidance. Stephen's capacity to think out of the box was particularly useful in order to support in the re-thinking and re-designing of key elements of the youth wellbeing guidelines.”

    Norwegian Refugee Council – Global Better Learning Programme Unit and Global Youth Specialist

  • “Stephen was a pleasure to work with and provided high-quality deliverables. In a project with multiple partner organizations, Stephen diplomatically facilitated thoughtful and effective conversations.”

    Sarah Montgomery, Knowledge Management Coordinator & Sonja Anderson, Data & Evidence Team Lead, Inter-agency Network for Education in Emergencies (INEE)