ANFEAE works with community-based institutions and development partners, in the areas of project implementation, advocacy, training, material development, networking and research.

ANFEAE is implementing projects in the areas of: providing education and training opportunities to out-of-school children and adults as well as marginalized, under-served social groups; developing and popularizing effective, innovative, affordable, and contextually relevant basic education programs; connecting alternative basic education and functional adult literacy to livelihoods, particularly for girls and women; developing training guides, manuals, instructional materials and newly-literate reading materials in the areas of Alternative Basic Education and Functional Adult Literacy; training government education office implementers, and classroom facilitators, on the purpose and provision of alternative basic education programs and post-literacy activities; and promoting areas of social concern related to non-formal education, including environmental protection, anti-HIV/AIDS initiatives, girls' education promotion, and related topics.