Global Social Leaders

 

Cambridge International Schools Sudan

 

GOALS SELECTED:

 

ü  Number 1: NO POVERTY

ü  Number 2: NO HUNGER

ü  Number 4: QUALITY EDUCATION

ü  Number 10: REDUCE INEQUALITY

AIMS:

1.      To foster in young people a sense of concern for caring, inclusiveness, Global Citizenship and volunteerism.

2.      To turn young people’s ideas, creativity and passion into concrete intervention through interactive and collaborative community actions.

3.      To connect schools (rich and needy) to develop creative community actions that meet 21st Century community needs.

 

PROJECT OVERVIEW: ACTION PLANS TO ACHIEVE AIMS:

Our aims will be conveyed through a 12 - 15 week community based volunteer programme focused on engaging young willing volunteers to connect with other young people from different social backgrounds. The projects will provide young people to experience the challenges of making time to positively help, contribute, share, collaborate and then turn their youthful ideas, creativity and passion into concrete intervention through active and responsible community action. They will learn to give something to the needy, share skills and pursue personal interests such as dedicating their lives to the vision and goal of care, creativity and action. Young people will be inspired to gain a greater understanding and respect for everyone in their community and engage in activities that promote principles of inclusiveness (equality), diversity and creation of sustainable connections or relationships. See the breakdown of activities according to selected Global Goal:

 

NO POVERTY and NO HUNGER

QUALITY EDUCATION and REDUCE INEQUALITY

·         to raise money for the needy school through crowd funding activities which target alumni, local community, students, parents and local business owners

·         to create a school feeding scheme for the poor school to alleviate hunger among the students

·         to donate resources to support the school feeding scheme, e.g. non-perishable healthy food, simple equipment like plastic cups and plates and other utensils

·         to provide voluntary work in preparing food and serving

·         to volunteer to clean up the school environment

·         to share and donate clothes and toys

·         to bring awareness that poverty can be reduced through social activities

·         to eat side by side with students from a poor background

·         to connect with other young people from a different social background (poor school)

·         donate books, stationary and other learning materials to a poorly resourced school

·         donate old school furniture, e.g. desks, chairs and writing boards to a poorly equipped school or initiate repair or damaged school furniture

·         share knowledge and skills of digital technologies with other young people from a different social background (using digital technologies, taking pictures, editing and posting, creating presentations, computer typing skills, exploring different apps)

·         share knowledge safer internet practices

·         bring awareness of Global Issues through engaging young people from different backgrounds to openly discuss or debate on: poverty and inequality, right to learn, living and working together, sharing planet Earth and values and beliefs

·         peer teaching of basic English language and communication skills (use of English in greetings, introductions, talking about self, interests, hobbies, school and family)

·         engaging young people from a different social background to knowledge about English spellings, nouns, verbs, simple punctuation

·         to volunteer to display educational posters in the school

·         to learn side by side with students from a poor background

Please note the above activities will involve volunteers:

ü  exchanging knowledge with other young people from a different social background

ü  initiating group meetings

ü  involvement in peer activities

ü  engaging in paired activities

ü  facilitating training sessions

ü  raising funds for the projects through crowd funding activities

ü  seeking partnering, networking creating alliances with other organisations that may be willing to come forward to assist

ü  providing peer-to-peer emotional and social support to other young people from a different social background

RESOURCES NEEDED (PLANS TO GET THEM):

·         money to buy non-perishable food and this can be obtained through fund raising activities at our school, engaging alumni, the community, parents and local business people

·         books: seek donations from the rest of the students at our school through appealing to them to donate books they used in their previous stages

·         school furniture: ask our school authorities to repair old school furniture and donate to the target school

·         feeding scheme equipment and utensils: can be purchased with money from the fund raising activities

·         facilities: we use our school facilities for meetings and many of the activities and we visit the target school once every week

·         digital technology devices: can be offered by group members or seek partners as in involving our school to offer assistance when needed

·         labour: from the volunteer group members

COMMUNITY PARTNERS:

·         group members’ families

·         our school

·         to seek alliances with other interested organisations

GROUP MEMBERS’ SKILLS:

·         all group members are positive and enthusiastic about volunteering and the project itself

·         all group members have excellent communication skills to engage others socially

·         members have so far shown an acceptable level of selflessness

·         all members have great peer networking skills

·         all group members are exposed to latest trends in digital technologies at home and school

FUNDING:

·         group members will initiate crowd funding activities which will engage the whole school and community to an extent

·         host fund raising activities at our school

DOCUMENTATION AND MEASURING IMPACT:

Ø  we will collect and document facts and figures, e.g. amount of money raised and take measures to be accountable for each use

Ø  participation: visit the target school once in each of the 12 – 15 weeks of the programme, initiate activities, record each visit’s response

Ø  assign roles to group members

Ø  conduct satisfactory surveys through interviews and questionnaires (aimed at target school)

Ø  record videos of activities on video and taking photographs

Ø  collect feedback from volunteers to check if they have learned something (improved higher order critical thinking and problem solving skills, understanding complex community problems, civic responsibility, local and global citizenship, self-esteem, collaboration and willingness to continue with community action and volunteering