WHAT IS THE GLOBAL AWARENESS PROGRAMME?

WHAT IS THE GLOBAL AWARENESS PROGRAMME?

Our Global Awareness Programme, for schools, is an educational course, delivered in class and in Africa, which aims to develop responsible global citizens, by working with the communities we support from our permanent project bases across Africa.

Students are practically involved with real world scenarios and can learn from and collaborate with our team of specialists, via live interactive calls, who live and work across these permanent bases, allowing students to learn through experience.

Our course, which has learning outcomes, such as critical thinking and communication skills, resilience and collaboration, supports the PSHE Living in the Wider World Curriculum.  Students can earn ASDAN curriculum credits, to support University applications.

The modules are designed to be delivered during a lesson or as an extra-curricular activity.

Case studies include gender equality and environmental sustainability.

Because we run all our own programmes, we can offer real quality and purpose which contribute to our long-term goals and outcomes across Africa.  

Our projects have been developed alongside local communities to ensure the work we do is sustainable, responsible, and relevant to the needs of these communities.

African Impact is an educational travel company which has been offering developmental programmes, including service-learning, volunteering, internships, and expeditions across Africa for over 15 years.  We have offices in the Uk and Africa. 

This experience has led us to developing this educational course, which we wanted to make accessible for everyone.

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We have 2 programmes for you to choose from:

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In Class Programme

This is delivered online and, in the classroom, and includes live calls with our teams in Africa. Students will engage with our communities in Africa, while helping us address ongoing, real-world issues.

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Travel Programme

This programme extends the learning further as it includes an experiential journey to Africa where the students visit the community they have been supporting and immerse themselves in the country and culture, on a life-enhancing experience.

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THEMES, DESTINATIONS, MODULES

The Global Awareness Programme aims to deliver life-long learning outcomes.
These outcomes include:

  • Understanding of Global Issues: Students will be heavily involved with our projects, which aim to solve long term issues in the developing world.
  • Problem Solving: Students will produce ideas to help solve real world issues in the developing world.
  • Commitment: Students will need to commit to the length of the programme, to gain the full benefit.
  • Cultural Understanding: Students work alongside local communities in Africa.
  • Interpersonal skills: Students will need to work with their peers at school and in Africa, African Impact staff, community elders and local community staff.
  • Working as a team: Students will need to work as a team to assess, achieve and review their impact.
  • Collaboration: Students will work alongside local communities in Africa and African Impact staff to achieve their goals.
  • Self-Awareness: Throughout the programme, students should be able to identify their own strengths and weaknesses.
  • Improving own performance: Students will need to assess the best way they can contribute to the overall team objective.
  • Presentation skills: Students will present their programme conclusions.

The Programme curriculum:

Module 1: Introduction to Global Development

Overview: What does Global Development mean? What are the UN Sustainable Development Goals?

Module 2: Sustainable Development in Africa

Overview: Module focuses on Gender Equality and Environmental Sustainability case studies in Africa

Module 3: Developing Understanding

Overview: Learn about destinations and programmes to support.

Module 4 : Finding collaborative Solutions

Overview: Engage with our teams in Africa, via a live, interactive video call in Africa. Our team will discuss a specific issue the project currently has and begin a discussion about how students can support the community

Module 5 : Project Development

Overview: Students work together to develop ideas and solutions

Module 6: Action Plan

Overview: Present your ideas to our team in Africa.

Module 7: Feedback on your Action plan (In-class programme)

Overview: Gather feedback from Africa on the impact you have made.

Or Travel to Africa (Travel Programme)

Overview: Visit the community you have been supporting.

Module 8: Conclusions and presentation.

Overview: Present your impact and learnings as a group.

Module 9, Self- Reflection

Overview: Personal learnings from the programme

Module 10. (optional) Ongoing engagement with the project via social media and volunteering.

Overview: On Completion of the programme, students will receive ASDAN certification and credits.

These topics are available across the following destinations in Sub-Saharan Africa, where we operate full time.

- Greater Kruger Area, South Africa.

- Cape Town, South Africa.

- Livingstone, Zambia.

- Zanzibar, Tanzania.

 

In-Class Programme, delivered in the classroom and online

£500 per school

This is delivered online and, in the classroom, and includes live calls with our teams in Africa. Students will engage with our communities in Africa, while helping us address ongoing, real-world issues.

Travel Programme Delivered in the classroom and in Africa

Programmes are tailor made

This programme extends the learning further as it follows the in-class programme and includes an experiential journey to Africa.  Students visit the community they have been supporting and immerse themselves in the country and culture, on a life-enhancing experience.