About CDI Flashcards
4 strands
Education
Health
Entrepreneurship
Engineering
Core philosophy
Changing the world begins with local change makers
Name of Tanzanian universities
Ardhi, UDSM, UDOM
We work in partnership with ____
Bridge for Change
1) Bridge for Change is a ___
2) Their mission is to
3) BFC brings together young people with ___ and focus to ….
1) NGO led by Tanzanian youth -
1) Empower youth to be positive change-makers by shaping, inspiring and mentoring them to take ownership of their careers
3) Different interests and focus to build their experience, knowledge and skills through collaborative learning
Links to SDGs (3)
Quality Education
Gender Equality
Partnership for the goals
The need in secondary schools in Tanzania
Class sizes…
- Limited classroom resources, lack of learning materials, poor infra and pollution (mainly dust and litter)
Class sizes range between 50-100 students so use rote-learning
Job market stats
Each year, 900,000 Tanzanians enter a job market that is generating only 50,000/60,000 new jobs - and kids hardly receive any career awareness teaching
At school, students rarely get a chance to (2)
be creative
OR
solve problems autonomously
Purpose of Career Network Support (p + 3)
To combine entrepreneurial skills with much needed careers advice so that students leave school more employable, more self-sufficient and better able to make informed decisions about their futures.
4 stages of career network support
1) Self-discovery workshops
2) Think big challenge
3) Dream sharing event
4) Youth empowerment clubs
1) Self-Discovery
2) Name of 3 main workshops .. as well as…
3) On completion of the workshop… where they are taught…
1) First stage of the career network programme
2) Identity, problem solving and decision making as well as careers and planning
3) Students are invited to apply for the ‘Think Big Challenge’ where they are taught how their small actions could create solutions to social problems
1) 1st workshop of the self-discovery programme = ___
2) Main objective of this workshop is to
1) Topic of identity
2) Introduce the CNS programme to the students and to help them start their self-discovery journey
1) Careers planning workshop objective
2) Facilitators will… (2)
1) Provide general career information to students
2) Share career options which will be useful to students when planning their career path
- Facilitators will also highlight the changes that happen in a career plan and guide students through the possibilities
1) Problem solving and decision making workshop helps to…
2) Workshop aims to
3) By the end of the workshop, students…
Helps to guide students in creating their own career plans based on their identities and interests
2) Inform students on the different requirements required to reach their chosen career
3) Would ave created a tailored ‘road map’ career plan to help them in their decision making
Think Big challenge
1) Launch date
2) About (General)
3) About (Workshops)
1) 12th August
2) Teams selected from across the different schools will come together to begin to research, design and implement sustainable solutions to problems experienced in their school.
3) Every Saturday, they attend workshops at Ardhi Uni where they can evelop key skills such as time management, creativity, problem solving and project planning, which equip them to be radical change-makers in their future careers
- Also receive mentoring from CDI and Bridge for Change team
- Present the problem, solution and implementation steps to a panel of judges
Think Big Challenge + link to student sustainability of projects
In addition to utting simple and effective changes in place, each group has also identified the challenges they may face and the support necessary to overcome them in order to increase the sustainability of such projects
–> Hope that students’ initiatives will continue to expand and develop over time to have a real impact on the school community
Fundamentally, the Think Big Challenge offers an…
opportunity and inspires young students to take initiative and make changes to improve their community.
Dream sharing event is a …
Cumulating celebration of the ‘Think Big Challenge’ - an awards ceremony as well as a careers fair
1) During the Dream Sharing event, a series of expert speakers from a variety of spheres will give speeches aimed at (3)
2) These speakers will
1) Celebrating, motivating and inspiring those who participated in the challenge
2) kick off the afternoon portion of the event, which is based around cultivating the career knowledge & networking abilities of the students.
After the speeches…
different professions and a variety of stakeholders will be present to discuss diverse career options with the students
(so students will be able to liaise with industries in which they hope to enter, or will be given inspiration and practical awareness of the variety of career choices available to them, given the drive, creativity, and initiative demonstrated and fostered throughout the cycle of Career Network Support).
Youth Empowerment Club
1) Aim
2) These clubs are also designed as a place where students can…
1) Support skills in leadership, teamwork and career planning introduced during the ‘Think Big Challenge’ last year
2) Set up new initiatives in their school if they wish to, using the skills they have learnt in the workshops.
Youth Empowerment Club:
1) After electing a student-led committee of 5 members per school, students will…
2) In having a student-led committee, students …
1) Independently work through a curriculum designed by CDI Education which aims to tackle problem solving skills, and develop public speaking, teamwork, and communication skills.
2) Gain a sense of responsibility and empowerment that is a useful tool in aiming for leadership roles in later life
Each month, students will
develop and improve new skills, creating and pitching a business from a brief, a global trading game, a debate, or a community action project
In the fourth week of every month…
Students will have the opportunity to present their projects to teachers and NGO workers
Every six months,
Students have the opportunity to attend a General Meeting, where they share their knowledge with other schools on the program at a celebration event.
5 aims of youth empowerment clubs
1) Confidence in their own ability
2) Excellent communication skills
3) Skills to be innovative and creative
4) Skills to lead change in their community
5) Skills to solve problems
KompyutHER
1) About
1) New initiative being piloted this Summer that aims to improve the computer skills of out-of-school girls in order to improve their confidence and chances of employability.
1) First workshop of KompyutHER
2) By the end of the day…
Held on Saturday 26th August, 2017 at UDSM
- 18 girls between the ages of 16 and 21 participated in the workshop, the majority of whom had never attended or were no longer attending school
- Over 80% of the girls had never used a computer before, could not remember if they had ever used one before, or had not used one for a number of years.
2) Significant improvement in their understanding of some computer programs, every girl had created her own Google account and everyone had collectively discussed how we might use computers in our future careers.
