Warwick in Africa

Come and see us this afternoon at the 'Unlocking Your Potential' Fair at WBS between 14:30 and 16:00 :)

Our last two teams depart for South Africa 🇿🇦 this weekend. Our volunteers will be heading to Kayamandi and Limpopo.

Have a safe journey and an amazing time.

✈️Our second group are on their way to South Africa 🇿🇦 to volunteer in the classroom helping to teach Maths and English.

Good luck to our North Johannesburg team, enjoy the experience.

🛫 Safe travels to our Mpumalanga Team who have set off today for South Africa. 🇿🇦

Good luck with your volunteering have a fantastic time.

A big thank you to White Rose Education for your continued support of the Warwick in Africa programme. Kindly donating teaching aids to our maths volunteers and allowing us access to your online resources. We are very grateful.

Some photos of our volunteers in action during their first week in Accra, Ghana.

✈️ Our Accra Team have now arrived in Ghana 🇬🇭

Good luck to our five volunteers who will be helping with the teaching of English and Maths in Accra. We hope you enjoy the experience.

The 2024 Warwick in Africa volunteers! Our training week came to an end yesterday and the first group of volunteers depart for Ghana tomorrow.

Thank you to all those who made the training week possible and good luck to all our volunteers on their placements over the coming months.

There is still time to sign up to our event taking place online this Wednesday at 16:00.

The journalist, Dipo Faloyin, will be in conversation with fellow journalist and former BBC Africa Bureau Analyst and Correspondent, Milton Nkosi.

Read more and sign up here: https://warwick.ac.uk/.../wia/inconversationwithdipofaloyin/

We would like to invite you to join us for an online event on Wednesday 19th June at 16:00 which should hopefully be very interesting and thought-provoking. The journalist, Dipo Faloyin, will be in conversation with fellow journalist and former BBC Africa Bureau Analyst and Correspondent, Milton Nkosi.

Read more and sign up here: https://warwick.ac.uk/giving/projects/wia/inconversationwithdipofaloyin/

The African Union theme of the year for 2024 is “Educate an African fit for the 21st Century - Building resilient education systems for increased access to inclusive, lifelong, quality, and relevant learning in Africa”.

Find out more: https://au.int/en/theme/2024/educate-african-fit-21st-century

The Warwick Africa Hub is delighted to once again host our annual Distinguished Africa Lecture. This year's lecture will be delivered by Professor Tshilidzi Marwala, United Nations University Rector and UN Under-Secretary General. The lecture will focus on Higher Education in Africa in the era of Artificial Intelligence and will be available to attend in person on the University of Warwick campus, or online. The lecture will be preceded by a panel discussion themed around innovation and sustainable development.

To find out more and register please click the following link: https://warwick.ac.uk/global/africa/distinguishedafricalecture2024/

👏 Congratulations to David who ran and finished first 🥇 in The Rosebud Marathon earlier this month. David used the marathon as an opportunity to raise money through sponsorship for the Warwick in Africa programme.

Well done to David not only on his success in the marathon but also reaching his fundraising target. 👏

📢Introducing our 2024 cohort of Volunteer Student Teachers.

Our Volunteer Student Teachers provide classroom assistance in our partner schools in Ghana, Tanzania and South Africa teaching Maths or English. In just 10 weeks our first group will be starting their placement bring their energy and enthusiasm to the classroom.

As part of their experience our volunteers commit to raising £1,000 to support the sustainability of the programme and develop a new set of skills through the process. We are delighted that 7 volunteers have already reached their target and 7 more have hit the 50% mark, leaving the group at 60% of the overall target with plenty of time to go.

Thank you for all your fundraising efforts and good luck reaching the targets!

Great to see that half of our students have now passed the 50% mark of their fundraising targets. Over the last few months our Volunteer Student Teachers have used a variety of methods including sales, busking, attending events, giving talks, applying for grants and competitions to raise funds for the Warwick in Africa programme.

Thank you for all your fundraising efforts!

We recently learned the sad news that Mr Ambani Maanda passed away last year. He was the Deputy Principal of one of our partner schools, Edison Nesengani Secondary School in Limpopo, South Africa, and a great supporter of Warwick in Africa having spent time with our student volunteers and attended our in-country workshops (pictured here with our volunteers in 2022). RIP 🙏

📣A big congratulations to Ayesha and Tilly our first two volunteers to reach their fundraising target this year. Fundraising plays a large part in the Volunteer Student Teacher experience. Throughout the process our volunteers develop new skills, learn more about the programme, and spread its message as well as contributing to, and supporting the sustainability of the programme.

👋 Say hello to our 2024 Team Leaders.

Our Team Leaders play a vital role in the programme. Not only do they complete a Volunteer Student Teacher placement they also get involved behind the scenes to ensure the smooth running of the programme. They provide support for our new volunteers and assist with the administration, communications, coordination and evaluation of the programme.

This year's group of Team Leaders come with a wealth of experience having volunteered previously on the programme. The group have experience teaching Maths and English and volunteering in various locations across South Africa 🇿🇦 and Ghana 🇬🇭.