on
10 July 2024, 11:15
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Então, como podemos trazer a agência estudantil para a sala de aula?
on
10 July 2024, 10:45
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Alors, comment pouvons-nous amener les étudiants à agir en classe ?
on
08 July 2024, 16:50
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Chewe Shonga with one of his bracelets
Chewe Shonga (22) has grappled with cerebral palsy for most of his life, yet he refuses to let his condition define him. As a learner at the Kabulonga Boys Secondary School in Lusaka, Zambia, he came into contact with FutureLife-Now!, which has allowed him to showcase his extraordinary talents in arts and crafts, particularly in bracelet-making. His journey epitomizes resilience and determination, fuelled by the empowering support he receives from the programme.
on
08 July 2024, 16:20
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FutureLife-Now! Country manager, Moses Machipisa, making a presentation at the Peer Education training
The use of “peer educators” to implement FutureLife-Now! is an important feature of the programme in Zimbabwe, Phase 2 of which is now full steam ahead. To ensure that they are fully equipped to maximize programme impact, in May this year the country team organized two dynamic training sessions for nearly 100 educators from 37 schools— the first at the Nashville High School in the Southern Region, and the second at the Ambassador Hotel in the Northern Region.
on
08 July 2024, 15:30
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Participants engaging in group work
HIV&AIDS—together with issues such as poverty, early and unintended pregnancies and even natural disasters— continues to be a serious threat to young people (especially girls and young women) attaining their full potential, and negatively impacts their mental health and wellbeing. Closely interconnected challenges such as these are exacerbated by the scourge of genderbased violence (GBV), and even more so when it is perpetrated in schools, which are supposed to be places where children’s fundamental rights, including the right to education and safety, are protected. School-related GBV comes in different forms—physical, sexual and psychological—and is rooted in harmful gender norms and stereotypes that are present, to some extent, in all societies around the world.
on
08 July 2024, 14:55
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The winners—Likuni Girls Secondary students with their trophy
FutureLife-Now! contributes to the development of healthy and empowered young people who can lead responses to 21st century challenges, including those related to health and education. The programme achieves this through innovative—and sometimes fun—activities, such as competitions and quizzes.
on
08 July 2024, 14:00
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Delegates pictured at the sharing meeting
Sharing knowledge enriches the receiver but costs the provider nothing.
FutureLife-Now! is a Southern African Development Community (SADC) initiative currently being implemented in six Member States. Now in Phase 2, its overall goal is to promote the development of empowered young people to lead responses to pressing 21st century development challenges, in particular those related to sexual reproductive health and rights, gender and climate change. One of the key strategies it adopts is “knowledge development”, whereby all Member States can share and exchange best practices and lessons learnt, thereby strengthening regional cooperation and coordination.
on
01 July 2024, 05:20
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So, how can we bring student agency into the classroom? 
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