The I CAN Virtual Youth Exchange programme empowers Sudanese youth (13 - 18 years) to collaboratively take action on issues affecting them while sharing their journeys with peers from South Africa and Serbia. We enable and support teachers/mentors to nurture learner wellbeing, agency and social action and global citizenship with tools to join intercultural exchange online calls and to self-schedule and facilitate lessons. It culminates with the publication of youth-led stories of change on the global I CAN platform alongside a hybrid, celebratory showcase event.

Overview

All in Central African Time

A. Online Training Session Options For educators/mentors and any parents who want to join and know more:

Part One: Thurs Feb 6th, 15:15 - 16:15
DFC Overview, Intended Outcomes, Intro to FIDS Framework

Part Two & Three: Sat Feb 8th, 10:00 - 15:00
FIDS Alignment to LO Curriculum, Portal & Lesson Plans Overview. FIDS Interactive Immersion with Wellbeing Microbreaks & Project Sharing Per Group

B. Multiple Group Meetings connect with others, immerse in the FIDS framework and share learning journeys

Facilitated by Juanita Rea (DFC Sudan) and DFC Serbia (Vicky Akritidou)

Mon Groups: Feb 17 Mar 3, 17 April 14, 28 May 12, 26 June 9 (14:30 - 16:00)

Tues Group: Feb 18 Mar 4, 18, April 15, 29 May 13, 27, June 10 (15:00 - 16:30)

Wed Groups: Feb 12, 26 Mar 12, 26 April 23 May 7, 21, June 4 (14:30 - 16:00)

Thurs Group: Feb 13, 27 Mar 13, 27 April 24 May 8, 22, June 5 (14:30 - 16:00)

NB: NB: There are 1 group slots Mon /Wed and 2 group slots Tues/Thurs. Educators/mentors select ONE slot and support device/data access

C. Single Group Meetings with Mentors to work on group project

Facilitated by group mentors using FIDS lesson plans and materials provided to guide and support groups to initiate and implement youth-led social action projects.

Mon Group: Feb 24 Mar 19, 24 April 14 May 5, 19, June 2, 16 (14:30 - 16:00) Group Mentor: Ms Tanya a conversational Arabic speaker and first language English speaker

Tues Groups: Feb 25 Mar 11, 25, April 22 May 6, 20, June 3, 17 (15:30 - 17:00) Group Mentor: Mr Mohammed Osman, first language Arabic speaker and proficient English speaker.

Wed Group: Feb 19 Mar 5, 19 April 16, 30 May 14, 28, June 11 (15:00 - 16:00) Group Mentor: Ms Lorraine a first language Arabic speaker and proficient English speaker.

Thurs Groups: Feb 20, Mar 6, 20 April 17 May 1, 15, 29, June 12 (14:30 - 16:00) - Group Mentor: Ms Agila, a first language Arabic speaker and proficient English speaker.

What we provide

• educator/ mentor training enabling facilitation of self-scheduled meetings and online call
  

• access to online portal with all downloadable print and video training materials, links for call
  

• access to online community for interaction between calls
  

• tailored support based on participant interactions
  

• $60 allowance for materials, data etc transferred to coordinator at launch (Feb) and end of programme (June) following submission of group story of change and all documentation.
  

• a $650 Celebration Event Fund to an Impact Partner who will offer in-kind use of their venue and works with us on planning and delivery of a single day event between June - September where stories of change and cultural performances of youth are showcased.

This funded programme costs $180 per youth ie $1,260 per group of 5 - 7 youth and 2 teachers/ mentors. Together with the $100 allowance, our investment is $1,360 per group, together with our expertise. Your investment is your trust, time and participation. We have only 6 funded slots.

Registration open until Feb 7th or until spaces are allocated on a first come first served basis.

Participant Criteria For Funded Spaces and Registration Process

• We have Agila Omer, Tanya Abdalla and Lorraine Sabbagh, Mohammed Osman and Juanita Rea all former teachers at Khartoum International Community School who will be online mentors for youth who sign up individually and form groups.

• We want to support youth who have been displaced from Khartoum and elsewhere in Sudan and now living in another country

• This could be a way for youth to reconnect with friends! So even though youth are now in different countries, they could be coming together with former classmates/schoolmates to connect and collaborate on the weekly online calls that run from February to June. For this route, we need youth or parents to let us know if they will be asking friends to join or joining because a friend asked them to join, and tell us their names too.

• It could also be a way for youth to meet new people and connect with other youth with similar lived experiences. I have heard from Sarah Babiker, our DFC Sudan Student Council Member for 2024 that many of the youth feel isolated at their new schools because most peers have little understanding and no experience of what youth have lived through having to flee from Sudan and not being able to go back home because of the ongoing war. If youth are joining us on their own, we will put them into a group with other Sudanese youth and over the course of the programme, we hope that they feel that they have made some new friends.

• If youth sign up by themselves, they must ensure that their parent/s fill up the parent consent section for registration to be finalised.

Shared Investment

This funded programme costs $180 per youth ie $1,260 per group of 5 - 7 youth and 2 teachers/ mentors. Together with the $100 allowance, our investment is $1,360 per group, together with our expertise. Your investment is your trust, time and participation. We have only 6 funded slots. Write to us at design-for-change@edusoil.com if you have any questions. Don’t miss out!

Impact Partner Opportunity

Impact Partners will share opportunity with schools/organisations in their network. Partner logos are added to website etc upon participant registration confirmation, We provide up to $650 to the partner who provides in-kind use of their/a venue for a Celebration Event (Aug - Sept) showcasing stories of change and cultural performances of youth.