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Africa
RESOURCES
Nancy Kisangau is a fourth year student at Kenyatta University pursuing a Bachelor degree in Law. Prior to this, she worked in the Kenya National Human Rights Commission as an attaché in the Reforms and accountability department. She has also worked in the government sector as an intern in the National Housing Corporation, a state parastatal committed to effectuating housing rights for Kenyan citizens.
Nancy Kisangau
Nairobi
Kenya
After graduating with a BA in Economics and English, Amanda worked for the Chilean Ministry of Education as an English teacher in Chile. While there, she volunteered for an urban development NGO that was carrying out 24 community projects and helped draft Frutillar, Chile’s successful application to the UNESCO Creative Cities Network. During her career, she has worked with international youth on educational programs sponsored by the British Council and the U.S. Department of State. She is a former White House intern and an incoming Fulbright Scholar.
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Lancaster, Pennsylvania
United States
Felix is currently a National Youth Service Corp member serving his country, Nigeria at Ministry of Works, Uyo, Akwa Ibom. He graduated from Swansea University, with a bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering in 2014 and went on to complete a Master’s degree in Civil Engineering in 2017. Felix developed a strong devotion to Youth Empowerment and giving back to his Community during his time at Swansea University from various leadership roles e.g. Sports Officer and Trustee of Swansea University Students’ Union, Treasurer of 2 societies etc. These experiences gave him an appreciation of how initiatives can significantly impact people’s lives.
Felix Mmeka
Port Harcourt
Nigeria
Harun Momanyi is a youth empowerment expert, a socioeconomic development journalist and an entrepreneur. He is passionate about the SDGs. Originally from Kenya, Harun currently works as the Head of Kenya with Reform Africa Group, a Pan-African organization focusing on creating solutions to help youth realize meaningful employment and tackle life challenges better. In 2014, he was finalist in the Haller Prize for Development Journalism, became and ambassador for the NUHA Foundation Global Blogging Prize in 2015, a Forbes Africa 30 Under 30 nominee in 2018 and was shortlisted for the BBC World News Service Komla Dumor Award in 2018.
Harun Momanyi
Nairobi
Kenya
Victor is an Engineer and a problem solver. He is passionate about education and poverty eradication. Victor currently works as Cofounder and facilitator of Tech the girl Child Africa (TGC) an outreach program that seeks to engage over 10,000 girl child, especially in Africa with STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics).
Victor is also serving as Director of sales and marketing at Mingcart, a company he cofounded in 2016 to unify Africa through culture and traditions.
Victor has received a number of prestigious National Merit Scholarship awards for his dedication to education. He hopes see everyone educated someday.
Victor Musa
Abuja
Nigeria
Ezinne is a youth passionate about issues pertaining to inclusive growth, sustainable development, climate change and the enormous transformations taking place in especially in Sub-Saharan Africa. She seeks to earn a doctorate degree in Development Economics and her career goal is to be a development economist in an international development organization.
Ezinne Uche
Lagos
Nigeria
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BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND
The importance of devoting urgent attention to sustainable development is critical for the planet and its people. According to scientists, climate change could threaten livelihoods, trigger conflicts, accelerate biodiversity loss, exacerbate disease outbreaks, destabilize political and social systems, cause economic shocks, deepen poverty, and increase inequalities.
The impact of the COVID pandemic shows that now, more than ever, we have an urgency and duty to educate the leaders of tomorrow to more effectively deal with shocks and disasters in the future. To change course, the world needs many more of its citizens, especially the next generation, to have the necessary knowledge, values, attitudes, and skills to better navigate this challenging and uncertain future, tackle its profound challenges, and build resilient and prosperous communities.
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EDUCATION
Research shows that Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) is a crucial tool for achieving this transformation, which not only empowers students to shape a better world, but also perform better in school.
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According to the World Bank, as of 2015 there were 724 million children enrolled in primary education and 518 million enrolled in secondary education. Primary and secondary schools are the center of our society, where we as an international community have the power to influence the lifestyles, behaviors, and actions of the future generation.
Educators have a responsibility to teach global issues and encourage collaboration in order to create better, more equipped students and societies to deal with new and pressing challenges of the 21st century. ESD achieves this goal by fostering leadership and 21st skills in students, empowering them to engage in the global movement for a more sustainable future, while inspiring schools to play a critical role in achieving the SDGs by 2030.
ORGANIZATION
ORGANIZATION
The UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) is a global research and policy network launched by the UN Secretary-General to support the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Paris Climate Agreement.
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Founded in 2012 and guided by an 80-member Leadership Council, the SDSN operates under the auspices of UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. It coordinates a 1,100-member network of institutions in over 100 countries to support SDG localization and implementation.
PROGRAM
PROGRAM
The Global Schools Program is an initiative of the SDSN in support of UNESCO’s Global Action Program on Education for Sustainable Development (ESD).
The vision of the program is to create a world where every primary and secondary school student is being equipped with the knowledge, values, and skills necessary for effectively responding to the greatest challenges of this century and shaping a sustainable and prosperous world for all.
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Global Schools adopts two key approaches in its strategy to implement Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) in schools and classrooms around the world:
MISSION 4.7
MISSION 4.7
The Global Schools Program, in partnership with the SDG Academy, the Ban Ki-moon Centre for Global Citizens, and UNESCO, will be launching a high-level global task force to accelerate policy and research efforts on Education for Sustainable development across K-12, tertiary and professional education sectors.
