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It is with great sadness that we announce the untimely passing of our colleague and friend Sefora Makepe-Tsiu. Sefora worked in Lesotho as the FutureLife-Now! In-County Coordinator. In the six months Sefora worked with MIET AFRICA she demonstrated all the traits of a true MIET African –  professional, passionate and committed. Her dedication to the programme and to improving the lives of children and youth were evident in her work and the relationships she established with schools, youth facilitators, the Ministry of Education and partners.

Sefora lived life to the full, always laughing and sharing stories. She will be sorely missed but her work will impact her community for years to come. We send our deepest condolences to Sefora’s husband, children, mother, family and friends.

PHOMOLA KA KGOTSO NGWANESO!

Learners from Malawi and Switzerland took part in a Youth Climate Dialogue on 20 November. Part of a series to exchange ideas and debate the negative effects climate change is having, the event brought together learners from the Lycée-Collège des Creusets in Switzerland and Bwaila Secondary School in Malawi.

The learners pledged to continue cooperating in the future to find ways to address climate change collectively.  This North-South learning exchange is part of a series of Youth Climate Dialogue which will be documented in a report reflecting the voices of the global youth and presented next month at COP25 in Spain.

The Youth Climate Dialogues are supported by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation.

FutureLife-Now! is a new regional programme that’s built on the successful Care and Support for Teaching and Learning (CSTL) framework developed in the early 2000’s and that, in 2018, reached over 27 million of the region’s learners with support services. This innovative approach has strengthened the education sector’s ability to respond to the growing numbers of vulnerable children and youth in the region, by providing child and youth-friendly services in support of health, gender, migration, food security, violence and other challenges.

By bringing together two critical elements for human development – education and health­ – and by building upon the systems’ strengthening and policy development that has taken place through CSTL, FutureLife-Now! aims to promote greater self-confidence and hope for the present and future among young people in the SADC region. A combination of activities that includes strengthened HIV education policies, enhanced Comprehensive Sexuality Education,

In the years of implementing the SADC Care and Support for Teaching and Learning (CSTL) programme, it has become increasing apparent to CSTL partners that there is a major gap in the delivery of school-based care and support to boys and young men, and that this gap is hindering programme and regional goals for gender equality, HIV reduction and improved educational outcomes for all children. Limited existing literature on boys and young men point to a dearth of evidence on the specific vulnerabilities of boys in schools, and what might be effective in addressing these vulnerabilities.  To this end, an exploratory regional research study was commissioned by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, to better understand the key issues and identify recommendations for future school-based programming.  Click here to download the full report.

MIET AFRICA is featured in the recently-published EU publication Walking the Long Road – a snapshot of civil society actors in South Africa. The EU has partnered and supported Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in South Africa for more than three decades to promote and protect human rights and work towards a more equitable and just society. The publication provides a glimpse into the work done by CSOs to fight for a South Africa in which every person’s rights are respected, protected, fulfilled and promoted.

Featured in the ‘Right to Education’ section of the publication, MIET AFRICA is a co-beneficiary with the British Council of an EU grant for a three-year Teaching for All: Mainstreaming Inclusive Education (IE) in South Africa Project. The project aims to improve the attitudes and capacity of pre-service and in-service teachers towards IE through the implementation of existing policy and the integration of training modules and courses on IE into universities and provincial education departments.