FutureLife-Now! Newsletter: Edition 16, 2024
Welcome to the 16th in a series of FutureLife-Now! newsletters, designed to share information, good practices and lessons learnt related to the education, health and development of young people in the SADC Region. Whether you are a young person, a teacher, a health worker, a parent or caregiver, or policy maker, we hope that you will find this enjoyable and useful reading.
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South African schools embark on the FutureLife-Now! adventure | FutureLife-Now! introduces learners to health and climate change, two important programme themes
Originally piloted in four Member States (Lesotho, Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe), FutureLife-Now! was launched in South Africa in 2023. Through it, learners in the FutureLife-Now! schools in South Africa have been exposed to a variety of the programme’s themes, including sexual and reproductive health and rights and climate change awareness and its effects. The programme’s target audience are primary and secondary schools learners, including girls and boys who are going …
Militating against sexual and gender-based violence | FutureLife-Now! organises GBV awareness open days
Stop the rape culture. Stop sexual harassment. Stop gender-based violence. Stop it, and stop it now! Mundra Kulele, GBV activist Gender-based violence, or GBV, has long been a scourge in our societies, so the FutureLife-Now! Programme welcomed the opportunity to organise a GBV Awareness Open Day on 30 May at Mkwichi Secondary School under the theme: Harnessing the inequalities and injustices faced by young people and finding ways to end …
Igniting a movement of Ubuntu-inspired leadership | FutureLife-Now! conducts Ubuntu leadership training in 35 districts in Zimbabwe
In a powerful demonstration of its commitment to youth empowerment and cultural preservation, FutureLife-Now! Zimbabwe, in partnership with Campaign for Female Education (known as CAMFED), successfully conducted Ubuntu Leadership Training sessions from 17 to 28 June. FutureLife-Now! conducted the training under the auspices of the Girls Education Accelerator (GEA) programme in 35 districts and reached an impressive 1 092 teachers and senior education officials, but importantly, also about 2 000 …
Embracing Ubuntu | Ubuntu training-of-trainers for Zambia
“I am because you are,” the African philosopher, JS Mbiti’s, famous phrase sums up the essence of Ubuntu. On 14 and 15 June, the Confucius Institute at the University of Zambia buzzed with the spirit of unity as the FutureLife-Now! Programme hosted transformative training sessions run by the Ubuntu Leaders Academy. With sessions facilitated by FutureLife-Now!’s Aussie Ndlovu (youth development officer) and Charity Banda (education coordinator), the event gathered participants …
Principals give up their vacation time to learn from each other | FutureLife-Now! in Lesotho runs progress and sharing meetings for principals during the winter break
In general, people are motivated to do better when the efforts they have made are affirmed and they are given clear feedback about areas where they might improve. So it is with the 40 FutureLife-Now! Phases 1 and 2 schools, with the in-country team, collaborating with the Ministry of Education and Training, conducting principals’ progress sharing meetings during the schools’ winter vacation in July. The team held four separate meetings, …