“I am an educator at Vuyani Primary School in Gugulethu, teaching Grade 4 and 7. [DLA] DVDs are helpful in teaching and learning. I have been using these resources since the Learning Center project arrived at our school. “Being a science educator with not enough resources – such as laboratories where learners can see or make experiments – is not …
Private Sector Commits $75 Million Through Partnership To Educate Syrian Children
This blog was originally posted on the Global Business Coalition for Education website on Feb. 4, 2016, you can read that post here. Story by Olivia Simone, Lauren Lichtman Photo by Anthony Achkar In the lead up to the first-ever World Humanitarian Summit in May, GBC-Education has scaled up the business response to the Syrian refugee crisis, raising the total commitment …
Chevron unveils DLA initiative to boost teaching, learning
Originally published in The Guardian Nigeria In its bid to positively improve the socio economic situation of host communities, Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL) has unveiled the Discovery Learning Alliance (DLA) centre in Delta state. About 13,128 pupils and 789 teachers are to benefit from the scheme. Speaking during the handover ceremony of the DLA learning centre initiative in Warri, Chevron’s …
“She will depend on herself!” A tenacious young woman shares her journey
Saleema, a confident student of Class 8 at one of Impact(Ed)’s partner schools in Northern Kenya, is a young woman whose life embodies tenacity. Saleema’s father died when she was barely two years old. This caused financial hardship for her family, leading her mother to take on the role of sole provider and caregiver for two young girls. But despite …
A Growing Impact
For years, agricultural field officers in Machakos, Kenya, had difficulty explaining new agriculture techniques to local farmers – especially concepts such as artificial insemination and organic farming. But that all changed when Discovery Learning Alliance (DLA) brought new educational resources to their community. Using DLA equipment at the local primary school and videos from the Ministry of Agriculture, the field …
A Bright Future Ahead
“Education is fun if you make it to be fun.” These are the words Grace wants girls around the world to know. Grace’s teachers were trained by Impact(Ed) in active student-centered learning and the effective use of media, particularly video, as an educational tool. Her school is a part of The Discovery Project, a partnership between Impact(Ed) and the UK …
Human Rights Are Children’s Rights #ChildrensRights
As we recognize the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights on December 10th, we reflect on the global community’s advances in protecting the inalienable rights that each person holds as a human being. One of those advances came In 1989, when world leaders officially recognized that children have human rights too and developed the first legally binding …
