MoveForwardProject
The MoveForwardProject was an international student initiative founded in March 2013 by an association of former and active student representatives in Germany, which existed until December 2013. The initiative's goal was to promote and improve education and the school habitat on the African continent. To achieve this goal, the MoveForwardProject launched a global fundraising campaign to financially support the pioneering work of the organization Model Schools for Africa/Institute for Intercultural and Innovative Learning.[1]
The institute was founded by the former federal coordinator of the German UNESCO project schools, Karl-Heinz Köhler. It aims to establish African model schools that combine European and African educational concepts to create an eye-level intercultural dialogue that strives for a teaching model based on modern and humane methodologies. The organization's work is financed by donations and the German UNESCO Commission, which acts as a patron.[2]
Project work[edit]
The MoveForwardProject was initially started as an intercultural student representation project of a single German school but developed into an independent initiative with a team of more than 50 students worldwide. Supported by advisors, international student groups led by student representatives in Germany and Austria conducted fundraising activities in 10 countries. Participating countries included Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Belgium, France, Norway, South Korea, New Zealand, Canada, and Tanzania. Students supervised, designed, organized, and implemented the project throughout the project period. Professionals and students supported the project only temporarily in an advisory capacity.
The MoveForwardProject's work lasted from March 2013 to December 2013. The goal of the fundraising activities was to raise at least €10,000 in donations for Model Schools for Africa/Institute for Intercultural and Innovative Learning within nine months.[3] Through sponsored walks by schools in Germany, Austria, and New Zealand, street fundraisings in South Korea, benefit concerts, and charity sales worldwide, in December 2013, the project recorded a donation level of €15,300 for Model Schools for Africa/Institute for Intercultural and Innovative Learning.[4] Besides, in September 2013, a delegation of the project's management traveled to Tanzania to visit the first school built by Model Schools for Africa/Institute for Intercultural and Innovative Learning. The project's team shot a 40-minute documentary about the One World Secondary School Kilimanjaro in Tanzania.[5] Besides, the team supported UNESCO in organizing the first Euro-African Youth Academy, which took place at Kilimanjaro.
Support[edit]
Supporters of the MoveForwardProject were organizations, banks, private individuals, and schools in the participating countries. German Health Minister Hermann Gröhe, Tanzanian UNESCO Secretary-General Elizabeth Kiondo, and German-Ethiopian business consultant Asfa-Wossen Asserate were recruited as patrons.
Follow-up[edit]
After the work of MoveForwardProject ended in December 2013, key players of the initiative joined forces again in mid-2014. They founded the Mavericks Foundation e.V., a young non-profit successor organization active in development cooperation, on January 18, 2015.
References[edit]
- ↑ ONLINE, RP (2013-05-07). "Neuss: Schüler starten Hilfsprojekt für Afrika". RP ONLINE (in Deutsch). Retrieved 2021-12-03.
- ↑ "Modellschulen in Afrika | UNESCO-Club Kulmbach-Plassenburg e.V." www.unesco-clubkulmbach.de (in Deutsch). Retrieved 2021-12-03.
- ↑ "2013 13 mm by WestMedia Verlags GmbH - Issuu". issuu.com. Retrieved 2021-12-03.
- ↑ "Unterstützer | Modellschulen für Afrika". Retrieved 2021-12-03.
- ↑ MoveForward to One World.mp4, retrieved 2021-12-03
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