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At MBIS we have just begun our IGC journey and the first 3 weeks have gone very well.  We have 18 students who have opted to start the IGC award, aged 11-14 years old.  We will meet as a group as part of the school's after school activities programme, so far having had 3 meetings.

Meeting 1: Students were made aware of the components of the Award and the Ning space, we brainstormed ideas for what we could do towards each component.  Students were also asked…

Firstly I musty apologise if this website has been shared here already (I cant remember where I got it from, and have a suspicious feeling that Boyd Roberts was the source?).

Anyways, connected to the consumer aspect of the IGC Award, the website www.slaveryfootprint.org premise is that some of the daily products we use contain parts made by forced laborers. Your TOTAL SLAVERY FOOTPRINT represents the number of…

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The group here at AIS are currently undertaking an environmental project, raising awareness of some of the things the school could improve upon.  They are taking photos and creating a display and then encouraging other students to support them to make some small changes at the school to raise awareness. 

The community projects are going well and in adddition to teaching english and homework support clubs being delivered to a local project, we are…

Hi,  my name is Linzi from Australian International School, Jakarta.  We are new to the award and as we are not an IB school we are undertaking the award on a pretty ad hoc basis with a small group of students, trying it all out and seeing whether o r not we can find a place for it in our school. 

We have a small group of students who have come together through mutual interest.  We have connections with a charitable trust and deliver Englich classes, homework help and IT…

Over 350 awards this year – quite an increase on last year and exciting that there are the  first awards in India and Hong Kong.

Many congratulations to recipients and to all who have helped them on their global citizen journeys.

It would be great to get some feedback on the Award to help it improve and move forwards.

Below is a link to an online survey on the IGC Award.

Please feel free to invite any member of staff involved with the Award in your school, and other mentors (e.g. parents who may act as mentors) to complete the survey at:

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/2GCNFX9



The survey asks for open-ended responses, and some questions…

The wooden Award plaques come in various African designs (see photos for some examples).

Now we are in the award season you may like to look at a brief video clip of the craftsmen at the 'Co-operative Wend La Mita' in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso who make the Award plaques – at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gNss9JCKBw (This has a French commentary).

Wend La Mita translates to "God Understands" in the More…

The IGCA team of mentors and participants at the Academia Británica Cuscatleca in El Salvador have been blogging about the various activities they have been taking part in. You can view this at http://igcaabc.blogspot.com/ 

At ABC a number of the activities have been undertaken as a team. There are many very worthwhile activities that can be undertaken as a group, to complement those taken by participants on an individual

basis…

It's great that Peter has started a discussion on sharing resources.

However, I've found a difficulty. In replying to the initial discussion, it's diffiicult to incloude hyperlinks. So I'm adding information about some resources but as new discussions.

Perhaps I haven't fathomed how to use Ning propoerly. If anyone can help on this, then please do!

Boyd

Mariela has just finished grade 9 in her school in El Salvador. Below is her final relfection on her participation in the Award.

If you were to compare me to what I was at the start of the school year and what I am right now you will notice great…

Lesson plan – Earthquake in Haiti

From Parag Patel, The English Academy, Kuwait.…