Warwick in Africa

• What is it?

• “Warwick in Africa is a philanthropically funded programme, developed over eight years from a small student volunteering project to a multi-layered programme which supports learners and their teachers with Maths and English education in South Africa, Tanzania and Ghana”.

Warwick in Africa: Enhancing education, Challenging and Changing Lives

Warwick in Africa

Warwick in Africa: Enhancing education, Challenging and Changing Lives

What did we achieve?• 120,000 learners and 780 teachers have benefited.• 100 WIA teachers and team teaching with universities of Stellenbosch, Venda and NUS as well as E & Y.• New pilot in Morogoro was a big success.• Impact on attendance and performance maintained (up typically 50% and 30 – 40% respectively) .• 90% learners find Maths and English easier after WIA experience.

• Over £1.3 million has been raised. WIA teachers raised £44,000!

• Cost of teaching a learner reduced from £16 to £11.

What we do

• Our mission

• What we teach

• How we teach

• How we raise money

Warwick in Africa: Enhancing education, Challenging and Changing Lives

Our impact

• Over 120,000 learners reached over 3 countries

• Teachers’ master class

• Universities

• IGGY

• Warwick Study Programme

Warwick in Africa: Enhancing education, Challenging and Changing Lives

WiA Stories

Louise Ackroyd:

• 4 time Warwick in Africa Participant

Warwick in Africa: Enhancing education, Challenging and Changing Lives

Our student teachers

• What do we do?

• What do we gain?

Warwick in Africa: Enhancing education, Challenging and Changing Lives

My Story

I am lucky enough to have been selected to

head out to Africa for the third time.

Previously:

• Soweto

• Limpopo

• Fundraising

• This year:Tanzania

Warwick in Africa: Enhancing education, Challenging and Changing Lives

What next for 2013?

• SA Trust • Expansion of teacher training, Limpopo• New corporate partners Standard

Chartered Bank and continued support Detecon and E & Y

• New school, Mpumpalanga

Warwick in Africa: Enhancing education, Challenging and Changing Lives

Our future

• Reducing the cost per child to teach during our time there.

• Consolidate support in SA, Tanzania and Ghana

• Continuing building partners and philanthropic support to increase our impact

Warwick in Africa: Enhancing education, Challenging and Changing Lives

Thank you• We are now happy to take questions

Warwick in Africa: Enhancing education, challenging and changing lives