[WINTER 2020] LIGHT A REFUGEE DREAM

THE PROBLEM

As a refugee in the country,  it was very difficult for refugee children to have quality education. Due to their refugee status, these children cannot attend schools and are therefore forced to make do with whatever limited resources they might have. Most attend schools which are sponsored by non-governmental organizations and even then, many times there are simply not enough available resources to provide all the children with their most basic needs. The children have no access to formal education, no legal or administrative frameworks in place in the country to address the refugee situation and no fixed teachers in refugee centres thus they do not have a proper education.

AIESEC in Taylor's University has designed this project to increase the education level of the refugees, and at the same time empower them to believe and have faith that they can still do something more with their life.

 

THE SOLUTION

The project consists of several components for both refugee children and the global volunteer. In this project, we will recruit volunteers to teach the children in the refugee centre English and Mathematics.

1st - Train the Trainer (TtT) 

Which aims to ensure that our volunteers receive sufficient educational support, in terms of teaching and managing children and understand more about impact assessment with the help of our partners, School of Education in Taylor's University and Taylor's Community. 

2nd - Project Developmental Space

In this space, the volunteers will prepare the teaching materials and exercises before they teach the children in the refugee centre. The volunteers will also discuss the execution of teaching.  Thus, in this space, the exchange participants will prepare themselves before teaching the children.

3rd - Teaching at the refugee centre 

Throughout the 6 weeks, the volunteers will teach the children on the subjects, English and Mathematics, and small tests will be given to ensure that the children understand the teaching. Meanwhile,  the volunteers will also share their cultures from their country to the children.

4th- Donation Drive 

The volunteers set up a booth at the mall or university to have a fundraising event for the refugee centre so that the centre is able to sustain. During the donation drive, the volunteers will sell arts and crafts like bookmarks designed by the refugee children.

5th - Global Village 

Which aim to foster cultural exchange with the global volunteers showcasing their food, cultural elements from their home country.

 

THE IMPACT

Light A Refugee's Dream has impacted more than 80 global volunteers, 4 refugee centres, 100 of refugee children. Through the project, the children showed improvement in getting a better understanding of what they are learning and the children also improved the test marks too. Most of our stakeholders ranked this project 8 out of 10 and we believe that this project can impact more and more children by providing them with a quality education

Goal Breakdown

Goal 1 -Project Cost (Laptop, Internet Data for the Students)  Amount Needed: MYR600.00

Goal 2 -Operation fee (Marketing Materials, and Project Materials)  Amount Needed: MYR200.00

Goal 3 -Transportation and Facilitator Fees  Amount Needed: MYR200.00

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