Formation | 2001 |
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Founder | Jayne Martin |
Headquarters | Cape Town |
Key people | Jayne Martin (Cape Town) Sandy Agar (London) |
Website |
www |
Afri Twin is an international school linking initiative that facilitates mutually beneficial partnerships between students and teachers at schools in the United Kingdom and South Africa. [1] [2] It was founded in 2001 by Jayne Martin, a South African then living in the United Kingdom who has since returned to South Africa. [3] [4] Afri Twin provides support for the programme by matching schools with suitable partners, providing guidance to participating schools and arranging workshops and other networking events. [1] The benefits of Afri Twin partnerships include global learning, greater cultural tolerance and the improvement of learning facilities in disadvantaged schools. [2] [4] In 2010, there were over 250 schools in the United Kingdom and South Africa participating in the initiative. [1]
Participating schools are arranged in collaborative clusters of up to six schools, [5] including at least one British school and one South African school, with one aim being the upliftment of a disadvantaged South African school in each cluster. [2] [6] [7] [8] Apart from physical visits to partner schools, [7] [9] [10] students at twinned schools are encouraged to learn more about other cultures via pen pal relationships, [11] video chat, [12] and blogging, [11] and teachers exchange teaching tips and ideas. [13] [14] School clusters also collaborate on themed projects that incorporate a variety of school subjects and foster global citizenship. [9] [13]
Some participating schools have received financial support for the initiative from the British Council, a British charity that promotes international educational and cultural relations. Participating schools also undertake their own fundraising projects to help finance overseas trips and school upliftment projects. [7] [9] [10] [11] [15]
Formation | 2001 |
---|---|
Founder | Jayne Martin |
Headquarters | Cape Town |
Key people | Jayne Martin (Cape Town) Sandy Agar (London) |
Website |
www |
Afri Twin is an international school linking initiative that facilitates mutually beneficial partnerships between students and teachers at schools in the United Kingdom and South Africa. [1] [2] It was founded in 2001 by Jayne Martin, a South African then living in the United Kingdom who has since returned to South Africa. [3] [4] Afri Twin provides support for the programme by matching schools with suitable partners, providing guidance to participating schools and arranging workshops and other networking events. [1] The benefits of Afri Twin partnerships include global learning, greater cultural tolerance and the improvement of learning facilities in disadvantaged schools. [2] [4] In 2010, there were over 250 schools in the United Kingdom and South Africa participating in the initiative. [1]
Participating schools are arranged in collaborative clusters of up to six schools, [5] including at least one British school and one South African school, with one aim being the upliftment of a disadvantaged South African school in each cluster. [2] [6] [7] [8] Apart from physical visits to partner schools, [7] [9] [10] students at twinned schools are encouraged to learn more about other cultures via pen pal relationships, [11] video chat, [12] and blogging, [11] and teachers exchange teaching tips and ideas. [13] [14] School clusters also collaborate on themed projects that incorporate a variety of school subjects and foster global citizenship. [9] [13]
Some participating schools have received financial support for the initiative from the British Council, a British charity that promotes international educational and cultural relations. Participating schools also undertake their own fundraising projects to help finance overseas trips and school upliftment projects. [7] [9] [10] [11] [15]