Umoja: Coming Together to Build Community / Online
1 September 2020
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8 August - 30 August 2020
UMOJA Unlocked will be held virtually from 8 August to 30 August 2020. The Short Course will allow participants to become global and local actors, together with a diverse community of change makers, exploring their own identity, and reflecting upon their understanding of the world. It will allow participants to explore and foster an understanding of the multiple, complex identities within a community by focusing on themes such as power and privilege. The Short Course will place emphasis on participants accumulating tools and resources to act as change-makers in a sustainable manner, while accompanying them in identifying their own impact-generating projects.
DETAILS
Dates: 8 August - 30 August 2020
Location: Online
Application information: You can access the application form here.
Application deadline: 15 July 2020
Course fee: USD 50
Eligibility: 16-20 years old
Scholarship availability: A limited number of data scholarships will be available to support successful applicants who may have trouble with the cost of accessing the internet.
For more details: Visit our website, Facebook, Instagram or email us at Umoja.coordinator@shortcourse.uwc.org or Umoja.participants@shortcourse.uwc.org
Umoja: Coming Together to Build Community - Offline Version (back in 2021)
The Umoja UWC Short Course in Tanzania will be held at the newest UWC, the United World College East Africa (UWCEA) near the foothills of Kilimanjaro Mountain. The course will bring together 24 participants from all around the world under the theme ”Coming Together to Build Community”. The 10-day program will run from 13 - 22 July, 2020 in Moshi, Tanzania with the primary course language being English.
Umoja will allow participants to explore the challenges and opportunities of building peaceful communities in a sustainable manner. The short course will address how to understand potential conflict and how to identify related actors. It also aims to explore and foster an understanding of the multiple, complex identities within a community by focusing on themes such as gender, privilege and inequality. Additionally, the course will place emphasis on the ability of participants to act as change agents within their community by exploring community building techniques and youth activism.
The course will follow the United World Colleges model of experiential learning. It will thus be centred around interactive workshops, community engagement, guest speakers and field trips. The course will equip participants to think critically, engage globally and become leaders in their own community.
DETAILS
Dates: 2021 dates TBC
Location: UWC East Africa (UWCEA) in Moshi, Tanzania
Application information: The application form will be released in March
Application deadline: TBA
Course fee: TBA
Eligibility: 16-20 years old
Scholarship availability: Limited partial and full scholarships will be provided to successful applicants on a needs basis in the form of fee waivers. Scholarships do not cover travel costs or visa fees.
For more details: Visit our website, Facebook, Instagram or email us.