Funding Educational Projects in Uzbekistan
Cory has just returned from his second trip to Uzbekistan in support of the ‘Learning for Life Centre’ in Tashkent. His visit had two main focuses; to monitor and evaluate the development of the citizenship courses and to help with the preparation of plans to maintain the sustainability of the Centre one the current funding runs out at the end of 2005.
Since his last visit in October 2004 over 700 students have attended courses as diverse as first aid, HIV/AIDS awareness, alcohol and drug abuse, environmental issues, human rights, democracy, living in a healthy family and finding a good career. These courses are all built around student centred active learning and Cory reviewed the current models and worked with the Centre’s trainers to improve the work they are doing. The Centre has recently been provided with a multi-media projector and a video so trainers can now begin to use these techniques on their courses. The techniques for using these pieces of equipment have also been reviewed.
The Centre is now running two speciality Clubs, one for learning English and a second covering citizenship issues. These are well attended by a regular group of young people from School 73 where the project is based.
A common problem with international project is their sustainability beyond the life of their initial funding. Cory has been working hard with the project team to look at ways to manage the Centre and to keep it financially viable once the project funding is over. He produced a sustainability plan containing viability options for the Centre based on in-country and international funders and flexible staffing structures and business sponsorship.
The project will also be applying for more funding from international partners during the next few months, so Cory has been working on a number of funding proposals to make sure these are realistic and have quantifiable outcomes and evaluation criteria.
Cory’s first reaction to the team’s work was ‘It is great to the Centre flourishing in Tashkent, the development team involved in the project are all enthusiastic, young, dynamic people who have achieved a great deal in a short period of time. I am very pleased they have succeeded with so much during the course of the project. The challenge now is supporting this fledgling organisation in continuing its work into 2006 and beyond’.
April 25, 2005
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Cory has just returned from his second trip to Uzbekistan in support of the ‘Learning for Life Centre’ in Tashkent. His visit had two main focuses; to monitor and evaluate the development of the citizenship courses and to help with the preparation of plans to maintain the sustainability of the Centre one the current funding runs out at the end of 2005.
Since his last visit in October 2004 over 700 students have attended courses as diverse as first aid, HIV/AIDS awareness, alcohol and drug abuse, environmental issues, human rights, democracy, living in a healthy family and finding a good career. These courses are all built around student centred active learning and Cory reviewed the current models and worked with the Centre’s trainers to improve the work they are doing. The Centre has recently been provided with a multi-media projector and a video so trainers can now begin to use these techniques on their courses. The techniques for using these pieces of equipment have also been reviewed.
The Centre is now running two speciality Clubs, one for learning English and a second covering citizenship issues. These are well attended by a regular group of young people from School 73 where the project is based.
A common problem with international project is their sustainability beyond the life of their initial funding. Cory has been working hard with the project team to look at ways to manage the Centre and to keep it financially viable once the project funding is over. He produced a sustainability plan containing viability options for the Centre based on in-country and international funders and flexible staffing structures and business sponsorship.
The project will also be applying for more funding from international partners during the next few months, so Cory has been working on a number of funding proposals to make sure these are realistic and have quantifiable outcomes and evaluation criteria.
Cory’s first reaction to the team’s work was ‘It is great to the Centre flourishing in Tashkent, the development team involved in the project are all enthusiastic, young, dynamic people who have achieved a great deal in a short period of time. I am very pleased they have succeeded with so much during the course of the project. The challenge now is supporting this fledgling organisation in continuing its work into 2006 and beyond’.
April 25, 2005
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