Stories

South Africa faces a youth crisis of unemployment, poverty and a range of difficult living conditions that has the potential to fuel a state of youth apathy. Unfortunately, many unemployed young people who have dropped out of school do not have the confidence to go back into a formal learning environment. This is why DVV International South Africa in collaboration with its partner is promoting non-formal education programmes that are relevant to the learning needs of youth.

In a central Malian village, the members of a REFLECT circle have not only learned to read, write and do arithmetic, but have worked to keep their community together. In response to the increasing loss of agricultural land and the resulting tensions between the villagers, the circle decided to build a stone wall.

During the United Nations High-Level Political Forum the Asia South Pacific Association for Basic and Adult Education (ASPBAE), a longstanding partner of DVV International for many decades, held an online side event with UN Women and the Azad Foundation on 8 July 2021. Its objective was to discuss how equitable access to skills and sustainable infrastructure can lead to an inclusive recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic.

In Tunisia, an increased illiteracy rate has been observed. In rural areas, the rate is especially high, as those areas are usually poorer and are characterized by a low level of education, rural migration and subsistence agriculture. DVV International Tunisia has started the programme Farmer Field School adds Literacy which minimizes the illiteracy rate, ensures food security, and improves the socio-economic integration of vulnerable populations.

Curriculum GlobALE (CG) is an output-orientated core curriculum for training adult educators worldwide. Based on how important CG can be when adapted to local contexts, it became clear that it is also an important instrument to support ALE providers in the context of the pandemic. Therefore, DVV International Palestine and its partners agreed to pilot the digital implementation of Curriculum GlobALE.

A global network has come together for the first time to develop and apply a joint definition and vision of Adult Learning and Education – ALE. The processes of change among the network and the partners were based on the three principles of organisation development, namely “involving, understanding, shaping”.