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editor — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 22:06:36 +0000

BOTAWA is a partnership between schools in Francistown and Mochudi in Botswana, Moshi in Tanzania and Bridgend in Wales which began in 2006 as a British Council Connecting Classrooms project.

AIM

To establish a link of friendship between all partner schools, developing awareness and understanding of global issues and helping all participants become more active global citizens.

OBJECTIVES

To develop friendship between the young people of Tanzania, Botswana and Wales.
To promote an understanding of the life and the cultures of other communities by encouraging pupils to both learn about the wider world and to reflect upon their own lives.
To plan small-scale student-student research and information exchange projects.
To develop specific learning outcomes which are directly linked to the global dimension, citizenship and sustainability aspects of the curriculum.
To cultivate a physical exchange of teachers between the countries, which contributes to staff continuous professional development, making them better practitioners.
To generate active contributions from all project participants.
To include the whole school and the local community in order to create a sustainable partnership.
To enhance international co-operation and intercultural understanding.