Learning Spaces - 12 by 31st December 2023

updates on the 12 in plan ( listed here ) 

News and updates 

20 Nov

5. Global Refugee Basketball - Providing opportunities for refugees to engage in activities that involve sports and education. ---- slight pivot, before getting internet, we need to show a community of learners who would benefit from having internet G.RB. has open air space, and kids aged 4 to 12 who could be drawing. Lets get the Kenyan artist Elvis / Obeezybee to visit, or connect at a Windle or LWF facility, to chat to the kids about his art, which is based on pen and paper only. Lets talk with Jolly, Libro and Pxx in Austria about possible crayons. Lets get 12 more kids story books ( on top of the ones already going around in the "bag of books" project we started ) from the local shop and get a photo of the kids under the shelter drawing and looking at books. ( EXACTLY what we had in the Auer Welsbach park in the summer, after a trip to the Technical Museum, when we stumbled "by chance" onto the Lesen am Park program where someone was in the park with mats to sit on, a box of books and a box of paper and pens and we spent an hour happilly drawing and reading ) I shall ask if i can find 12 kids in Vienna happy to share 2 euros pocket money each to purchase a book in Kenya !!! That as an extension of the bag of books program here we have been running

19 Nov

9. slight pivot, before getting internet, we need to show a community of learners who would benefit from having internet Teach for Community has an open air space, and a bunch of kids aged 4 to 12 who are drawing. Lets get the Kenyan artist Elvis / Obeezybee to visit, or connect at a Windle or LWF facility, to chat to the kids about his art, which is based on pen and paper only. Lets talk with Jolly, Libro and Pxx in Austria about possible crayons. Lets get 12 kids story books from the local shop and get a photo of the kids under the shelter drawing and looking at books. ( EXACTLY what we had in the Auer Welsbach park in the summer, after a trip to the Technical Museum, when we stumbled "by chance" onto the Lesen am Park program where someone was in the park with mats to sit on, a box of books and a box of paper and pens and we spent an hour happilly drawing and reading ) I shall ask if i can find 12 kids in Vienna happy to share 2 euros pocket money each to purchase a book in Kenya !!! That as an extension of the bag of books program here we have been running

up to 18 Nov

1 The Innovation School in Nakivale, where Jonathan is founder and head of school, some 600 pupils

Innovation school 2K likes • 2K followers

https://theinnovationschool.mystrikingly.com/.. we are seeking to get internet installed in Nivember so that teachers have access, we are seeking to get a projector so that kids can watch educational videos as well as perhaps a Saturday cinema with internet we are planning that after school hours we can set up a co-working and co-learning space for adults in the school

3. Freetown November Goal - wifi installed at Lumley Beach cafe, with 7x24 access around the cafe for up to 144 members of The Learning Street getting on hour per day of affordable internet access ( 12 people per hour, 12 hours )

Set up launch event and 4-12 week program to connect expats to other expats, at the cafe in a weekly 90 minute SOLE session

actions required:- a. cost case for wifi b. find 12 expats to invite to the inspirational and exciting 12 week program c. launch event around football competition on beach