Fall 2024 Newsletter
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Bridging Continents: How Our Teacher Exchange Program Transforms Education for South African Educators
Earlier this year, before our summer trip to Africa, we had a successful Educator Exchange Program here in the U.S. In March of 2024, 11 educators from South Africa traveled to the Bay Area and were placed across seven K-12 public, independent, and charter schools in San Francisco, Oakland, and Palo Alto. The South African […]
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2023 Axis Summit Recap
“I was invited to go to South Africa as a Teach With Africa Fellow, July 2023. I had the chance to visit Pretoria, Cape Town, and Johannesburg. I had no idea what to expect, but the summit was invigorating. The working sessions were thought-provoking and inspiring. Other participants and I all recognized that though we […]
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Interns return to South Africa after a month of immersive learning
[April 24, 2023] In the past few weeks, Teach With Africa welcomed four interns from CapeTown, South Africa accompanied by Hassiena Marriott, the Head of Education with the Global Teachers Institute. Teach With Africa’s Educators’ Exchange Program, in collaboration with Flora Mugambi-Mutunga, TWA’s Senior Community and Education Consultant, and The Global Teachers Institute sponsored this […]
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Keynote Speech by TWA at the GTI Axis Summit 2022
Kofi Annan, the late and former UN Secretary-General from Ghana is credited for the following quote: “Education is a human right with immense power to transform. On its foundation rest the cornerstones of freedom, democracy and sustainable human development”. Jambo, to everyone present here today and those of you joining us remotely. My name is […]
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TWA is sending six Bay Area Educators to South Africa
It is with enormous excitement that Teach With Africa is sending a Bay Area cohort with teachers from Hamlin School For Girls and Town School For Boys to the Global Teachers Initiative (GTI) Axis Summit in Johannesburg, South Africa. This will be the first time in three years that the Summit has been able to go forward in […]
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Margie talks TWA beginnings on Waves of Change Podcast
This month, Marjorie Schlenoff, co-founder of Teach With Africa, was interviewed by Lizzie Lara in the Waves of Change podcast. Host Lizzie interviews founders and executive directors from small nonprofits across the world to discover how they are solving problems and bringing hope and change to the world.
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