Afri Twin
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Formation | 2001 |
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Founder | Jayne Martin |
Headquarters | Cape Town |
Key people
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Jayne Martin (Cape Town) Sandy Agar (London) |
Slogan | Sharing Education Together |
Mission | Twinning schools for mutual benefit |
Website | www |
Afri Twin is an international school linking initiative that facilitates mutually beneficial partnerships between students and teachers at schools in the United Kingdom and South Africa.[1][2] It was founded in 2001 by Jayne Martin, a South African then living in the United Kingdom who has since returned to South Africa.[3][4] Afri Twin provides support for the programme by matching schools with suitable partners, providing guidance to participating schools and arranging workshops and other networking events.[1] The benefits of Afri Twin partnerships include global learning, greater cultural tolerance and the improvement of learning facilities in disadvantaged schools.[2][4] In 2010, there were over 250 schools in the United Kingdom and South Africa participating in the initiative.[1]
School clusters
Participating schools are arranged in collaborative clusters of up to six schools,[5] including at least one British school and one South African school, with one aim being the upliftment of a disadvantaged South African school in each cluster.[2][6][7][8] Apart from physical visits to partner schools,[7][9][10] students at twinned schools are encouraged to learn more about other cultures via pen pal relationships,[11] video chat,[12] and blogging,[11] and teachers exchange teaching tips and ideas.[13][14] School clusters also collaborate on themed projects that incorporate a variety of school subjects and foster global citizenship.[9][13]
Funding
Some participating schools have received financial support for the initiative from the British Council, a British charity that promotes international educational and cultural relations. Participating schools also undertake their own fundraising projects to help finance overseas trips and school upliftment projects.[7][9][10][11][15]
See also
References
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Further reading
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