Our Impact

[0:00] What if every Nigerian child has a voice

[0:03] on the global stage? Our students in

[0:05] low-income communities needed more than

[0:08] textbooks. They needed a voice on global

[0:11] platforms. [music]

[0:12] And that is why Teach for Nigeria

[0:14] started Generation Global.

[0:16] For our fellows, they had to facilitate

[0:18] these dialogues, and it was different

[0:21] from the regular classroom teaching. So,

[0:23] they built their facilitation skills and

[0:26] also their leadership.

[0:33] >> I had to reach out to my school leader

[0:34] [music] who helped me with getting

[0:37] parent our consent. I also created a

[0:39] WhatsApp group chat where my learners

[0:41] interact. [music] I get to disseminate

[0:43] information to them, remind them of

[0:45] their video conferences, and also

[0:47] support them whenever it [music] is time

[0:49] for them to join them. Right now, 10 of

[0:51] my learners on the Global Generation

[0:53] portal [music] can now make use of the

[0:55] portal with by themselves without the

[0:58] support of the teacher.

[1:00] >> One of the challenges that I foresaw in

[1:02] my students participating [music] in the

[1:04] Generation Global was lack of digital

[1:07] device. To solve this challenge, I had

[1:10] to use my personal phone to create

[1:12] [music] Gmail addresses for some

[1:15] students. These students took turns to

[1:18] complete topics as well [music] as use

[1:20] those device to interact in video call

[1:24] dialogues with [music] students from

[1:26] outside the country.

[1:28] >> I foresaw a challenge

[1:30] >> which is communication barrier. To work

[1:32] around this,

[1:33] >> [music]

[1:33] >> I explained the concept of it using real

[1:36] life situation in their community.

[1:38] >> I also encouraged them to share their

[1:41] perspective using simple English.

[1:44] >> In front of their classmates, my

[1:45] experience in Generation Global was a

[1:48] big plus. I learned [music] about

[1:50] leadership and artificial intelligence.

[1:52] Leadership made me proud of who we are.

[1:55] I learned that artificial intelligence

[1:57] has tricks [music] and do totally rely

[1:59] on it and think carefully before asking

[2:02] question. I listened actively. This

[2:05] program has helped me improve the life

[2:06] communities. I learned about [music]

[2:08] different cultures and listen to what

[2:11] others people's digest and experiences.

[2:14] >> [music]

[2:14] >> I also learned that dialogue is not just

[2:16] our way of arguing. It is about

[2:19] understanding each other, finding what

[2:21] we have in common and

[2:23] >> [music]

[2:23] >> working together to support each other

[2:26] despite our differences.

[2:27] >> In the first part of implementation, our

[2:30] learners have become more self-aware,

[2:32] they've become more globally conscious,

[2:33] [music]

[2:34] they've become more confident and

[2:36] they've become more responsible for

[2:39] their communities. They've [music] seen

[2:40] how interwoven the challenges that we

[2:43] have from our own local environment are

[2:45] also [music] globally related. They

[2:47] found their voice.

[2:48] >> Guess what? Yes, we did it. Our students

[2:52] did not just learn about the world, they

[2:54] got [music] to speak with the world. And

[2:56] our fellows, of course, they improved.

[2:58] >> [music]

[2:59] >> Generation Global is all about assets,

[3:01] power and dignity

[3:04] >> [music]

[3:04] >> and it starts from the classroom.