By Kate Robey | The GVI Trust, Operations Manager
Dear Supporters,
Today I want to tell you a little bit about some of the benefits and desired outcomes of the scholarship opportunities that we offer. There really is a long-term benefit of helping motivated and passionate young people access opportunities like this.
The objective of the program is to be able to help individuals increase their chances of employability while giving them access to an opportunity that exposes them to a variety of different lessons and skill sets.
Everyone who joins our National Scholarship Program will be given the opportunity to engage in projects that are working towards achieving various of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). All of the scholars will learn about the SDGs and how they can work towards achieving them. Scholars will begin to explore their own personal role in global development and how they fit into it while tackling the issue of what it means to be a global citizen.
When the scholars leave the project, they should have developed new skills and awareness, which will serve to increase their employability. This is the ultimate aim of this project- to make scholars aware of the global issues and give them the tools and confidence to increase their employability. Some of the skills that they will develop will be 'soft skills', like leadership, teamwork, flexibility and time management. They will also learn practical and theoretical skills, which will differ depending on the project that they go to. For example, on one of our marine research bases, scholars may learn how to dive, receive emergency first responder training, learn how to identify corals and fish and learn about the challenges facing that eco-system and how we are working to alleviate those challenges.
We believe that this approach to learning and development is invaluable and that by being exposed to the issues first hand, while also learning how to help start to solve the issues, is highly beneficial for the scholars.
Thank you for your donations and continuous support which makes these opportunities possible.
With Gratitude,
The GVI Charitable Trust
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