Welcome

Welcome to the Morley Schools 4 Schools blog page!

Instead of messing around with the email, I've decided to make this blog for us to communicate on. I would like you all make an effort to read it each week.

On this blog I'll post notes from seed group, notices from Oaktree, links to useful sites and other ideas. Please feel free to comment bellow or ask me about anything I post on Thursday.

Bellow I've posted some notes about the Oaktree Foundation, the Schools 4 Schools program and the G.O.L.D program. I've also posted links and other information.

WHAT IS SCHOOLS 4 SCHOOLS?

• A year long program that brings Australian schools into partnership with schools in South Africa, enabling young people to be the driving force in empowering communities through education.
• Throughout the year the program empowers students to:
• Understand current issues in South Africa and the lives of their peers in their partner school
• Raise money for GOLD to be run in their partner school
• Learn about global issues and take action on them with really easy and accessible teaching on activism in Term 3

WHAT IS GOLD?

• GOLD stands for “Generation of Leaders Discovered’ and is an organisation in South Africa that run the education program in South Africa that we raise funds for here in Australia
• GOLD empowers students to become leaders in their communities. It teaches them to address the issues that face their communities. In particular: unemployment, crime, violence, teen pregnancy and HIV/AIDS.

WHO ARE OAKTREE?

• Oaktree is an aid and development program rum entirely by volunteers under the age of 26.
• We believe education is the most powerful way to change the world, and we partner with developing communities to make educational opportunities a reality.
• We fundraise for our projects, advocate for justice and help young people lead the movement for social change.

INTERESTING LINKS

• The Oaktree Foundation -> http://theoaktree.org/
• The Schools 4 Schools Program -> http://theoaktree.org/initiatives/schools-4-schools/
• G.O.L.D -> http://theoaktree.org/initiatives/schools-4-schools/gold/

• The Oaktree Foundation - Schools 4 Schools Promo Video -> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTd8I_zssL8&feature=related
• Schools 4 School Video with Evermore & Bliss N Eso -> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUxDlWN0AqQ&feature=related