What have you done this term?

Grade 11students are off to a great start.  This week I just want to remind you to check your portfolio over the break - remember a little bit every week means less work in the long run.

That looks a bit like a rabbit rather than a hare, but I hope you get the point.                                                                                     ⇢

Some of the CAS experiences you have participated in:

• Teaching Swedish - to refugees and other students at the school
• Playing football - school team, local teams, with refugees
• Nepal group - web page, social media trip planning
• GEA - establishment of the Gender Equality Association
• Amnesty International group - campaign to protest the treatment of activists in Turkey - now run by grade 11 students
• Rhino group attended National Day against Rhino poaching 
• Student Council - grade 11 now in charge
• On-line research - cyclone watch/Species identification in the Amazon Rainforest and Serengeti National Reserve
• Dance to Health project teaching primary students to dance and raising money for the cancer foundation
• Music groups
• Individuals playing and composing music and singing
• Sports - running, going to the gym, yoga, pilates, skating, cheer leading, water polo
• Blogs/websites/instagrams about football/food/restaurant reviews/etc.
• Arts and crafts from knitting to lino prints to sketching and photography
• Badminton lessons ending in a tournament
• Volunteer work at Red Cross, Stockholm Film Festival, Hemlösa.se (giving out food to homeless people in the mornings), Korean and Japanese schools on the weekends
• Year book pages
• Student newspaper - now run by year 11 students
• Recycling plastic bottles
• Volunteering at a cat home
• Music performances at a hospital

This list is by no means exhaustive.  It is just a sample of the great experiences that our students are getting as part of the IB Diploma Programme.  

Enjoy your winter break.


Still looking for new ideas.  Bored during the break.  Try some of these online service - research projects:

Satellites Over Seals (SOS) 

Identify seals in satellite pictures to help scientists

Scientists are asking the public’s help in searching satellite images of Antarctica. This is the first-ever, comprehensive count of Weddell seals. Documenting how the seals’ population numbers change over time will help researchers better understand how climate change and commercial fishing in the Antarctic impact these iconic species.

Study Adélie Penguin breeding 

Count & tally individual penguins in photographs from study site

Part of our research is monitoring the number of penguins that breed at Cape Royds every year. Knowing the numbers helps us understand what is happening to penguin populations as changes in their habit occur. Just outside the colony is a camera that takes a picture everyday of the penguins. This allows us to see the changes in numbers as the season progresses and compare year to year. We need help counting the penguins as the daily photos are not saved. If you would like to help us with this project read on!

 You will need:

• Access to the internet everyday Nov to Feb.
• The Penguin Count Data Sheet 
• Graph paper (optional)

Play a computer game and help Alzheimer's researchers

Help scientists analyze brain blood flow movies - are blood vessels flowing or stalled?

One symptom of Alzheimer’s that has been known since the discovery of the disease is reduced blood flow to the brain, but until now, nobody knew why. That is why this aspect of the disease, which likely contributes to cognitive problems and accelerates injury to brain cells, has remained untreated.
New specialized imaging techniques have allowed Cornell University researchers to discover a potential cause of the reduced blood flow. This suggests new treatment approaches that could slow progression of the disease to delay, or even prevent, the onset of symptoms, and possibly restore some cognitive function when symptoms are present.

However, understanding the molecular basis of the process, and homing in on the specific pharmaceutical targets using current methods could take decades, limited primarily by the need for extensive manual image analysis. Crowdsourcing this analysis to citizen scientists could reduce that time to just a few years.

Last week's blog prize was never claimed.  In order to win this week's prize you need to write down all the animals that appear on this week's post and give the paper to me personally.  The competition is open until the 9th January at 5 pm.  

Still standing.... Exams are over - take time to reflect!

In the last few weeks you have had a lot of exams, assignments to hand in and most of all a lot of stress.  What is good about all that?  Well for one thing it is now over - for the moment.  It is easy to lose sight of the small things in the midst of all the extra pressures.  CAS is one of the things that often gets pushed to the back of the mind when there are pressing deadlines. 

Take some time, now that it is a bit calmer, to get on top of what needs to be done to keep your portfolio in the green.  Take a look below at some of the inspirational reflections people have done.  

If you spend 10 - 15 minutes a week up-dating your CAS portfolio it will not become a burden or a big task.  

Keep standing!

Some inspirational CAS reflections

Dance for Health - organising dance classes in the primary school

Another challenge we faced, that really tested our collaborative skills was on the day of the college fair the auditorium where we usually hold our dance classes was occupied. We had to find a place big enough to hold 18 kids and have enough room to dance and to teach. We went around different classrooms asking if it would be ok to hold the lesson, we got denied quite a few times, however we came to an agreement with one of the art teachers that if we put the tables exactly back to the correct placements, we could use the room. We then had to all split up and search for the kids, making sure they all knew about the location change. I have to say it was quite hectic working in a smaller space and also the new distractions of the location, but we made it work and got through more the choreography.

Horse Riding - Competition review

 I went into the ring with a good feeling, my horse felt ready for the class. I remembered my mistakes from the previous day and was quite determined not to repeat them. It was important to remember breathing, good last stride and relax. This worked perfectly for the first phase, however in the second phase I again made mistakes. I took a risk coming to the second last fence, the angle was slightly off meaning it dropped. Then I ceased to ride which resulted in a unusual stop from my horse, however we rode the parkour to a finish. In the end it payed off and we ended 4th. However, it was very clear to me that the results could have been much better if I hadn't made silly mistakes. This is something that will be addressed in the next Training, to keep relaxed and keep breathing which are two things that I sometimes forget in the ring and when things become a bit stressed I make silly mistakes.

Giving out food to homeless people

One problem we have is limiting the amount of food that is given out. We let the people taking food choose which products they'd like, but since our quantity is limited we have to restrict the amount they take. For instance, they may be allowed to take 3 pastries, a salad, and a baguette. However, sometimes people do not listen to you and try to take 4 pastries. This causes there to be some commotion. Another issue we have had is that we become very stressed when we do not have enough volunteers. If it is only 3 people we may have trouble keeping things in order. We have also had issues in attending the past 2 weeks since we have had an excess of schoolwork, leading us to be very tired in the mornings and requiring more sleep.

By being involved in an organization like this I feel like I am directly impacting people in Stockholm. Since it is only once a week, it is not that tiring and I feel as though more people could be participating in this. The activity means a lot to me, I feel like I am actually making an impact when doing it. So many people are dependent on this organization and I feel satisfyingly helpful when I am there. One thing I can apply to my life more generally is that I can do more to help others. I have realized that performing even small tasks makes others happy. It has taught me to be more thankful for the things I have in my life (health, happiness, wealth).

Knitting - a visual reflection

Tracking cyclones on https://www.cyclonecenter.org/ - an audio reflection

audio recording

If you have got this far, well done. You should have a good idea of how to reflect. The first person to come with the name of the songs from this week and last week's posts  written on paper will receive a prize.

Please Reflect...

How do I do a good reflection? A reflection should be meaningful and something that helps you understand what you have been doing and its impact on you and possibly others. It should not just describe what you have done.

On the pages at the side here, you will see some sample reflections.  Read them and see if they inspire you. Remember that a reflection does not have to be in writing.  You can record it, take a video of it, sing it, write a poem....

Reflections should not just be about how fantastic you are and what you achieved.  They should also be about what you could differently, what you did wrong, what impact your experience had on you and others etc.  The following is an excerpt from the CAS guide.

Elements of a Reflection

•       Describe what happened.  Memorable moments, obstacles, difficulties,successes.
•       Expressing feelings.  Show how you felt about your experiences.
•       Generating ideas. Rethinking or re-examining choices.
•       Asking questions. Questions about people, processes or issues

      Remember to relate to the learning outcome as much as possible.  These are the questions that appear on  Managebac the first time you reflect on or provide evidence for an experience:

For each of your activities, you will want to show evidence of:

• planning and organization
• effort and commitment
• active reflection
• personal development and achievements

To guide your reflection, you may consider the following at different stages of an activity (prior to starting, during, and after completion):

• What do you perceive and notice?
• How you feel being involved?
• What problems have you encountered?
• What do you think and feel about the activity itself?
• What does the activity mean to you?
• What value does the activity have?
• What did you learn from this activity, and how might you apply this to your life more generally?

      

      Your reflection could be a series of questions that you ask yourself about what you did and how it impacts (or doesn't) on the community.  You do not need to praise your experience but to be critical of it. 

                 

               Volunteer opportunities

Barnfonden - Christmas Village in Kungsträdgården 16 and 17th  December

People are needed to help at the Christmas Village.  The description is only in Swedish but I am sure there will be plenty of tourists around who you can speak to so I encourage you to apply on voluntärbyrån.  See me or a Swedish speaking friend if you need help. You would be giving out information and Christmas joy for an organisation that helps children all over the world. Apply before 3rd December.

    

   

    

   

Do You have a Project?

This week, I am pleased to say that the CAS portfolios are looking very good.  Lots of people have added evidence and reflection to each of their experiences.  Great work.

To get the gold trophy you need to have:

• evidence for all experiences
• CAS project with the CAS stages started and added in the correct way (see previous post about that)
• reflections for experiences that have been going for most of the term.

Reflections and evidence can be:

• pictures/photos
• recordings
• meeting agendas
• attendance records
• audio recordings
• videos
• and anything else you can think of.

Projects

It is important that you have at least begun planning your project even if you haven't actually started it yet.  That means you have written a short description and goals as well as filled in the CAS stages form and uploaded it under 'evidence and reflection.' (See last post about how to that correctly).

If you really cannot come up with a project I have some ideas.  The week after the exam week, I will take all the people who do have not yet started a project and they can join one of the ones I have. Here's one suggestion about how to design a service project can really meet a need in the community.

Convictus is an organisation that helps homeless people.  They take in donations in the form of clothes but often what they get is not what they want.  Homeless people need items such as: underwear, socks, towels, woollen socks and mittens/gloves, backpacks. You can see the notice from the window here.  Just now they also want sleeping bags.

I also read in an IB newsletter about some primary school children who decided to donate items to homeless people and found out that the most common items that are donated are 'unwanted t-shirts, old dresses and scuffed shoes.' * What they found out was most needed was: clean underwear and socks.  

This is a case of really finding out what the need is rather than just collecting a whole lot of items that are not really needed.  It is easy for people to throw away unwanted clothing - but actually spending a few crowns to buy some underwear or socks is much more useful.

The primary students in Wisconsin were able to get donations of new, clean socks and underwear that really helped people in need.

If you don't have a project and would like to help in this way, come and see me and I can help you contact the organisation.  Or come up with your own idea and find some people to work with! Just try to find a real need.

* Odum, Sophie-Marie, editor. “Thinking Outside the Box.” IB World The Magazine of the International Baccalaureate, Oct. 2017, p. 5.

CAS Stages

A lot of people have started their projects.  Great work!  You now need to make sure you have added the CAS stages in the correct way. The CAS stages document can be found on the page at the side here - 'links to documents.' Or by clicking here. 

How to add the CAS stages document to your project

1. Each person in the group should take a copy of the document and rename it with his/her name and the name of the project. You should NOT have a shared document.  Parts of the document can be the same as other group members but there are sections you must fill in yourself.

2. Once you have created the document, click on share.  Make sure it is set to 'anyone with the link can view.'  Copy the link.

3. Next step is to go to your project on MB. Select 'Add Reflections & Evidence.

4. Once you are there you need to choose 'website.'

5. You then paste in the link.  

It is important that you follow those steps. Do not send just share the document with me!  Do not upload it as a Pdf.

Opportunities

English teacher wanted Mondays approx 15.30 - 17.00

An Afghani refugee has asked if I could find him an English teacher.  He has been learning Swedish for a couple of years, but doesn't really speak any English. He is 18 years old.  You need to be creative and able to communicate with a person who doesn't speak the same language as you (unless you know Dari or Swedish).  I can help you with ideas and maybe a book to use.  Please speak to me if you are interested.

Dutch Speakers wanted for Christmas Event

On Sunday 26th November, the Dutch Embassy is holding s traditional party for children and would like some volunteers to help out.  Click here for full information in Dutch

Keeping on Track

Continuity

CAS is not something you can do all in one go.  It is not something you can do 'afterwards.' The idea is that you participate in CAS experiences for at least 18 months of the IB Diploma programme.  This might mean that some weeks you spend several hours, another week just one, but you must always have a CAS experience that is ongoing.

Planning - writing a description and setting goals

CAS experiences should be planned.  Before you start you should have added your goals and a description of the experience. The experience should then be approved and you can start participating.  It should not happen the other way around.

Adding Evidence

This should be ongoing.  As soon as you start an experience, you should have some evidence of participation.  This can be schedules, emails, photos, planning documents, receipts for payments, membership cards, posters, recordings, minutes from meetings showing attendance, screen shots of websites you are working on etc. Do it as you go along and it will not be a big chore.  Wait until the end and it will take much more time.

Adding Reflections

By now you should be thinking about reflecting. If you started something at the beginning of the term and have not yet found a moment to do a reflection, start to think about it now.  Reflection can be done at any time - maybe after a match if you play a sport, at the end of campaign, when something significant happens.... Reflections can be in writing, audio recordings, videos, pictures that show how you felt.  They should show how you covered the learning outcomes, but can also be other points.  They can be done individually or in groups.

CAS Project Planning

CAS projects must follow the CAS stages.  The first stage must be filled in and completed and then approval gained from the CAS coordinator before you continue.  If you are doing a project and haven't followed this procedure, you are at risk of not being able to count it as a project. At this point, everyone should have an idea and start planning their project.

Deadlines - for green flags 

At the end of this week - November 17th you need to have the following to get a green flag.

• planned and approved CAS experiences
• evidence for all CAS experiences that you have commenced
• reflection for all CAS experiences that have gone for longer than a month
• the CAS stages document for projects - filled in to at least stage 1 for projects that have not started.  Filled in to end of stage 3 for projects that have already commenced.

Opportunities

Volunteers to join our Knowledge sharing work-group.

Action10 is a nonprofit organisation operating in non-OECD countries. We have programmes in Kenya, Uganda, Togo, Cameroon, Liberia, Nigeria and Colombia. Our vision is a world without extreme poverty.

Organisation: 

Action10

Considering ethics of choices and actions

CAS and Ethics

This is one of the outcomes that many people find hardest to meet and reflect upon.  Here is an example.

A student in a dance performance had her leg in a cast after she tore a muscle and wouldn't be able to train with the other dancers in the last weeks leading up to the performance. The producers of the show had to make the decision to exclude her as she wouldn't have time to catch up when her cast was removed. Decisions like this that you have to make - accepting or not accepting people as part of a group, or their piece of work etc are important if difficult decisions that involve ethical considerations (Cannings et al.).

You can think about ethical decisions you have made in the following contexts: 

• sport
• dealing with other people
• carrying out a service experience
• in terms of academic honesty
• reflection

Think about how often, "we make decisions in CAS relative to the feelings of our peer group."  This is especially so in experiences that involve working in groups.  I have met and spoke with some groups about this.  Who does the work?  Should everyone get equal credit?  These are the kind of questions that enable you to demonstrate that you have: Recognised and considered the ethics of choices and actions. 

Source: Cannings, John, María Inés Piaggio, Peter Muir, and Tom Brodie. Creativity, Activity, Service CAS for the IB Diploma An Essential Guide for Students. Cambridge: Cambridge Univ Pr, 2015. Print.

Mostly green flags!

Most people have managed to add a number of CAS experiences and have them approved.  The next step is to start adding evidence and reflection.  Each experience should have some evidence at least by the end of October.  You should also consider a good moment to reflect.  By the end of November, you should have evidence and reflection for all experiences.  

Projects

You should all have started planning a project by the end of November.  That means you have the CAS stages document in the evidence section of your CAS portfolio - with at least the first section filled in.  Please check the sharing settings so that I can see it!  If you are having trouble with a project idea, please see me.

Creative Cats

Can you knit, sew or crochet?  Or would like to learn?  Heart Cats is a project where

people crochet cats with small red hearts for children undergoing heart surgery. These follow a set pattern that can be found in English, Japanese and Swedish. Cats or other figures can also be made for siblings - the difference with these is that you do not have to follow a pattern or even crochet - you can let your imagination go wild.

Once completed the cats/animals are sent to the HjärteKatt organisation, which then distributes them to the children. If you want more information you can go the website - it is in Swedish so if you don't understand come and see me or ask a Swedish friend to help you.  Look at the very cute pictures here!

Turn Activity into service

There is a free app called: Charity Miles.  If you use this app when you are walking, running or cycling companies donate money to a charity that you choose from a list.  Sounds like a great way to get exercise and raise money for charity. It is available on Apple  and and through Google Play.  

Amnesty Group - congratulations!

The Amnesty group has worked hard to gather 142 signatures to protest about the imprisonment of Amnesty activists in Turkey.  The hearings started this week and 2 of the activists have actually now been released after over 100 days in jail to await trial later next month.  Let's hope that the voice of our students is heard and that all the activists can have fair trials.   Well done!

Finishing an Experience

There are some people who have already come to the end of an experience.  Once you have finished you need to do the following:

• check that you have added enough evidence
• check that you have added reflections
• fill in the CAS questions                       ↘↘↘↘↘

• Make sure that you explain how you have reached the learning outcomes in your answer to the CAS questions.  
• Send a 'request for review' to your supervisor
• Make sure that you have a correct email address otherwise it won't work. If you don't have an email address for your supervisor, you can print it out and give it to the supervisor.  Once it is filled in, scan it and add it to your evidence and reflections.
• Once all that is done you should get a green tick next to the experience to indicate that it is complete. You will not be able to make any changes to your experience once that green tick appears so make sure you follow the steps in the correct order.

Do you still have a red flag?

The deadline has passed for having started your CAS portfolio.  If you do not have approved experiences by now, you will have been sent a message to book at time for a meeting with me.  If this issue is not resolved before the break, I will need to contact you parents to inform them that you are in danger of not qualifying for the IB Diploma.

Next step

After the Autumn break I will be expecting everyone to have started adding evidence and reflections.  

Project deadline

Everyone is expected to have uploaded a CAS stages document for the planned project by the beginning of December.  

Some service ideas

If you are having trouble finding service ideas you can try Zooniverse.  There are lots of on-line research projects you can get involved in.  

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Another good site with community science projects all around the world is Scistarter

Otherwise try volunärbyrån.  Don't worry if you don't speak Swedish.  They have some jobs in English and even if it is Swedish, ask a Swedish speaker to help.  Most organisations just want volunteers - they don't mind if you don't speak Swedish.  One of our students has already volunteered at a Redcross Shop.

Do you like to bake?  Jul in Gemenskap needs Christmas food - home baked cinnamon buns, ginger cakes and small biscuits

Still need ideas?  Come and see me!

Descriptions and Goals

This week there are still a lot of people with red flags.  Even those with green flags still have some things to fix.

What to think about when writing your description

Describe exactly what you are doing as part of this experience.  Some of you have very detailed descriptions of the the groups you are in, but neglect to say what you are actually doing as part of the group

What to think about when writing goals

These should be clear and personal.  What you will actually get better at, or try to improve.  They can be simple like to attend the gym 3 times a week for 6 months.  Or more complex - to improve my leadership skills by being the chairperson for this group.

What to think about when choosing learning outcomes

For every learning outcome you choose, you need to show how you will reach it.  

1. Identify own strengths and develop areas for growth

You need to say what your strengths are and what areas you need to develop.  

e.g. I am already very physically strong but I do not have such good stamina so I will do more cardio exercise in order to develop my ability to run longer distances.

2. Demonstrate that challenges have been undertaken, developing new skills in the process.

You need to explicitly describe the challenges and the skills that that you think you will develop.

e.g. I have never spoken in public before, so debating with be a real challenge but I hope that I will develop better public speaking skills through this experience.

3. Demonstrate how to initiate and plan a CAS experience.

You need to show that it was you who came up with this idea and carried it through from idea and planning to completion.

e.g. I want to create a website about .... and I am planning to get others to work on it with me.

4. Show commitment and perseverance in CAS experiences

You need to mention what the commitment is

e.g. I will do .... every week for 6 months

5. Demonstrate the skills and recognise the benefits of working collaboratively

You need to say how you are going to work with others and the skills that you might need to do this.

e.g. I am working with 3 others to make a film.  It will be important for us to communicate and plan together if this is to be completed by our deadline.  

6. Demonstrate engagement with issues of global significance

You need to actually say what the issue of global significance is.

e.g. As part of the rhino group, I hope to make a difference to the global issue of biological diversity and play some part in  protecting rhinos from extinction.

e.g. As part of the Nepal group, I hope to contribute to improving attendance at the school in Nepal as it has been shown that education is one way for people to take a step out of poverty. Poverty, is a global issue, that is big problem in this part of the world.  I will do this by ......

e.g. As part of the group playing football with refugees, I hope to make the Afghanis feel more welcome in Sweden.  Isolation and problems with integration are an issue for refugees all over the world.  Whilst this is not going to change their lives dramatically, I hope that is makes a small difference to this vulnerable group of people.

7. Recognise and consider the ethics of choices and actions

You need to give an example of how you think you will do this.

e.g. As part of this group......., we will have to make decisions about who can be involved and in what capacity. It might mean that not everyone can have a chance to speak/go on a trip/have a leadership role.  I will have to think about my role as a leader or group member and be sensitive to the wishes of others and try not to hurt people's feelings, but also keep what is best for the group as a whole in mind. (Your example should mention specific decisions).

Go back to your experiences that are not yet approved and make sure that you have addressed each of the learning outcomes that you have chosen and shown how you will reach them.  Look at the notes that I have written on your portfolio.

Add evidence and reflections

Opportunities this week

Climate Comic Contest

Calling everyone up to 25 years old! Enter our Climate Comic Contest by coming up with a climate change fighting superhero - the coolest, most phenomenal will be brought to life in a real comic. BAM!

Habitat for Humanity

I spoke to the woman from Habitat this week and she is interested in helping us get a trip together.  Possible destinations are Romania, Poland and Macedonia.  There needs to be at least 6, preferably 8, people who are interested in attending.  You would choose a time that suits you all - probably during sport or Easter break.  You go for one week and help to renovate a home for people with low incomes.  Costs are approximately: 350 - 400 US dollars for accommodation plus a donation of around 450 US dollars per person.  Travel to and from are additional.  You can fund raise to cover the donation.  See the link for more details.

Swedish Speakers Wanted

Fånga Framtiden Tillsammans  is a group that offers homework help to refugees.  They are in great need of  more people to help.  On Wednesdays between 6 and 8 pm they meet at Björngårdsgatan 21 on Södermalm near Medborgaplatsen. Let me know if you can come this week or next. It is on a drop on basis so you do not need to commit to going every week. You can go once or more times, It is up to you.  If you want to go next week, let me know and you can come with me the first time.  They particularly need people with maths skills.  They also meet in Mondays.  If you want details about that, let me know.

Halloween Party - PTA wants helpers

See last post for details

What do I need to do to get a green flag?

Last week I gave out red flags to a lot of people.  This just means that your CAS portfolio is not up-to-date.  It is important that you spend the time on your CAS portfolio current as there are many things that become harder or impossible to do if you leave them.

To get a green flag you need to:

• have added experiences with descriptions 
• each experience should have clear goals connected to the outcomes you have chosen
• you have chosen outcomes for each experience (no more than 3)
• you have started at least one experience and added evidence for it
• you have uploaded your personal profile as a pdf in the document section of your CAS portfolio (see last post for details)

If you are not sure what you need to do - look at the note that I have left at the bottom of the your CAS worksheet.  

Experiences will not be approved if:

• the description is not detailed enough
• the goals do not make a connection to the all the learning outcomes you have chosen
• you have chosen more than 3 outcomes

To get a gold cup you need to:

• do all the items listed on the green flag
• have started your CAS project
• have provided a link to the  CAS stages document for the CAS project
• have evidence for your some of your experiences
• have some reflection

Opportunities

Halloween Helpers

Halloween is just around the corner and the PTA would love some help with the 3rd annual Primary Halloween Party at SIS. This event will take place on Friday, October 27th from 3:30-5:30 pm. Last year's event was a tremendous success.  There are plenty of opportunities available to pitch in with games, face painting, crafts and haunted walk through.   Although this is a rewarding and exciting event, the PTA's top priority is to entertain while keeping safety in mind. They would love some responsible DP students to assist us take care of the guests aged 4 to 11.

If you wish to help out at this event you need to attend a meeting on Tuesday, October 10 in the Main Building on the 4th floor in room 41 at 15.45. You should also email to let them know that you are coming. At the meeting the PTA will review the basics and you can place requests for the areas you might be interested in working with (there are no guarantees). The meeting should take no longer than 30 minutes. If you have a good reason for not being able to attend this meeting, but would still like to be part of the event please email Amanda. 

The PTA is looking forward to collaborating with you on another successful community event. Please feel free to contact Amanda  if you have additional questions.  If you know other students who might be interested in assisting, they can write her directly or attend Wednesday's meeting.

Ask me for Amanda's email address

International Development Experience

Organisation: 

• Action10

Action10 is a nonprofit organisation operating in non-OECD countries (www.action10.org). We have programmes in Kenya, Uganda, Togo, Cameroon, Liberia, Nigeria and Colombia. Our vision is a world without extreme poverty. Action10 is managed by volunteer staff only and 97% of the funds we collect are transferred to our Target countries.

We are currently looking for more volunteers to join our Sustainable Economy (SE) work-group. The SE ensures Sustainable economy in all the Action10 programmes. The members of this group support the Programme partners with ensuring that all programmes are designed with a long-term sustainable economy plan in mind, most likely a business model. The group is also in charge of fundraising, for Action10 to be able to offer seed-money and investment capital to our Programme partners. SE develops and assess the Action10 fundraising strategy. Their work includes identifying and keeping a good relation with private, corporate and civil society givers and with grant giving organisations. They ensure safe and easy ways of donating as well as keeping givers content and well informed about what their contributions were used for (stewardship). The group also manages marketing, crowd funding, donor meetings, fundraising events, training on fundraising, and a compilation of givers.

When and where will the volunteering take place: 

Our meetings are held in Stockholm

Specific requirements and information: 

The volunteer is welcome to attend our monthly events.

Minimum time commitment: 

Ten work hours per month

More information and application

Stockholm Film Festival is still looking for volunteers!

Being a volunteer at the Stockholm Film Festival means that you get to be at the centre of events. If you give us your time and commitment, we will give you the opportunity to watch a lot of movies and get a unique perspective of the film world. 8 - to 19th November

Details of how to apply

Interested in knitting?

Ms Öman is an expert knitter and is willing to give advice to anyone who wants to start out. Minjueng has already started knitting.  Why don't you get yourself some knitting needles and yarn and so something creative for CAS?

Interested in learning Swedish?

Linnéa and Sophie are starting up a group to teach people Swedish.  Contact them if you are interested in this creative experience.