The Environmental Education Programme from the ISNAD-Africa Foundation

The International Support Network for African Development (ISNAD-Africa)  is implementing the Environmental Education Programme in view of providing hands-on environmental education among the youth across African countries.

About the Programme:-

• The Environmental Education Programme (EEP) employs a co-creation approach to empower African youth to leverage the high enthusiasm, technology savvy, resilience, and exploratory spirit of the youth in conceptualising and implementing innovative local environmental solutions in Africa.
• The programme seeks to provide youth with action competencies that will enable them to develop capacity and long-term commitment to sustainability for everyday life, career engagement or voluntary service as environmentalists or influencers for the environment at the local and international levels.
• The 2021 edition of the programme builds on the successful pilot case implementation of the programme in Nigeria, South Africa, Kenya, Cameroon, and Uganda in 2018, 2019 and 2020/2021.

Each selected team will receive:

• Support from international and local experts as technical advisors to refine and help with the implementation of the project through quality mentorship and advisory.
• Capacity development through critical thinking, hands-on project implementation, online webinar presentation and training
• Up to USD 500 funding for the implementation of your project idea for all selected teams.The ideas that will be innovative projects that connect nature conservation with other themes of development and livelihood including outdoor activities are strongly encouraged. Please, note that the implementation of the projects should be between 3-6 months
• Certificate of participation
• Opportunity to share their projects with other secondary school students across the globe
• Leverage on the global visibility and publicity of ISNAD-Africa, and World Wild Fund for Nature (WWF)
• At the completion of the projects, monetary awards will be awarded to the three “EcoHeroes” Clubs with the most innovative and impactful to support the operation of their club after the completion of their projects sponsored within EEP.

• Each secondary school will be represented by a team of at least five (5) students and a coordinating teacher (more students and teachers are allowed depending on the nature of their project). Organisations who work directly with secondary school students may also apply.
• Each team is expected to identify environmental challenges and needs that are linked to nature conservation in their communities covering water scarcity, renewable energy and protection of biodiversity, marine life, freshwater life, wildlife conservation, threatened ecosystem and propose an idea of how they could address the challenge or meet the need. 
• Only innovative projects that are linked to nature conservation will be considered. Please read ISNAD-Africa’s blog about nature conservation with diverse examples of nature conservation projects implemented by secondary schools around the globe to gain inspiration for your project ideas.
• At the completion of the project, each team will be required to share the outcome of their project on a local outreach which could be to other students in their schools, people in their local communities among others.
• The selected schools will be required to sustain each team as a club, “EcoHeroes” which could admit more students to sustain the project and continue to engage in environmental sustainability in the long term.
• A plan of activities for operation of the club, “EcoHeroes”, after the completion of the project funded within the EEP 2021/2022. The plan should cover at least three months. This is crucial as the sustainability of the clubs is a major objective of the programme. Please note that there is no format for the plan of activities, however, it should be clear and understandable on how the club will be operated after the completion of the projects within the EEP2021/2022. The activities can be zero cost initiatives such as debates, quizzes, games, outreaches, etc.

About ISNAD-Africa:-

The International Support Network for African Development (ISNAD-Africa) is a UNEP-accredited non-governmental organization that is committed to raising global and multi-stakeholder support for green growth in Africa. ISNAD-Africa operates a network of more than 1,500 green growth professionals, researchers, youths, students and enthusiasts from over 100 countries across the globe.

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