Plan Australia
Global Connections
A youth-led global learning initiative from Plan
The Global Connections Program is a youth-led global learning initiative that aims to provide an opportunity for connection and learning between young people in Australia and young people in the communities where Plan works through a series of communication and action-orientated activities.
In the three years that the program has been running, it has brought together more than 200 children from six Australian schools and five groups in Indonesia with help from 22 university students, and 12 translators.
Participants have come to understand through their own inquiry how personal issues (such as drugs, youth offending, domestic violence and gender inequality) can be related to wider issues, and how global issues (such as conflict, terrorism, poverty, petrol shortages and rising prices) have a personal dimension.
Global Connections eBrochure » Download this eBrochure for more information on the Global Connections program; how it works and how to get involved.
2007 Global Connections » Profiles of the groups that participated in the 2007 Global Connections program.
Most Significant Change stories » What 2 participants from the 2007 Global Connections Program felt was the most significant change resulting from their involvement.
Watch
Watch
Watch a short introduction about Global Connections produced by RMIT students in 2005.
Be inspired
Be inspired
"By talking to youth in a different country, it helps them and us to learn about each others' cultures and helps us understand about global issues"
2006 Global Connections participant