No, Africa is a large continent and there have been no confirmed cases of Ebola in East Africa. West Africa, where Ebola is present is almost 3,000 miles away, that's about the same distance between Scotland and Iraq. Security in Rwanda is very strict on checking the temperature of people when entering the country and anyone with a [...]
Once you've applied your application form will be considered and if successful at this stage, you'll be invited along for an interview. If successful at the interview, you will be offered a place on the programme for that year. If you accept your place, you'll then have to attend one training weekend in the March, and one in [...]
This depends what the health issue is, how it affects you day to day and whether you feel comfortable committing to the programme and the four week placement. We will do all we can to ensure that if you're happy to go, we are too. It may be best to contact the GLP Programme Lead with your specific queries if [...]
In order to sustain the programme we ask each participating practitioner to raise £1500 towards the cost of the trip. The Wood Foundation and the teachers' local authority (Aberdeen City Council, Aberdeenshire Council, Moray Council or Angus Council) will be paying the majority of costs for the trip which includes flights, accommodation, sustenance and all required vaccinations. GLP Alumni: “Living [...]
The answer to this depends entirely on where you're situated while in-country. Some practitioners will be based in the city, some other in the more rural areas where the housing will vary. We ensure everyone is in safe accommodation but the finer details will not be known until you know where you are situated. GLP Alumni: “The house I stayed [...]
You don't. And no-one does. Those who have travelled far and wide don't even know really know what to expect when they embark upon a four week placement in Rwanda. You'll have to be mindful of different cultures and ways of life, but you'll never know if it's for you if you don't try it.
The chances are, you won't. And that is part of personal and professional development. You'll travel, live and share moments with people you've only recently met and they will be the only people in the whole world who will be having a similar experience as you at that moment in time, which is quite remarkable. They'll be the [...]
One of our GLP alumni who has gone back to Rwanda a couple of times since participating in GLP said "I felt safer in Rwanda than I did on Union Street in Aberdeen." That's not to say petty crime doesn't happen, it's like anywhere else in the world, of course it does. Have your wits [...]
We've heard this so many times from teachers who have a last minute panic of thinking they have nothing to offer the teachers, some of who have been teaching for years. All of these teachers have then said that when they were put in the position of speaking teachers through a lesson plan, or put in front of [...]
The four weeks in-country take place during the school summer holidays and the two training weekends beforehand take place at the weekends, as agreed by the successful applicants. No time is taken out of school.