Final Day Of The Conference
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All good things must come to an end sometime so, sadly, the conference wound up on Thursday 6th December. After a great presentation from Dr.Warner Woodworth, Director of the Centre for Economic Self-Reliance at Brigham Young University (USA), Mary Liz Kehler and Luis Fernando Sanabria introduced the Fundacion's and TAMTF's new 'School In A Box', a comprehensive guide to how to generate income in schools.
Next participants were grouped together and given a seemingly impossible challenge by Steve and Dave. Each group were given a wood block with a nail nailed into it. Then 12 more loose nails were given to each group, which had to all be balanced on the head of the wood block nail without any nails touching the base (i.e balancing on the head of one nail).
It was the Argentinian and Bolivian group which came up with an ingenius solution first, proving the theme of this conference: NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE!
Next each group was given an opportunity to come up with simply diagrams to illustrate how they think Self-Sufficient Education can be achieved. Representatives came up to the front of the hall and presented their group's ideas, visualized using anything from smiley faces to palm trees.
The last part of the day involved a panel discussion, with the main facilitators being (from right) James Tooley (Global Education Fund), Mary Anne Muller (Escuela Agroecológica de Pirque- Fundación Origen), Makonen Getu (Opportunity Internetional), Godfrey Nzamujo (The Songhai Center) and Martin Burt (Fundacion Paraguayay). The panel explored the most important issues raised during the conference and set the agenda for how the TAMTF can move foward and develop. Regional TAMTF committees were proposed, to follow up on the progress the conference had made and participants volunteering to join these committees then signed up to confirm their intent.
With a message of thanks for all who came together to make this wonderful event happen, the conference closed with a feeling of optimism and real hope that a strong, far reaching TAMTF network can make a real difference to changing the way global education works.
See more pictures of the conference at !
All good things must come to an end sometime so, sadly, the conference wound up on Thursday 6th December. After a great presentation from Dr.Warner Woodworth, Director of the Centre for Economic Self-Reliance at Brigham Young University (USA), Mary Liz Kehler and Luis Fernando Sanabria introduced the Fundacion's and TAMTF's new 'School In A Box', a comprehensive guide to how to generate income in schools.
Next participants were grouped together and given a seemingly impossible challenge by Steve and Dave. Each group were given a wood block with a nail nailed into it. Then 12 more loose nails were given to each group, which had to all be balanced on the head of the wood block nail without any nails touching the base (i.e balancing on the head of one nail).
It was the Argentinian and Bolivian group which came up with an ingenius solution first, proving the theme of this conference: NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE!
Next each group was given an opportunity to come up with simply diagrams to illustrate how they think Self-Sufficient Education can be achieved. Representatives came up to the front of the hall and presented their group's ideas, visualized using anything from smiley faces to palm trees.
The last part of the day involved a panel discussion, with the main facilitators being (from right) James Tooley (Global Education Fund), Mary Anne Muller (Escuela Agroecológica de Pirque- Fundación Origen), Makonen Getu (Opportunity Internetional), Godfrey Nzamujo (The Songhai Center) and Martin Burt (Fundacion Paraguayay). The panel explored the most important issues raised during the conference and set the agenda for how the TAMTF can move foward and develop. Regional TAMTF committees were proposed, to follow up on the progress the conference had made and participants volunteering to join these committees then signed up to confirm their intent.
With a message of thanks for all who came together to make this wonderful event happen, the conference closed with a feeling of optimism and real hope that a strong, far reaching TAMTF network can make a real difference to changing the way global education works.
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