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Oct 02, 2012

Anglican Alliance is Looking for "Agents of Change" Volunteers

The Anglican Alliance seeks volunteers to take part in a distance learning course in community development skills provided by Open University.

 

The course, called "Agents of Change," developed by Open University, the world famous distance learning university based in the UK. The course will soon be ready for use worldwide, and the Anglican Alliance is looking for some small groups of up to 10 people to try it out. The course is free of charge to Anglicans or people studying in Anglican academic institutions.

 

It is possible for students to study on their own. However, during the consultation most people said that they wanted to study in groups. So this is ideal for a small group in a community who want to do something to tackle some of the challenges in their community, or for a small group who live close to a church office, or for a group in a theological college who want to understand more about development issues.

 

"Agents of Change" takes six months to complete, and includes modules in:

 

·         Inclusion

·         Consultation

·         Governance

·         Protection of vulnerable people

·         Work Programming

·         Principles of financial management

 

Students can study on-line, via CD Rom or by running off the material in hard copy. Periodic Internet access is required and the course will require about four house a week on studies. They can study individually, but they will have to meet with other students once a month - preferably face to face or if this is not possible, then via the internet - to talk through the challenging issues they will study. The course is designed for access level, so students need to have completed primary schooling, and done some secondary schooling, but do not need to have completed secondary education or done a degree. It is a challenging course, and during it students will design a development project for their own community. Students can be located anywhere in the world. At present the course is delivered in English, but in future, it may be translated into other subjects.

 

If you would like to take part in a pilot program, and have a few friends who would like to study with you, please contact the Anglican Alliance director, Sally Keeble at  .