Global Citizen SW was established in Cornwall UK in 2001, inspired by the desire to
 create a more equal and just world through empowering young people to take
 positive actions.

WELCOME & MAIN AIMS

Only Kids can Help Kids

~ WELCOME TO GLOBAL CITIZEN SW~

Through delivering workshops in Education for Global Citizenship and Education for Sustainability to youth groups and schools, Global Citizen SW (GCSW) empowers young people to realise 
global interdependency and their own responsibilities as global citizens.

The organisation uses creative teaching methods:

~ FOR EDUCATION FOR GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP

human rights theatre/  roleplay/ forum theatre /debate/improvisation/devising/letter writing/campaigning and lobbying skills

~ FOR EDUCATION FOR SUSTAINABILITY

-drawing&design/outdoor learning/growing and gardening skills/plant and soil science/ nutrition/ bushcraft skills

MAIN AIMS

1. To work to empower young people to realise their responsibilities as global citizens, and to give them the practical tools, and abilities 
tocreate positive and creative social or environmental
 change in their local communities.

2.To educate about citizenship, human rights and sustainable development in 
isolated rural communities in the south west of Wales

3. Empowering young people to make choices in their lives based on an understanding  of  global interdependance by promoting issues of cultural diversity, good race relations, 
tolerance and ecological awareness

4.To continue to create friendship links with young people
 from the northern and southern hemisphere

For the past 5 years, the project has been working with young people
 in Cornwall, Bristol, Wales, India, Ethiopia and Brazil (see links pages). 
 

The organisation maintains close links with community projects in these
 locations, and a major aim of the project is to continue to 
build relations between young people from across the globe.

 

 

 

Global Citizen SW is a member of the People Enabling Co-operative Ltd. Company Number 4186703