4 January 2012: A new short, inspiring video gives voice to high-school learners participating in the SAIIA Model United Nations programme. SAIIA has been running the programme since 1994, and over 50 schools participate in our annual conference. Both teachers and learners testify that the programme has fundamentally changed their understanding of the world, global politics, and their own sense of agency. “I’ve gained a better world view, a better sense of what I could do to change things in the world,” one learner explains.
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Video © Riona Judge McCormack/SAIIA