The Wales Africa Health Links Network holds an annual lecture on a topic of interest to those engaged in global health activity in Wales. On Tuesday 2nd Of December we could hear Prof. Anthony Costello delivering the lecture on the topic: “A Future for our Children?”. Big issues were discussed during this […]
Fairer Futures Changemakers – The world in 2100
Students had the opportunity to learn the skills that will enable them to imagine the world they want to create in 2100. Delegations from each participating school came on 18 November to represent their country’s views on how to build a better future. The goal was to support young people […]
Schools for Peace and Global Justice
The last 17th of November, WCIA organised the annual Peace Schools Conference. This year, once again, from an online dimension. With more than 50 schools gathered in a Zoom call, the conference aimed for students to meet and discuss a topic of increasing importance, climate justice. […]
3 countries in partnership teacher training
Teachers from Wales, Nepal and Nigeria came together on 18 November 2021 to develop and deepen their school partnerships. Participants shared the strengths they bring to partnerships and worked together on tackling challenges. WCIA Chief Executive and course trainer, Susie Ventris-field, said: “Despite the challenges of COVID, the teachers in […]
Temple83: Launch of ‘Temple Tours’ and ‘Friends’ group – as Anniversary looks to the Future
23rd November marks the anniversary of the opening of Wales’ Temple of Peace & Health, on 23rd November 1938 – with this year being a grand old 83rd birthday. WCIA are celebrating the day with the launch of recently-developed online Temple Tours, as well as a programme of monthly guided […]
Alaw Primary School bring 1920s Women’s Peace History to life
Alaw Primary School in Tonypandy, Rhondda Cynon Taf, are a ‘peace school’ who know how to make history ‘cool’! Alaw have been using the story behind the Welsh Women’s Peace Petition of 1923 to bring alive subjects across the primary curriculum, as they learned about ‘Annie’s Diary‘ – a journal […]
Remembering for Peace: ‘Turning the Page’ for 11/11 2021
WCIA marked Armistice Day on Thursday 11th November, with a time-honoured tradition of ‘the Turning of the Page’ of Wales’ World War One Book of Remembrance, in the Crypt at the heart of Wales’ Temple of Peace – built as the nation’s memorial to the fallen of WW1, and opened […]
Global citizenship modules for NHS launched
The International Health Co-ordinating Centre (IHCC), WHO Collaborating Centre on ‘Investment for Health and wellbeing’, Public Health Wales and WCIA launched the first Global Citizenship e-learning resource for the NHS a the Wales and Africa Health Links Conference on 4 November 2021. This free online learning platform is aimed at […]
Wales Africa Health Links 15th Conference: Celebrating International Development and a ‘heritage of humanity’
Over 3rd and 4th November 2021, WCIA and Hub Cymru Africa facilitated the Wales & Africa Health Links Network Annual Conference, bringing together health practitioners, volunteers community groups and development charities currently active in health interventions and projects Wales and world-wide. The Network was set up from 2006, so this […]
Dear world leaders…
This week, over 11,000 voices from Wales will be shared at COP26 asking for urgent and evidence-based action on the climate and nature emergencies. Ahead of COP, on 19 October, the voices were presented to the Welsh Minister and Deputy Minister for Climate Change and Members of the Senedd along […]