Thursday 16 December, WCIA was invited to attend the Conference for Secondary Humanities Teachers in Abergele. It was a fantastic opportunity for teachers to listen to presentations and to share emerging practice on how they’ve embedded the new Welsh curriculum into their schools and classrooms. It was inspirational to hear the ingenuity with which humanities teachers […]
Read moreThis is Alex , from Barry in South Wales. This year Alex embarked upon a fantastic experience inthe Netherlands with long-standing partners De Amicitia and SIW Internationale Vrijwilligersprojecten (SIWInternational Volunteer Projects). Both organisations aim for young people to discover their impact abroad, achieved by bringing volunteers into contact with different […]
Read moreWCIA is delighted to have been chosen as Taith Champion for the youth sector across Wales. Taith aims to take Wales to the World and the World to Wales, and is a fantastic opportunity for young people aged between 16-25 to take part in an international exchange. Gaining valuable experiences, […]
Read moreThis is Megan from Estonia. She spent a month living in Cardiff this summer on an international exchange funded through the Welsh Gov Taith programme. Megan lived with fellow international volunteers and worked with WCIA as part of our marketing and communications team. This is her volunteering story […]
Read moreThis summer Aiden from North Wales took on something amazing. He undertook a 2 week workcamp in Germany using Welsh Government Taith funding. Read about his volunteering journey below. […]
Read moreI work for a charity called the Welsh Centre for International Affairs (WCIA). We try to make the world fairer and more peaceful in lots of ways, for example, by working with groups in Wales and partners across the world to change those what is unfair, to teach people about […]
Read moreBetween the 3 – 12 May, WCIA and Academi Heddwch sent five students to Brussels to explore the concept of Peace. This Taith-funded trip was an opportunity for young people to work with different stakeholders on the peace building world of Europe and these included the Quakers ,the European Peace […]
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