Session Summaries

Session 1
Introduction & Overview - The NGO Life - part 1

• People’s perceptions of the world around them.
• Overview of development issues.
• Considering a career in the NGO world.
• Part time & voluntary work in the NGO world.
• The necessary abilities and aspirations.

Session 2
The NGO Life - part 2

• Roles & Approaches - What NGOs do.
• What NGO workers do.
• Civil Society Organisations.
• Projects.
• Proposals.
• Campaigns.
• Agendas.
• Donors.
• Consultants.
• Disaster Response.

Session 3
Skills & Strategies - part 1
English language study: getting serious and preparing for a career.

• Speaking
• Writing
• Listening
• Reading
• Grammar
• Vocabulary

Session 4
Development Issues - part 1

• Colonialism & Globalisation.
• Aid.
• Development.
• International Institutions.

Session 5
Skills & Strategies - part 2

• Writing effective CVs and cover letters
• Planning & preparing for your job application
  

Session 6
Development Issues - part 2

• Poverty.
• Education.
• Training.
• People with Disabilities.

Session 7
Development Issues - part 3

• Health.
• HIV.
• Nutrition.
• Farming.
• Food Security.

Session 8
Development Issues - part 4

• Environment.
• Gender.
• Life Skills for Youth.
• Small Business.

Session 9
The NGO Life - part 3

• Fundraising
• Donor relations
• Creative resourcing
• Budgeting.

Session 10
The NGO Life - part 4

• Planning
• Implementing
• Results Based Management
• Monitoring and Evaluation.

Session 11
Skills & Strategies - part 3

• Communication
• Writing proposals
• Presentation skills
  
• Hints & tips for interviews

After Session 11: Simulated Application Process
Submit final draft of CV and cover letter



Session 12
Skills & Strategies - part 4

Culmination of Simulated Application Process:

A 30 minute mock interview for each participant - including a 10 minute presentation on the work of a selected NGO




Bonus Session (No.13):
Individual tutorial: detailed feedback on simulated interviews, review of course, discuss sttrategy for the future, receipt of certificate and course documentation.




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