Global South meets …

In this innovative educational program, a young person from the Indian Sundarbans presents her living conditions to students in Germany.

The program extends over three school lessons of 90 minutes each, with three short videos at the heart of each lesson. To accompany the videos, we provide instructions for games, interactions and exercises that students can use to further reflect on what they have seen. The content focuses on three topics that are relevant to students in the Sundarbans as well as in Germany:

• the effects of climate change
• environmental pollution caused by plastic waste and
• where our food comes from and how it is produced.

The program contributes to the educational perspective “Education for Sustainable Development”, which aims to understand the impact of one’s own actions on global developments. It is aimed at students in grades 5 to 8 and fits in thematically with the geography and religion curriculum (especially grades 7 and 8).

In 2023, the program was successfully implemented at several schools in Nürtingen. The new round for schools in Stuttgart began in 2024. Due to the positive response, the project will also be offered to schools in North Rhine-Westphalia in 2025.