TO BE WORLDWIDE is a Foundation that helps children in developing countries realise their full potential, allowing them to help build their communities in the future. Founded in 2002 To Be Worldwide builds educational facilities that complement the existing school structure. Facilities offer a children's library, a computer Centre and an activities program, all designed to stimulate and develop skills for a better future. The facilities operate in partnership with local primary- and junior secondary schools.
To Be Worldwide is member of the American Fund for Charities, a 501(c)(3) Tax-exempt organisation.
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"I Want To Be" Program continues18 March 2012 Another milestone in the development of our "I Want To Be" Program took place in March. With the expert guidance of Kofi Essien our Master Teacher, Sunney Quicoe, program co-ordinator, Harry Appiah, assistant teacher and Loes Witschge To Be Worldwide volunteer and "I Want To Be" Program expert, we were able to test another module of the program. |
One of the most appealing parts of the program is that children actually get to visit a company in their community. A visit comprises of a tour of the company and the opportunity to ask questions. The "Company Visit" module not only consists of the actual visit and asking questions, but also preparing a presentation about the company you visited for other students to learn from.
We were grateful for the cooperation of Supermaritime, a Dutch/Ghanaian company working in the Takoradi Harbour.They welcomed the children to their offices. |
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Adult Literacy Class Graduation28 February 2012 The 21st of January was a memorable day for all of us. 10 adult learners graduated after 2 years of literacy training. It was a great celebration in the presence of their families and sponsors of the program. The learners performed a small play in which they illustrated what situations you can get yourself into if you are not literate. The news of their graduation made it to the national newspaper. |
The play performed was about a person who was not able to read signs in his community. Signs about not being allowed to urinate everywhere. He was then arrested and fined. This illustrated that not being able to read can put you in awkward situations. We do not realize the impact being literate has on our lives. We take it for granted. The 10 graduates are now able to go to the bank and sign their names, read the lables on the medication given to them by doctors, read important signs in their community as well as newspapers and so on. |
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A Winner in the Category 'Empowerment'28 February 2012 To Be Worldwide's application 'I want to be' is one of the 4 winners in the Interaction Awards category 'Empowerment' for 2012!!! Right up there with companies such as Google and Microsoft! |
We are very proud of this achievement and would like to take this opportunity to thank all involved. Thank you Lea, Ritu, Bob and Loes at Cnote and all at Logica with a special thank you to Malti, Nicolette, Ana Paula, Marcel and many others. |
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To Be Worldwide's Career Advise Tool Shortlisted for Interaction Design Award 201230 October 2011 To Be Worldwide has been working in partnership with Cnote consultants and Logica to develop a wonderful Tool for children in Ghana, to open their minds to future career opportunities in their own communities. Now the design of our Tool has been shortlisted for the Interaction Design Award 2012. |
We are very proud of the recognition for our project partner Cnote 's work in developing this Tool. We are keeping our fingers crossed. We will know if we have won on the 13th of November. Thank you all for making this possible!! Visit the Cnote website to see a short movie about our Career Advise Tool www.cnote.nl |
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Career Advise Tool "I Want to Be"12 August 2011 To Be Worldwide has developed a course to help children realise their full potential by exposing future career opportunities. Not every child wants to or can be a doctor or lawyer. Expanding their world to all the different career opportunities in their communities, contributes to a better future, one in which they can make a difference. |
To Be Worldwide is grateful to Cnote Consultants and Logica for their amazing contributing in helping develop this course/application. We ran a very successful Career Advise Tool Pilot course last June in Ghana. We wanted to test how the children would work with the course/application, what impact it had (that we could measure in the few days that we had) and how much they liked it. |
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Focusspecs at Takoradi Centre20 november 2010 We had the privilege of testing The Focusspecs, developed by the Dutch organization Focus on Vision, at our Centre in Takoradi. The spectacle can be adjusted by the individual user to correct his or her personal refractive error. Children were invited from the surrounding schools to come in and have their eyes tested. Those who needed spectacles received them from the team. We wish to continue these screenings in 2011 and provide children with spectacles who need them. |
Too many children are sitting in the back of a classroom not seeing and not realising something can be done about it. With the experience of the screening and a network of eye specialists and producer of the spectacles, we were  able to enter in to a partnership with Tullow Oil (one of the leading oil companies instrumental in finding oil in Ghana). |
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Basic ICT skill for children of the "Save Our Lives" orphanage30 October 2010 On the 16th of August To Be Worldwide organised an ICT Summer Camp. Participants of the Camp were children, young adults of the Save Our Lives orphanage near Kumasi. The children stayed in the dormitories of the Montessori School with whom we share the grounds.www.saveourlivesghana.nl. |
The youngsters spent around 4 hours a day learning the basic computers skills. They also enjoyed reading at the library. At the end of their training they all wrote a report on their experiences. We have selected two for you to read. The ICT Summer Camp was a success and we hope to repeat it for different groups in the holiday periods. Save Our Lives orphanage is supported by the Dutch NGO Kinderen in Ontwikkeling. www.kindereninontwikkeling.nl Read a report1 Read a report2 |
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To Be Worldwide Adult Literacy Course15 september 2010 To Be Worldwide in cooperation with the Ghanaian Department for Non- Formal Education and with support from the SK Foundation has been running an Adult Literacy class for nearly a year now. It is so fulfilling to see how it is making a difference in the lives of the participants. |
Mrs. Margaret Wojeo of the Non-Formal Education department runs regular evaluations of the program and supplies us with the much needed support to fine tune our efforts. We are very grateful for her input. |