An Independent Evaluation

An Independent Evaluation

An independent external evaluation in 2019 gathered evidence of outcomes from young people, teachers, parents, principals, facilitators and state officials. It highlights Taqaddam’s positive impact on several core strengths and skills related to young people’s personal lives, position in society and future work prospects.

Life Skills Education in the classroom

Life Skills Education in the classroom

For many teachers, Taqaddam is their first step into facilitating participatory approaches in the classroom and we consistently receive positive feedback about the positive impact of these approaches.

Spotlight on Salma Tawfik

Spotlight on Salma Tawfik

“I walked into Taqaddam workshop as a student with a big English dictionary under my arm, they told me at school it’s an English course! But then I was happily surprised to find out it’s much bigger than that. It was the first real test of my confidence when I held the mic to speak for the first time in the workshop in front of many people I had never met before. At first I was nervous and hesitant and didn’t know how to express myself, but after two hours I felt I was able to organize my thoughts and speak them.

Taqaddam goes global. Strengthening life skills through intercultural dialogue.

Taqaddam goes global. Strengthening life skills through intercultural dialogue

“I didn’t realize how I much I needed to go through something like it until I actually did.”

The biggest impact for me was… “realizing how very different and similar at the same time people are from different parts of the world, we have different cultures but we’re all human, we have a lot that makes us alike more than what makes us different.”

Taqaddam's Youth Advisory Group

Taqaddam’s Youth Advisory Group

The group are currently playing a key role in ‘Face the Future’, Taqaddam’s campaign to get more young people exploring and developing their life skills. They have been consulting on the activities and messaging, had the opportunity to be the face of ‘Face the Future’ campaign video, and will be leading on the youth social media campaign and reach to young people. The group meet every Saturday and divide their time between their advisory role and their personal and professional development. They have ongoing support from two Taqaddam facilitators. One of the YAG members commented, “This is such a brilliant project. It puts young people in the driving seat… it means Taqaddam is really supporting young people leading.”

Spotlight on Canny

Spotlight on Canny

Canny is now in her final year at school. She has been on the programme two years ago and moved to be a Student Ambassador. She says: “Taqaddam has been unquestionably a discovery journey of my abilities. I found out that I have the capability to do things beyond my expectation. I can speak in front of a crowd, I knew how to become a good leader. I learnt that the key to being confident is simply appreciating yourself. Taqaddam makes me feel that I want to be my best self and most importantly that I could be the person I want to be and that I have countless of abilities in me that are sitting there in a box waiting for me to open this box and unleash all of the skills, creativity and imagination that I have.”