Opportunities for All - Wellness Ideas for Teens in South Africa

When teams looked into how to promote their ideas among teens, many turned to social media, but Team Metanoia thought it would be more effective if it is interwoven into the school curriculum for their assigned country: South Africa.

The team believed that by mandating a course in the school curriculum such as the PSHE module (Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education) in the British system, the wellness message can reach more if not all students. An accompanied self-care app can help students put their knowledge into practice, and the most important practice Team Metanoia would like to promote is the concept of "pay it forward:"

"...The theory works by responding to a person's kindness to oneself, by being kind to someone else! In this way, one good deed can be paid forward to 3 other people, and each of those 3 people could pay it forward to another 3 people and so on..."

Please click on the link and check out their presentation and ideas. Join us in wishing the team good luck!

• Mannat Kaur - India - Strawberry Fields High School

• Filip Cristian Manda - Romania - Mark Twain International School

• Mark Shoukry - Switzerland, Canada & Egypt - Institut Florimont

• Lucía Estévez Martínez - Spain - Los Sauces

• Cheshta Mohabirsingh - Mauritius - British School of Madagascar

• Kajuna Arinaitwe Rutaremwa - Uganda - Kabojja International School