Building Awareness

Skillshare International raises awareness of international development issues including the causes of poverty and exclusion of disadvantaged communities in developing countries.

We aim to challenge attitudes to international development. Our approach:

Highlights the value of community participation
Highlights the link between local and global levels to reduce poverty, injustice and inequality
Supports further economic and social development to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)

Our development awareness programme focuses on health and education. For information about our work with medical students please click here.

From 2010, we are offering medical students the opportunity to complete six-week electives in India. Find out more...

Are you a returned development worker? If you would like to find out more about participating in our development awareness programme, please contact Raúl on + 44 (0) 116 257 6629.

After their placements, these development workers share their experience back in the UK.

A returned development worker discusses access to medicinal plants with students in the UK.

For more information about our development awareness programme, please contact our Development Awareness Officer, Dr Raúl Pardíñaz-Solís.