The Aistiphi Giant Futures is a special program for first-cycle schools (K-JHS 3) that challenges students to give back to society through service to their communities. The program is built on the understanding that community service and giving back are critical ingredients of a solid educational foundation, character formation and leadership development in the early to middle years.
Each school year, the program challenges participating basic and junior high schools to undertake at least one community service project and report each completed project to AISTIPHI in real time for publication in the Aistiphi Gazette. Members earn lifetime Giant Futures Credit Points for each reported initiative. Eligible projects must support positive social causes or help address social and environmental problems. Completed projects can be reported using the form provided here.
The Aistiphi Giant Futures program views ‘community service’ as any age-appropriate, student-centered initiative through which children and teens are able to give back to society. The goal is to provide experiential opportunities for children to develop the values of empathy, kindness, solidarity, cultural sensitivity, social responsibility and servant leadership while building skills in team work and problem-solving. Recent initiatives reported by schools includes support for vulnerable children in orphanages, hospitals, schools in underserved areas, clean-up and sanitation campaigns and support for war veterans, etc. We encourage all members to be creative and pursue reasonable projects that provide rich experiences for students without creating excess burdens for students, parents and schools. The goal is to impact others and help students learn.
Membership is ‘whole-school-based.’ This means, only a school, as a corporate entity, can register to participate in the Aistiphi Giant Futures program. However, a school’s membership confers rights to all subunits of the school, e.g., student houses/sections, classes/forms, clubs and societies, and graduating year groups, etc. For example, if School A is a registered member, student clubs/societies, student houses and other student groups of School A obtain derivative membership. School A can report to AISTIPHI and earn credit points for community service initiatives completed by these subunits in given school year. This is in addition to any other activities accomplished by the school community as a whole.
The Aistiphi Changemakers is a permanent program designed to encourage community service leadership among youths in Ghana’s senior high schools, technical/vocational institutes and other second-cycle schools. The Aistiphi Changemakers program is premised on the understanding that youth community service provides an outlet for young people to express their creativity and dynamism and channel their vibrant energies and skills towards supporting social causes and addressing social problems.
AISTIPHI believes youth community service is critical to a well-rounded education, character formation and leadership preparation. Each school year, registered members take on an annual challenge to complete at least one community service initiative and report the completed project to AISTIPHI in real time for publication in the Aistiphi Gazette. Members earn lifetime Community Leadership Credit Points for each project submitted. Eligible projects must support positive social causes or help address social-economic and environmental problems.
The Aistiphi Changemakers views ‘community service’ as any student-centered initiative through which teens and young adults give back to make society better. Youth community service provides memorable experiential learning opportunities for youths to develop the values of empathy, kindness, solidarity, cultural sensitivity, social responsibility and servant leadership while building skills in team work and problem-solving. Recent initiatives reported by schools include support for orphanages, clean-up and sanitation campaigns, donation to prisons and fundraising to support child cancer care and heart surgeries. We encourage all members to be creative and pursue reasonable projects that can be accomplished with limited resources, but which provide rich experiences for students. The goal is to impact others and while getting rich learning experiences in do so.
The Aistiphi Changemakers Community is organization-based, which means a single individual cannot become a member, only a school or an student organization can become a member. The Aistiphi Changemakers has two membership types: General School Membership and Independent Membership.
A participating school may have a General School Membership only or a combination of a General School Membership and several Independent Memberships running concurrently. We recommend a ‘General-School-Membership-only’ option because it serves all entities within a Member School and unifies all community service accomplishments under one official umbrella. We are also mindful that creative and energetic young students need free space to invent themselves that is devoid of excessive supervision and control. Therefore, we provided the Independent Membership to give students another option to participate in Philanthropy Space in circumstances where the General School Membership may not be favorable.
The Aistiphi Collegiate Community is a program designed to encourage community service leadership among students in universities and other tertiary higher ed institutions. The program recognizes that university students have the knowledge, innovation and leadership skills that could be instrumental in helping address challenges in Ghana’s communities and institutions.
As part of students’ higher ed experience, the program challenges students to undertake at least one major community service project every school year and report the completed initiative to AISTIPHI for publication in the Aistiphi Gazette. Members earn lifetime Community Service Leadership Credit Points for each eligible project completed and reported.
The Aistiphi Collegiate Community defines community service as a focused volutary initiative undertaken by tertiary students to address specific challenges in communities and institutions and support for positive social and environmental causes. University students typically undertake community service initiatives to mark special occasions such as anniversaries, hall week celebrations and other special occasions. The Aistiphi Collegiate Community program formalizes and popularizes this practice through providing incentives to encourage and sustain the culture of giving back. Recent initiatives reported include assisting schools in underserved rural communities, mentoring and personal development support for girls, public health education outreach and free screening for diseases, clean-up and sanitation campaigns, donating blood to stock blood banks, and disaster response iniatives, etc.
Membership is open to Universities as corporate entities and student-led organizations.
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