Impact Report 2018 StreetwiZe • Mobile School

Bolivian Mobile School Exchange
12/03/2018 • 16/03/2018
Toña Pineda
Joke Verreth
Bolivian MS Partners
Cochabamba / Bolivia
Our three Bolivian partner organisations -
COMPA Teatro Trono Cochabamba, COMPA Teatro
Trono El Alto and IPTK-Cerpi - have all been
working with the mobile school for more than
10 years. Since the last Bolivian Mobile School
exchange was organised in 2007 and all partners
indicated they would benefit from another
Mobile School training, we decided to bring
them together again.
The exchange was organised in Cochabamba,
so the entire team of COMPA Cochabamba
(nine street educators) could participate. We
invited two street educators from Sucre and El
Alto.
The street educators got to know each other
during a speeddate and exchanged their best
experiences with the mobile school. Then, they
sat down together to reflect on common local
challenges during the work with the mobile
school and on possible solutions for those
challenges. Mobile School’s new way to measure
social impact was discussed and the three
partner organisations looked at their social
impact and on how to possibly increase it in
the future. During the workshop on creativity,
three new board games were created, adapted
to the local context, about Bolivian geography
and culture and about recycling. These games
were tested out on the streets during a mobile
school session organised by the team of
COMPA Cochabamba and were evaluated
positively by their target group. All partners also
received new Mobile School panels. They played
and invented new games with the panels, which
will enable them to use the new panels during
future outreach sessions.
During the exchange, the street educators of our
different partner organisations really bonded.
They were reenergised by knowing that two other
teams were doing the same work and facing the
same challenges. They already created a Facebook
group to keep each other updated on the
work with the mobile school and to be able to
exchange best experiences, challenges and possible
solutions in the future as well.
We are convinced the exchange will increase
future collaborations between our different partner
organisations.
IMPACT
13 street educators trained
Bolivian Mobile School network strengthened
More motivated street work teams
Concrete ideas to increase future impact
Knowledge of new Mobile School educational materials
3 new panels, adapted to the Bolivian context
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