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Women's Land and Property Rights
Women's Land and Property Rights
Women's Land and Property Rights
Women's Land and Property Rights
Women's Land and Property Rights
Women's Land and Property Rights
Women's Land and Property Rights
Women's Land and Property Rights
Women's Land and Property Rights
Parenthood in the Workplace – A How-To Guide
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Charity
Warwick Economics Society's main Charity is Eduspots. This year we have pledged to continue our legacy goal to raise £10,000 for the charity to fund the construction of libraries in Ghana. We aim to raise money throughout the year through our socials and other events for Eduspots.
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Education
Eduspots connect, train, and equip over 300 local volunteers who are keen to drive community-led change through education centres named ‘Spots’.​ They are a Ghana national registered NGO and a UK registered charity. They currently have over 50 Education spots with over 15,000 learners who use and rely on these spots. Additionally they have a wide array of programmes such as the CLP and PMP programmes which revolve around peer and mentorship schemes all of which are funded through grants and donations.
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Sustainability
Since 2015, together, they have created a network of 50 physical Spots or libraries in Ghana and Kenya, most of which we built or renovated, and many of which are solar-powered. Communities also typically donate labour, land and resources to the construction process. During the pandemic, these education spaces have often been a key source of learning and educational resources in our communities. Furthermore they have adapted to a strategy where their spots become self-sustaining in the long run and not dependent on continuous funding.
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Community
Their greatest resource, however, is their volunteers. The Spots are led and owned by community committees comprising local educational leaders, traditional leaders, political leaders, teachers, students, parents and wider community members. These committees build local volunteer teams, whom they connect centrally via WhatsApp, conferences and online programmes. Students start to echo the volunteerism they benefit from and see role modelled. On the ground, EduSpots feels like a movement for community-led change.
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Our Charity Exec 2024/25
Poorva Harlani
Sam Heasman
Lorna Nelson
Charity Events 2023/24
We ran a number of charity events over the 2023/24 academic year. Most of our events are centred around socials and all of the donations go towards our £10,000 pledge to Eduspots.
Collaborations with Warwick RAG
Warwick RAG (Raising and Giving) is the biggest society on campus with the sole purpose of giving back to the community and helping charities with important and pressing issues. In 2023 alone they raised over £40,000 just from Warwick students. Over the last year we collaborated many times for a wide array of charitable events.