Dear Impact Week Community,

a very warm welcome (not only because of the dazzling sun) to this month’s edition of our Newsletter! 🌞

Prick up your ears (...well eyes) as this edition equips you with
* reasons to celebrate,
* heartwarming community stories,
* information about our next all-hands call,
* and the latest news that happened or is going to happen in our Impact Week World!

The Junior Coach training of the Impact Week South Africa and Ghana have officially been accredited as educational leave by the ministry in Hamburg!
With educational leave you can make use of 5 additional vacation days per year (or 10 days in total, if you did not use them last year) for educational purposes! For Tanzania, the application is already handed in as well, so we hope to get more good news here soon!

Berlin has now also officially approved the Impact Week Tanzania for Junior Coaches as educational leave!

Special credit goes to Thomas Hoelsken for this very important achievement - many thanks for making this possible! 🙏🌟

IBTECAR Consulting, our esteemed partner for the Impact Weeks in Jordan in 2019 and 2023 is the pioneer for a new form of partnership with us! 🌟

They are now officially recognized as our partner organization and can spread even more impact in Jordan. This means they look for more coaching opportunities for their Junior Coaches, run local workshops, systematically coach locals and update the local community with Design Thinking news in the region! 💪

We look forward to all the future impact in Jordan!

September is full of IMPACT! Both Ghana and South Africa will be turning into buzzing Design Thinking centers for the benefit of the local communities! 🤩

In Busua the teams will be innovating on agriculture, health, education, and hospitality, while in Cape Town the teams will crunch their heads around gender equality, creating belonging, stimulating critical thinking, dealing with depression and anxiety, caring for the environment, and reclaiming heritage. 💪

Stay tuned on our social media channels!

The next African destination is the country of Zanzibar, Serengeti, and Mount Kilimanjaro: Tanzania! 🌟

Thanks to our local partner, the University of Dar Es Salaam, we will be able to scratch a new country off the Impact Week map and drive meaningful positive change in the bustling metropolis along the shores of the Indian Ocean🗺️!

Ready to indulge in a cocktail of Design Thinking, the Tanzanian culture, and an impactful and transformative experience?

In Uganda, not only the river Nile is moving next year! 🕺🏿

Together with our local partner SINA (the social innovation academy), we will equip and inspire disadvantaged youth with extra Design Thinking skills! 💡

As their talent campus is embedded in a beautiful rural and very green environment, and all participants will live together on the campus, this Impact Week is for you if you are looking for an intense experience and unique exchange in the countryside!

Come join us for this impactful event!

In the middle of olive trees, with their feet in the water or on a rooftop in the center of Athens - the Impact Week Greece had many facets! …Seriously, we mean it: topics, people, nationalities. From Ukrainian, Iranian, Kenyan, Romanian, to Afghani - even our local crowd was more diverse than ever!

Together we opened the conversation and fostered innovation for those who are frequently overlooked in Greek society together with our local partner Leven: refugees, Roma, drug addicts, and the homeless!

Check out some impressions here

Spot on! 15 colleges across Meghalaya sent their college professors and students to come together at the campus of the Martin-Luther Christian University in Shillong and dive into the world of agility, user-centricity and innovation!

The focus was on developing solutions for pressing issues in Meghalaya, such as pollution, sustainable tourism, youth employment, and waste management.

The event did not just inspire the 105 students, but even the Honorable Chief Minister of Meghalaya, Shri Conrad Sangma! He took the time to visit each of the 15 teams and offered his support to local entrepreneurs.

Check out Shillong Today's newspaper article

Thanks for sticking with us until the end! And now: CREATE IMPACT!