To contribute and promote an African perspective to development education, the Africa Centre had facilitated a five day course over three weeks for fifteen participants from the 21st July to 4th August 2009. The course was held at the Irish Aid Volunteering and Information Centre, 23-31 Upper O’ Connell Street, Dublin1. The course aims to build a group of trained development educators from within the African community to bring an African perspective to development education.

This five day course equips participants with the knowledge and the tools to engage groups in education on global development, local and global inequality, and social justice issues in a friendly, informal group environment. During the course development issues are raised, however the focus is on participatory methodologies and how to adapt them to any group setting. It will enable participants to work more effectively and creatively with groups when exploring intercultural and development issues.

This course was open to all Africans with an interest in development education and those who wished to promote the good practice in use of balanced images and messages on Africa and Africans in Ireland.