Kambia is the Faculty-Led division of Global Brigades. Kambia is an organization dedicate to bring experiencial learning into the university classes. Kambia is part of the 501c3 non-profit Global Brigades, an international non-profit that empowers communities to meet their health and economic goals through university volunteers and local teams. Learn more about Kambia in Kambia.com

Kambia & Global Brigades are unique in many ways. First, Global Brigades acts as an empowering movement by offering a Holistic Model for sustainable development and healthcare in the communities we serve. Unlike other organizations, we not only support our students but also have an on-the-ground team that works with the communities to improve community economic development year-round. Global Brigades combats financial discrepancies in our communities not only through business educational workshops, but also through medical, public health and water infrastructure projects. We also run regular client check-ups in our partner communities in order to provide sustainable economic development, until each client has the tools necessary to lead their entrepreneurship.

Kambia provides a unique opportunity for you to work closely with clients in communities. The students will be able to provide business consultations to micro-enterprises in our partner communities. Likewise, they will help provide local entrepreneurs with the necessary tools to help build their small businesses. 

Students will also have the opportunity to work alongside community-owned banks and provide financial literacy workshops.

Specific student experiences vary between programs. Our staff has been trained to create an inclusive and collaborative environment with the students. We encourage all our staff members to make the Kambia program an educational experience for the students, while still providing efficient and effective economic development to clients.

The safety of the participants is Kambia’s number one priority and is the single most important consideration when entering a community or choosing a project. Each country that Global Brigades & Kambia serves in has implemented safety protocols and policies to decrease any risk of danger and to ensure that any emergency can be properly handled in a prompt and professional manner. 

Before entering a community, the GB Research and Evaluation (R&E) team collects baseline data, assesses community needs and secures buy-in from the local leadership. Each community is visited by the operations team of the local Global Brigades office to ensure that it is secure and safe for transporting the volunteers to and from the community. If the in-country leadership team ever feels that the safety of participants is compromised in any way, students would be immediately withdrawn from the community.

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 With Kambia, you have free access to myGiide for self-assessment, review resources and personalised recommendations on how to continue developing key skills like Cultural Agility!

Skiilify is an organization with the mission of equipping everyone, everywhere with the soft skills needed to succeed in Cultural Agility through myGiide. You can learn more about Skiilify here.

myGiide is a web app designed by Skiilify to help cultures see eye to eye. This platform will allow you to uncover your hidden cultural values and assess your current cultural agility skills to help you understand how your values compare to those prevalent in various regions across the globe which will enable you to grow both personally and professionally.

Cultural Agility is the ability to  be comfortable and effective in different countries and with people from other cultures. This goes beyond adapting to customs or speaking another language. It’s about creating genuine connections and effectively collaborating with people from diverse backgrounds. Through Cultural Agility, you may build a series of self-management and relationship management competencies that may be applied to your daily lives.

For more information on how to register, please refer to the following document.