One of the CAS learning outcomes that students must meet is:
Demonstrate engagement with issues of global significance.
IB students may feel that in order to meet this outcome in their CAS programme they need to do something abroad. However, there are many opportunities for students to engage in global issues within their local environments and communities.
The United Nation’s Millennium Development Goals provides a list of issues of global concern. This list can assist you in identifying issue of global significance.
Goal 1: Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
Goal 2: Achieve universal primary education
Goal 3: Promote gender equality and empower women
Goal 4: Reduce child mortality
Goal 5: Improve maternal health
Goal 6: Combat HIV/AIDS,malaria and other diseases
Goal 7: Ensure environmental sustainability
Goal 8: Develop a global partnership for development
raising awareness of a global issue through a focused campaign
participating in organized global issue projects
supporting local programmes engaged in specific educational campaigns
assisting local communities in integrating the principles of sustainable development
developing sustainability projects at school or in the local community, such as recycling bins and saving energy
planning and implementing a school waste-management policy
leading awareness events at school about air pollution
becoming involved in the delivery of a computer-literacy project in a local community
developing an urban community garden
teaching hand-washing lessons at local kindergartens as a part of UNICEF’s hand-washing campaign
organizing a “Love your ocean” day at school
raising awareness about human trafficking
building a storm-water garden to reduce storm-water runoff
creating a campaign to raise awareness among tourists about fragile local ecosystems
tutoring refugees after learning about gender equity in education
leading resume workshops for people who are unemployed
distributing resources for emergency safety.