The Club of Leaders
A one-of-a-kind approach.
The Club Model
Weekly afterschool meetings give Hebrone School students the opportunity to serve in leadership positions as well as in smaller committees such as planning, maintenance, ethics, and monitoring.
Each committee has selected a president, vice president, secretary, and assistant secretary.
Students also have the rare opportunity to attend field trips to boost creativity and enhance learning through two community service projects.
The Club of Leaders’ influence is extending beyond students. Our team facilitates Community Learning Circles which provide space to adults and teachers interested in learning more about this unique approach for their children and themselves.
No other organization in Kinshasa has a youth program like the Club of Leaders. Our team is seeing incredible interest in this innovative program that puts students at the center of learning, problem solving, community service and leadership.
Without such a program, Hebrone students will continue to see themselves as unimportant members of their often-overlooked and underserved community.
What students receive.
Networks of supportive adults and opportunities for connectedness including social, emotional, cognitive, and academic development.
Guidance on the application of the five leadership skills that develop clear goals, form positive relationships with peers, and have supportive and involved families.
Stronger sense of identity, belief in the future, self-regulation, and self-efficacy as well as their social, emotional, cognitive, and behavioral competence.
Applied critical thinking. Memorization of someone else’s words is not required in the Club. Rather, a student's own explanations is what is expected.
A place for intentional reflection that encourages the lifelong habit of asking oneself, “What am I learning and how can I use my knowledge to benefit myself and others?”
The practice of collaboration over competition to solve real world problems.
Hear directly from students and teachers in the Malembe Rise Club of Leaders about how the club benefits them, both personally and as a community. The club uses the mighty baobab tree to symbolize the strength, connectedness, wisdom, longevity, and nurturing properties of a healthy community. The club, like the baobab tree, provides a canopy of support and possibility for current and future generations of student leaders.
Five Leadership Skills
Our innovative program addresses real life issues that children face every day through structured, supportive, and collaborative problem-solving activities.
Students develop and apply five leadership skills:
Observation
Research
Analysis
Community Service
Reflection
These leadership skills are applied to study real-world problems such as clean water, waste management, nutrition, and sustainability.
Hear from The Club of Leaders as they sing their anthem. They created this anthem as a group and sing it before each meeting.
A teacher from our partner school surprised the students with a song written just for them! Check out this beautiful piece inspired by the work of The Club of Leaders!