Sprout e-course – Pearson Fellowship for Social Innovation

Impact

Sprout aims to influence young leaders so that they, in turn, can create lasting impact in their communities. In doing so, we document our journey in order to remain transparent and accountable to all Sprout stakeholders.

Interim Report (Spring 2010)             Interim Report (Fall 2009)         Pilot Report (Spring 2009)

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Impact Stories

Since 2008, over 250 emerging social innovators from over 40 countries have participated in the Sprout E-course. Below is a selection of stories from Sprout Alumni that illustrate the impact of the course on their personal and professional development.

Football for Development: A Community Growth Project by Brian Magwaro (Kenya)

Immigrant Youth Canada: A Globalization, Culture & Human Rights Project by Tinashe Mafukidze (Canada)

Educa-T: An Academic Advancement Project by Ignacio Rodriguez (Venezuela)

Children Behind Us: A Literacy Project by Shobana Nair (Malaysia)

Testimonials

"Challenging, new, exciting, different, inspiring and just what the doctor ordered to getme out of a wallowing rut!"

                                                                  – Sprout participant, Summer 2009

"The discussions and the different project ideas presented allowed me to think how problems may be interconnected but solutions are interconnected as well."

– Sprout participant, Summer 2009

"If the world stands on two pillars, education is one of them and Sprout has grasped the significance of making sure that this pillar remains tall and strong by educating the leaders of tomorrow through the Sprout e-course platform."

– Sprout participant, Spring 2010

"The essence of Sprout is to provide an accessible, diverse, proactive and supportive online community where different people with different needs, aims, thoughts and ideas can come together and help each other grow as both people and project managers."

– Sprout participant, Spring 2010