Catalogue of Initiatives

Amala offers two core programmes; Short Courses and a High School Diploma. Short courses, in areas such as “Peacebuilding”, “Social Entrepreneurship” and “Maths for Change”, run for 10 weeks and consist of 60 hours of in-person class time and 40 hours of online study. Short courses can also be delivered through an online-only model.

The Amala High School Diploma is the first international high school diploma for displaced youth. The programme is typically run over a fifteen month period and includes ten Amala courses, a personal interest project and a pathways advising programme. The time commitment for students is 20 hours per week; 12 through synchronous in person sessions and 8 through online independent work. The High School Diploma is currently available in Amala’s Jordan and Kenyan hubs.

Both prgrammes have flexibility at their core and are designed to fit around the daily lives of students. They are delivered by facilitators, who are trained and given ongoing support by the Amala team.

Facilitators usually come from the local community (some are also Amala lumni) and have a deep knowledge of their contexts, enabling them to adapt the curriculum accordingly. Learning at Amala involves shifts in thinking and behaviour which result in an increased capacity to have a positive impact on the world. The curriculum was developed collaboratively with 150 educators and refugee students from around the world, and is designed to build agency, develop competencies, be contextual inclusive, create community and support facilitators. Both programmes are currently available in English and are free for students.