Programme · Volunteers, tutors, school leadership

Leadership Development

Developing future leaders today.

Kodumela's founding purpose. Tutor leadership development, principal training, motivational talks and volunteer development build the leaders that rural communities need in order to develop themselves.

The challenge

Rural communities face significant development challenges, and development follows leadership. Kodumela's answer is to build leaders inside those communities rather than import them — starting with the young people already there.

The programme model

How it runs, stage by stage.

01
Identify need
Lessons from previous programmes surface where volunteers and school leaders need support.
02
Match support
Speakers from industry facilitate leadership, presentation and life-skills sessions.
03
Deliver learning
Residential workshops combining training, exposure and recreation.
04
Expose opportunity
Volunteers gain confidence, leadership and communication skills they carry into their own careers.
05
Follow progress
Volunteers return year after year, taking on more responsibility each time.

What participants experience

Structured training rather than being thrown in at the deep end
Speakers from industry on leadership, presentation and life skills
Exposure beyond the village — for many tutors, a first
Real responsibility in running a programme that matters

Typical activities

Tutor Leadership Development Programme — training, exposure and development for volunteer tutors
Principal Training and Development — school leadership and instructional leadership
Motivational talks for learners
Volunteer development through organising Kodumela's own programmes