“As part of our service learning initiative, we taught students at the Anexa School, a public school in Matola, Mozambique, how to effectively use laptops and different programmes like Microsoft Word for educational purposes. Even though my classmates and I were the teachers, we also learned a lot about the different features of Microsoft Word and different teaching strategies to help deliver our lesson plans. The most significant experience I had was working with the students as if we were close friends and I was helping them revise for a test. Soon we all felt comfortable with each other and the students started asking us questions, which made the teaching process a lot more successful. Aside from gaining some confidence through this initiative, I gained a new perspective on the world. Seeing the amount of effort everyone at the Anexa School put into showing up and learning made me realise that I am fortunate to be receiving an education of high quality at the Aga Khan Academy Maputo. I also got to understand what it means to be a teacher and all of the hard work that goes into it. I believe helping students interact with people they normally wouldn’t approach will help open their minds up, such as this service learning project. Not everything about our local community is taught at school, which is why projects like these where we work with our community are important and would make a difference in the way we perceive the world.” Marie-Claude Bonaventure Simbine, Grade 8 student, Aga Khan Academy Maputo