The Global Issues Network

Global Issues Network was born out of a combination of urgency and foresight for the sake of future generations and the health of the planet. The Global Issues Network has grown rapidly to become a region-strong global network of empowered GIN student changemakers, spanning the globe across Europe, Asia, Africa, the Middle East, North America, South and Central America. GIN continues to support and grow sustainable youth-led empowerment that now includes an active body of alumni in universities and beyond. Our GIN students grow to become lifelong learners who understand the imperative of staying involved and taking action.

To empower young people to collaborate locally, regionally and globally in order to create sustainable solutions for global issues.

To recognize and nurture youth empowerment.

- GIN Mission Statement

GIN at ISPS

The Global Issues Network Chapter at the International School of Port of Spain aims to tackle problems that face our community of ISPS and Trinidad and Tobago through fundraising and community outreach. The GIN Club members annually attend GIN Conferences where they adopt the ideologies of social movement leaders, both local and global, who have created lasting change.

Mission & Goals

Mission

Groups of people making an impact and solving our local problems that are affecting our community of ISPS and Trinidad and Tobago.

Goals

Several groups of students will create group projects each tackling a problem in their local community or the world, over the course of the school year they will create presentations which they will showcase in April.

Lima, Peru, 2019

The High School GIN team in 2019 started a Community Service Club “G.I.V.E. - Get Involved Value Everyone” to promote and encourage a culture of community service amongst students in the High School. The club has carried out and will continue to carry out fundraising and volunteering for caring organizations such as Living Waters and The homeless kitchen. In the Middle School, students created a project to reduce the use of plastic straws in the ISPS community and the wider community of Trinidad and Tobago by educating customers and businesses to replace plastic with more environmentally-friendly options.

San José, Costa Rica, 2018

Panama City, Panama 2017

Medellin, Colombia 2016

During the 2015-2016 academic year, the ISPS Environmental Club made it their mission to reduce the amount of plastic in our school by eliminating bottled water from the cafeteria and lobbying the administration to install water dispensers throughout the school. They raised awareness on the effects of plastic pollution on marine environments and encouraged the use of reusable water bottles in the school community.

Memories from Lima, Peru 2019

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