When our students reach their fifth year at REACH, they step into a new level of responsibility. The REACH Role Models Club is an exciting incubator program designed for our youngest youths. Here, ethics meets electives as students transition from being beneficiaries to becoming young leaders, equipped with the skills to give back to their community and the environment.

Our REACH Role Models Club is a mandatory program for our senior primary-aged students, serving as a vital bridge to our Youth Pathways Program. Through a mix of classroom theory and hands-on practice, these students adopt principles of leadership and equality that they carry home.

The club operates over two semesters, allowing students to swap electives and gain diverse skills throughout the academic year. Students also take computer class every Tuesday in both semesters.

Throughout the first semester, our REACH Role Models spent their Wednesdays handson in the garden, learning to compost, plant, and make their own organic pest spray, all tied to lessons on Sustainable Development Goals like Zero Hunger, Good Health, and Life on Land. That growing knowledge came full circle at our Community Tree Planting Project, where students raised mango tree saplings from seed and gifted them to their parents, taking what they had learned in the garden and turning it into something their own families could grow at home.

Alongside their agricultural studies, students join the REACH Repair Shop in Semester 2, a hands-on elective where they learn the technical skills of bike maintenance. By volunteering their time to repair bicycles for fellow students and beneficiaries, they help ensure the community stays mobile while growing their technical confidence and problem-solving abilities.

Whether they are mastering the art of organic farming or learning the mechanics of a bicycle, our REACH Role Models are taught that boys and girls are equal, and that through teamwork and compassion, they can change their world. This same spirit of teamwork carries into how we prepare them for the world beyond the village. Through a combination of global theory and local exploration, we challenge our REACH Role Models to think as global citizens.

To bring these classroom lessons to life, our REACH Role Models go on monthly excursions. These trips are designed to expose them to diverse environments ranging from sustainable farms and local heritage sites to partner organisations and public parks. These experiences build their confidence in communication and allow them to see first-hand how the skills they are learning at REACH are applied in the professional world.