SIMA INDIA SDG CHALLENGE

 Join the first cohort of SIMA India and participate in the SIMA INDIA SDG CHALLENGE to create lasting impact in your school and community. By bringing the SDGs to life through global short documentaries + lessons, SIMA empowers educators and inspires learners to create the change they wish to see in the world.

Impact starts with one thing: inspiration.

ELIGIBILITY TO PARTICIPATE

You must be an educator teaching grade 7-12 and up in India. You must be interested in the SDGs and willing to facilitate the SDG Challenge with your students. This involves 1) accessing the SIMA Academy platform to learn and get inspired by SIMA films about the SDGs you and your students care about, and 2) implementing an impact project in your community or school with the assistance of SIMA’s lesson guide. IMPACT PROJECTS can include: community awareness and outreach projects, local or global campaigns, as well as media and mixed media projects (visual, literal and audio), and more.

 WHAT YOU CAN WIN

Our advisory committee will select the winning class project and will award the following prizes for 1 teacher and their entire school. Participating students are also encouraged to submit their impact project to compete for the SIMA Student Award.

 
TEACHER & STUDENT PRIZES

SIMA Teacher Award: 

  • GEEO International Travel Scholarship for Professional Development
  • Presenter Opportunity at the 2025 International Conference on Transformative Education for Global Citizenship and Sustainable Development (ICTE 2025)
  • Eligibility to enter the SIMA Changemaker Award
  • Certificate of completion

SIMA Student Award: 

  • IB Festival Of Hope Featured Impact Story
  • Global Citizen Student Certificate awarded by the Global Citizenship Foundation

  • Eligibility to enter the SIMA Changemaker Award

 
School Prizes:
  • SIMA Changemaker School Certificate (Pioneer cohort in India)
  • 1 year free access to SIMA Academy for all faculty and students
 
 

 HOW TO GET STARTED

Begin your participation in the SIMA India SDG Challenge with the following steps before August 5, 2024.

STEP 1. Sign Up here for 9 months free access to SIMA Academy using your email and this ACCESS CODE: SIMA4INDIA (case sensitive/ code active for registration until August 5)

STEP 2. Utilize the SIMA SDG Challenge LESSON GUIDE to help your students investigate the SDGs they care about, and follow a path of inquiry, film viewing, collaboration and reflection, as you plan and implement an impact project for your school or community. 

STEP 3. REPORT YOUR IMPACT by February 4, 2025 via this form. We will ask you about the film(s) that inspired you, the planning resources you used, the impact of your project and what lessons you learned. WINNERS WILL BE ANNOUNCED MARCH 12th, 2025

 

BONUS OPPORTUNITY

All participating educators can enroll in the hands-on virtual professional training and ONLINE COURSE | “SIMA SDG Challenge: Advancing Media Information Literacy (MIL) and Global Citizenship Education through the Power of Film”

  • Enrollment begins August 7 2024.
  • Course starts September 2, 2024 through February 4, 2025.
  • Self-paced
  • 4 live sessions
  • Duration 4 weeks. Capacity 35 Educators.
  • All registered participants of the SIMA India SDG Challenge will receive a notification to enroll for the course.
  • Course Completion: CERTIFICATE

  

TESTIMONIALS

In collaboration with SIMA Academy, UNESCO APCEIU was able to open a new door to teach global citizenship.  – Ms. Jihong LEE, Head of Office of Education and Training, UNESCO-APCEIU

I’ve never seen a class so motivated and inspired… The conversations about the films and the subjects didn’t stop when they left my classroom. They continued throughout each student’s life. – Michelle Bernstein, Department Chair, New Roads

Films can often say more than a thousand words! Thank you SIMA. – Monika Froehler, Executive Director, Ban Ki Moon Center for Global Citizensuly 22

About the SIMA SDG Challenge

The SIMA SDG Challenge is a comprehensive year-round academic impact initiative designed to empower educators in advancing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) within their schools and communities. By leveraging SIMA Academy’s premium media resources and educational content, teachers can drive meaningful and lasting change.

SIMA Academy is an award-winning collection of meticulously curated and vetted short documentaries that vividly bring the SDGs and global learning to life. Sourced from 140 countries through the prestigious Social Impact Media Awards, this streaming platform, often referred to as the “Netflix for changemakers,” offers unparalleled access to diverse cultural perspectives and innovative solutions to global challenges, narrated through the personal stories of those on the frontlines.

With a strategic focus on Global Citizenship, Education for Sustainable Development, and Social Innovation, each documentary serves as a catalyst for critical discussions, perspective shifts, enhanced critical thinking, and actionable change.

Esteemed partners of previous SDG Challenge editions include UNESCO APCEIU, FIS Changemakers, GEEO, and QS World Merit, underscoring the program’s impact within the global educational landscape.