💬 "As I am a very private person, being creative has given me a way of communicating my emotions & beliefs with others in a way I am comfortable with." - 2020 #KoestlerAwards Entrant This Is Me, Clayfields House, Under 18s Special Award for Digital Art, 2020 #UnlockingTalent

Setting up with @VSO_Intl at the BT Centre ahead of this afternoon’s @Tech4GoodAwards! #UnlockingTalent #Malawi

'I Miss You', HM Prison Glenochil, Painting, 2021 #KoestlerAwards “A painting of me and my daughter at visiting time.” #UnlockingTalent

Unlocking Talent Through Technology are winners of @comicrelief sponsored @Tech4GoodAwards for Africa 2018!Congratulations to @VSO_Intl and everyone in the #UnlockingTalent team 🏆🎉

“I hope it will brighten up a dull day for you”🌤️ Blue Curtain, HMP Parc, Highly Commended Award for Painting, 2020 The artist was inspired by a memory of “when my Nan had a little table by a window. I thought it would be a nice reflection on good times passed” #UnlockingTalent

A study in concentration - sounding out letters @onebillion @AsstHead_Jones @MrGPrimary @africa_active @Mr_D_Callaghan @Year1_Layton @Yelsel555 @DiscoveryEdUk @anoara_a #malawi #unlockingtalent #onebillion

White Vase @HmpPeterborough, Paper Craft Bronze Award for Craft, 2020🌼 “Being locked up for 23 hours a day is hard. I was so happy when I found out I won [this award]. I could not stop smiling. It has made me try more things. It has boosted my confidence a lot” #UnlockingTalent

Food for Thought This breathtaking charcoal portrait is by an artist @HmpPeterborough who entered the #KoestlerAwards for the first time this year #KoestlerAwards judging continues throughout Aug & Sept! With special awards available for first-time entrants 🏆 #UnlockingTalent

💬"The fact is that with Koestler you get an opportunity with no prejudice…" - Koestler Mentee Feedback Group Participant 📸Find Me, Greenwich Youth Offending Team, Margaret Macdonald Commended Award for Photography, 2020 #UnlockingTalent

Demistifying technology in the community, participant comment- "I wish I was Std 2 again, so I could learn like this" #unlockingtalent #malawi #onebillion #vsomalawi #vsointernational #education #edtech #imagineworldwide

💬 "It was my art, sharing my artwork with my probation officer, that meant that we could get some sort of relationship. I think it’s helped them see the truth in me." - Koestler Arts Mentee, 2019 Feedback Group All portraits by artists HMP Glenochil #UnlockingTalent

Students in our Digital School had a great time interviewing at one of their favourite comic book shops! We'll share the podcast when they've have finished editing 👍👍#digiskills #podcast #digitalschool #unlockingtalent

Sometimes the answer doesn’t come to you straight away!⁣ ⁣ This Malawian child is carefully working his way through a #numeracy activity in our #onecourse app.⁣ ⁣ #chichewa #edtech #xprize #sdg4 #sdgs #unlockingtalent #malawi @VSO_Intl

💬 "I can safely say I am completely on fire for art right now!!" - 2020 Koestler Awards Entrant Portraits from the 2020 #KoestlerAwards by artists @HMPThameside @hmpgarth and Atkinson Secure Unit #UnlockingTalent

Learners' reaction to the news that the learning centre will be open tomorrow! Chiuzimbi primary school, Lilongwe, Malawi #unlockingtalent #vsomalawi #onebillion #technology #vsointernational #imagineworldwide #edtech #education #malawi

Primary advisors and Inspectors from all over Malawi look at Learners using ipads #unlockingtalent @AsstHead_Jones @MrGPrimary @ICTEvangelist

Someone Stole My Chicken, @HMPLongLartin, Commended Award for Drawing, 2020 ✊ 💬 “Being creative during my sentence has helped me stay out of trouble in the jail, not get caught up in drama. It has been a source of meditation.” – 2020 Koestler Awards entrant #UnlockingTalent

You are never to be old to start learning with technology #edtech #unlockingtalent #vsomalawi #onebillion #kitkit

#Chirstmas RT @thesmartytrain: Have you picked out your Christmas jumper yet? #TheSmartyTrain #Unlockingtalent #Chirstmas #Christmasjumper