Week 1 of the Impact Abroad Toolkit, this course introduces the overarching theme that we serve smarter when we move from a charity approach to service to a partnership approach to service.

Learners completing this course will be able to:
-Distinguish between good intentions and the results of their actions
-Summarize the core assumptions undergirding the charity and partnership approaches to service
-Apply the charity and partnership frameworks to their own experiences of service
-Critique the shortcomings of the charity approach using examples from international development
-Identify principles of practicing ethical and effective service
-Articulate their personal vision for how they seek to serve