WhenYouthTakesAction Project in Banteaymeanchey 17th-18th September 2011

My very first leading experience for the project - WhenYouthTakeAction Banteaymeanchey September 17th-18th 2011

The third project conducted by Cambodian AEIF team has been successfully accomplished again in Banteaymeanchey Province on September 17 and 18, 2011. This is the first time to conduct a workshop on the theme of "Youth and Purpose of life."

It was just 3 weeks in advance that I, as a project leader to this province, started to aware that the schedule has been pushed faster than it was set. So within these 3 weeks before the trip, I could say I was very nervous but at the same time, those nervousness wouldn't help so I tried all my best to plan everything instead. The day came closer and September 16, we left Phnom Penh to start our journey for this project. Proudly that my 10 organizers have been such a great help and important resource for this project.

During this project, we shared, we laughed, and we cried. Lectures on triggering questions, what are the purpose of life & Why we need it, an inspiring story, eulogy are all the main session for this. Besides, we included the fun activities for students to play and think about the message we tried to convey regarding the route of their journey to reach their life purpose. Noticeably, It was proud and more than expected that we found out the message we tried to convey has been through the students' mind. It proves us during the last day of the workshop, it was in Eulogy session which aim to put students in a visualization so that they can imagine their Ultimate goals. The session was about the question that if you found out that you are dead today, what would you like to hear from your family, friends, and other people.

Finally, we found our 10 potential and active students to be the student leaders from this project. With the organizers' great teamwork, students' involvement and cooperation, we successfully accomplished this project with very satisfactory result.

I am grateful for the amazing cooperation from my organizers team such as: B.Chamreoun, Dalin Ka, Mana, Yasak, Thida, Bunheng, Chiva, Pyseth, and Pisey... The tasks were perfectly done regarding logistics, finance, admin, PR, team building and lectures.. :)

Enhancement Workshop for Access Micro-Scholarship Students

Again, another trip began on 10th-11th September 2011. 12 organizers from USAC (Undergraduate State alumni Cambodia) went to Kampot province to conduct an enhancement workshop for Cambodian-islamic students who were the micro-scholarship students. It was the only-one-morning-workshop, quite short though but I gotta say we all enjoyed it very much and hope all the students did as well.
The 12 organizers are:
1. Tha Sanchivorn - Project Leader
2. Keng Kanika - me myself :P
3. Kheang Sathaborama
4. Lang Mesa
5. Leang Sovannarith
6. Chea Chandany
7. Chim Chhorporn
8. Vong Pisey
9. Phay Thida
10. Leang Srun
11. Pharen
12. Veng Molika


The main theme of this enhancement workshop is to help those students to build their capacity in terms of building their confidence and encourage them to study hard and find their goal of lives.
There were 20 access micro-scholarship participated in this workshop. We found a hard time at first when they seemed to be very shy and less interacted with our organizers. They just kept quiet and hesitate to raise their hands or answer the questions. But for a while, after we have presented them the team building games, role plays, as well as a lecture on "BE confident", we found a fruitful result after this workshop. They were one step ahead from the beginning which meant they started to feel less shy and interact with our organizers cheerfully. We are very happy to see this and hoping they can build their own capacity and take what they learnt from today to apply in their real lives effectively. :)

Here comes another busy schedule - Volunteerism & Fun time

So September look like a busy month for me...




Here, another volunteering work to do....
10th-11th September 2011, I'll off to Kompot province for an Enhancement workshop to teach Access micro-scholarship students (groups of Islamic high school students who have been awarded a 2-year scholarship to study English in their respective NGOs). There are 9 provinces that the workshop will be conducted: Kompong Speu, Battambang, Phnom Penh, Kompong Chnang, Kompot, Kompong Thom, Kompong Cham, Kratie, Rattanakiri. While one of those are Kompot and where i would be spending my time this weekend.. :)
*Will blog the whole content after I am back from this province.

16th-18th September, I'll be going to Banteaymeanchey province for my very first task as a project leader conducting the same phase 1 workshop for AEIF Project.. =)

At the same time, my senior year at IFL will also resume by 12th, September 2011. Quite hectic starting from this month plus I am having more invitations to join. Oh well, let's keep it to be written in the next blogs... MORE Fun events and interesting to share here later.. ^^