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.. :)