Language: English


La compétition du Fonds communautaire Aviva 2010

24

jours

00

heures

46

minutes



Inscrivez-vous maintenant


Explorer les idées

options Map View List View Grid View

Catégories d'idées :


Valeur des idées :


Visualiser


Langue:


Rechercher par code postal:

  • dans un rayon de:

mot-clé:

Annuler la recherche


July 2009

Idée acf1642:

Building Community Through Understanding and Unity

Affichée le octobre 21, 2009

  • Auteur : Miranda McLellan
  • Organisation: Global Youth Network
  • Endroit : British Columbia
  • Catégorie : Vous avez d’autres idées
  • Coût : À petit budget (moins de 10 000 $)

Global Youth Network has been working with Indigenous Issues around the world and in Canada for the last 14 years. It is through our research, personal experience and relationships that we have been able to help build sustainable projects that bring inclusive education to adults, youth and children in First Nations communities.

Our dream is to continue creating peace through understanding and action. We aim to do this at an international level, as well as in our own backyard. After spending the past summer in Tsartlip First Nations community, just outside of Victoria, British Columbia we were inspired to create a comprehensive program that will connect non-aboriginal youth from across Canada with Canadian Aboriginals. During our time in Tsartlip, we had the opportunity to dream and build a new youth leadership program with members of the community. This coming summer, Global will return to Tsartlip and other first nations communities throughout Ontario and British Columbia. The youth focused program will run from the First Nations reserves, in an over-night summer camp environment.

Below we’ve included a brief summary of one of our dreams in facilitating compassionate community throughout Canada and around the world. This dream is to create an inclusive, healthy community among Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Canadians. Below we’ve included our 3 main objectives and a brief description about ways in which we will achieve these objectives.

Objective 1 Provide first hand education to non-aboriginal youth about the indigenous culture and Canadian history; as well as help break down stereotypes and build friendships. Provide a transformational environment, where team members can be inspired and grow into leaders.

Strategy 1 A small team of student volunteers will be assembled at the beginning of March2010. These volunteers will participate in bi-weekly meetings. In the meetings, team members will have a chance to get to know one another as well as discuss issues surrounding social justice, leadership practices and Aboriginal culture in Canada and around the world. During the summer of 2010, the team will participate in various leadership-training workshops with 10-15 Aboriginal youth. Following the week training, all youth will work with Global Youth Network to plan activities for a weeklong, off-reserve camp. This provides students and Aboriginal people of all ages to work together, to learn about each other and to develop leadership skills from one another.

Objective 2 Provide older Aboriginal youth with leadership skills, inspiration and work experience inside and outside of their community/reserve. As well as help breakdown stereotypes and build friendships.

Strategy 2 Youth will participate in a week-long leadership-training workshop. The workshop will take place on the reserve and will also be attended by the volunteers (mentioned above in Objective/Strategy 1). Following the workshop, all students will work with Global Youth Network and representatives of the community to create activities and games for the weeklong camping excursion. During the one-week, off-reserve camp, Youth Leaders will work together in allocating tasks, executing activities and facilitating a transformational environment for the younger Aboriginal youth. The Tsartlip community fundraises money throughout the year to create a paid summer position for these youth. This will help encourage responsibility and commitment. Daily, all team leaders (Aboriginals and non-Aboriginals) will participate in team reflection time. This helps the group grow off their daily experiences and builds communication throughout the group. Furthermore, we have learned that Aboriginal youth sometimes have difficulty finding the desire to work outside of their community. Experience and evaluation have lead us to the understanding that collaborating youth with compassionate people from outside their community can breakdown this rejection, and open youth up to the idea of seeking employment outside of the reserve and build friendship with non-Aboriginal youth.

Objective 3 Provide a dynamic learning environment for Aboriginal youth and an opportunity for off-reserve experience, where youth can grow and be immersed in a new setting. Allow for children to partake in fun and educational activities, learning about teamwork, Canada and its diversity.

Strategy 3 Younger Aboriginal youth will be participating in a number of different games and activities throughout the camp. With the help of the trained youth leaders, we will facilitate exercises that encourage youth to dream, design, participate, reflect, connect, take action and be active. The days will be structured; however, there will be time allotted for peaceful moments and an ongoing stream of fun. Year after year as the younger Aboriginal youth get older, they will have the opportunity to become leaders to


  • Partagez ceci
  • Facebook
  • LinkedIn
  • Delicious
  • Digg
  • StumbleUpon
  • Technorati
RSS

Discutez de cette idée


Seuls les 1000 commentaires les plus récents sont affichés.

Nous avons déjà sélectionné les gagnants. Il n’est plus possible de voter.

Merci à tous de votre soutien.


View Our Winners
  • Partagez ceci
  • Facebook LinkedIn Delicious Digg StumbleUpon Technorati
  • RSS

Idées près de chez moi

This is the map!

D'autres idées dans cette catégorie

Soumettre mon idée

Aviva Assurance  |  juridique  |  confidentialité