Empowering young leader potential (EYLP), a 10 days summer camp programme was conducted from 4^th May 2016 to 13^th May 2016 at auxilium college, Katpadi, Vellore where more than 120 students from Auxilium College and 15 volunteers from Tirchy participated. Training programme comprised of many activities and presentation which helps in developing the leadership qualities among the students who are going to be the future leaders of India. It gave the greatest opportunity to the students to develop himself/herself and also to develop their society.

EYLP event

William Butler Yeats once said that Education should not be the filling of a pail, but lighting of a fire. Rightly so our chief goal these past three years has always been to teach the young on how to live and lead lives in the best way possible through experiential education .The main initiatives of our program are as follows

1. Experiential Learning: Ensuring each activity draws on knowledge and skills beyond the classroom discipline. Aims for application beyond the Class room. Transfer ability to future Situation
2. Case Base Learning: Case is a record of Student issues, facts & opinions which are rooted in real life situation. Logic and intuition is used by Students in real life to fill gaps in information and the same is needed in case study also
3. Collaborative Training: Here the collaboration between two or more Trainers/students– shared responsibility inside and outside the classroom – will give the students an opportunity for heightened reflection and better learning experience for the learner
4. Live Projects: Aims to motivate students to apply concepts from domain subjects in a real world situation, to meet different kinds of people and to develop adaptability and flexibility to enable a ‘deeper approach’ in learning and faster the development of reflective skills.
5. Management Skill Games: Strong social skills are a vital component of managing employees. For instance the manager of a small business will have duties that include addressing customer complaints, but he must also effectively communicate with employees and coordinate efforts in an efficient and effective.

 

MENTORS:

Mr DINESH GAJENDRAN

Catalyst and Executive Director of Audacious Dreams Foundation.

 Mr MOHAMMED ANFAS

Chairman of Community of Youth Development Organisation, Vice president of Sri Lanka National Youth Development Network, High Official Committee Member of Global Youth Service Day Sri Lanka Agency among many other things.

Sri Lanka

Mr JARASIO VINOD RAJ

Avanti Fellows, Chennai.

Mr Delphin

Avanti Fellows, Chennai.

The participants were engaged in the sessions like Skills For Leading Life Division, Sports for Sustainable Development And Peace Division, Mapping of Social Problems Division, Global Understanding Division, Curriculum Writing Training Division, Volunteer-Innovate-Participate, The Duke Of Edinburgh’s International Award , Success Stories from The EYLP Program. The event was conducted over 9 days. The program was held in Auxillium college Katpadi.

Trainees Reminisce:The EYLP Program did not let go of its students without having had a great impact on their minds and hearts. The echoes of the training will keep reflecting back and forth in their minds, never fading, never dying, going hand in hand with their passion for change-making.

“The program was amazing. By learning to use sports as a tool for teaching life-skills, I also got to know about my true potential and limits. The training helped us to actually learn about how to play a role in the nation building process. I would like to express my wholehearted gratitude towards Mr Dinesh Gajendran for having provided me with this opportunity”

– Pooja Jain (pursuing her BBA degree in Auxilium College).

“I’ve never been this engaged in anything. But after EYLP I came to really know myself. I saw a new me. For the first time I felt so proud and happy about where I stood in life. I feel immense gratitude towards Mr Dinesh Gajendran and Audacious Dreams for deeming me worthy enough to experience this”

– Ramya. R (an English Literature graduate)

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