MID-YEAR REPORT
A PROJECT OFVarqa FoundationMID-YEAR REPORTMarch – August 2008www.varqafoundation.org
.the junior youth groups become a focusof activity as youth walk along a path ofservice and learning with their youngercounterparts in an environment that isencouraging and fosters personal growth.VISION AND PURPOSEYouth Can Move the World (YCMTW) is a project of the VarqaFoundation that works to promote youth empowerment atthe grassroots through a training program that integratesgroup study, service and the use of the arts. Youth begin theirtraining at national and local intensive programs, and continuethe process of becoming a YCMTW Animator of junior youthgroups through ongoing training over the following months.YCMTW is run and delivered by youth. The central service component of the program is foryouth participants (aged 15-25) to lead junior youth groups (ages 11-14) in their localities. Thepersonal transformation experienced by the youth throughout their training is amplified as theycontribute to the development of their communities through the education of junior youth. Thenature of this transformation is intended to be intellectual, social and spiritual. Youth acquirea knowledge of pressing social issues, they involve themselves in the development of theircommunities, and they engage in reflection on their spiritual condition and personal choices. Inturn, the junior youth groups become a focus of activity as youth walk along a path of serviceand learning with their younger counterparts in an environment that is encouraging and fosterspersonal growth.The goal of YCMTW, therefore, is to raise up a generation of leaders imbued with a feeling ofpersonal responsibility for the advancement of their communities, and the wider society. Theywill be optimistic about the future and possess a sense of purpose about their lives, characterisedby high ideals and a desire to be of service to humanity.The personal transformation experienced by the youththroughout their training is amplified as they contributeto the development of their communities through theeducation of junior youth.YOUTH CAN MOVE THE WORLD
REPORT OVERVIEWFrom March to August 2008, YCMTW oversaw a rapid expansion in the number of youth participantsand in the size of local junior youth groups. This expansion was achieved through two nationaltrainings and 16 local training programs, which ranged in length from two days to three weeks.By August, more than 170 youth had participated in YCMTW training programs as Animators orparticipants. During the same period, about 600 junior youth became involved with intensivelocal programs that will be sustained by Animators and youth participants on a weekly basis.A notable feature of YCMTW continues to be the geographical spread of its programs. Intensivetraining has taken place in Georgetown, East Coast Demerara, East Bank Demerara, West CoastDemerara, West Bank Demerara, , East Berbice, Upper Correntyne and Essequibo Coast. Manyyouth participants of the March and July national training programs proceeded to launch junioryouth groups in their localities. In July and August, these junior youth groups were expanded andtheir youth leaders were supported through intensive local training programs. In some areas,local schools have recruited their students and area residents for new YCMTW programs that havebrought additional youth participants and junior youth into the training process.Institutional collaboration has also enhanced the quality of training programs. YCMTW worksclosely with the National Institute Board (NIB) of the Baha’i Community of Guyana to coordinatethe participants’ ongoing study of the sequence of courses developed by the Ruhi Institute. Theongoing training of youth participants will rely heavily upon the quality of the relationship betweenYCMTW and the NIB. Experienced and appropriate Ruhi Tutors will need to be systematicallymobilised across Guyana to ensure that youth participants steadily proceed through the sequenceof Ruhi courses, through which they are eventually trained to be YCMTW Animators of junioryouth groups.Much has been learned in the course of the past six months, and two lessons stand out in particular.The first is that accompanying youth participants to assume responsibilities for the planning andinstruction of junior youth groups, concurrent with their training, has been highly beneficial. Itis often invaluable to have more mentors on hand to assist with junior youth activities, and theyouth participants have gradually increased their capability and confidence to lead junior youthgroups. In local intensive training programs, this practice has also consolidated bonds of friendshipand affection between the youth and junior youth of the same locality. These relationships laythe groundwork for the long-term sustainability of junior youth groups in these areas.The second lesson has to do with the literacy of the junior youth. Even among the older junioryouth (13-14 years), literacy skills differ greatly – from none at all to the highly literate. Learninghow to adequately cater for such diverse groups has been a challenge and will likely continue tobe a challenge in the future. Steps are already being taken to meet this need by offering On theWings of Words’ training in literacy instruction to youth participants and Animators. YOUTH CAN MOVE THE WORLDThe nature of this transformation is intended to beintellectual, social and spiritual.YOUTH CAN MOVE THE WORLD
YCMTW TRAINING PROCESS AND APPROACHThe YCMTW training process takes youth participants on a path to become Animators of junioryouth groups. We use the term ‘participants’ to refer to youth who are proceeding throughtheir training, and the term ‘Animators’ is reserved for those who have completed the threecomponents of the program: the study of social issues, the completion of 5 books in the Ruhisequence, and participation in leading a junior youth group. The training process also exposesparticipants to the arts, through singing, dance, drama, painting, and puppet-making.The first component involves the study of contemporary social issues, which are presented in anAnimator’s manual that has been developed by YCMTW over the past several years. The manualpresents information and concepts related to social issues and offers a structured set of questionsthat facilitate group discussion and reflection on the material. The social issues presented in themanual are: domestic violence, reproductive health, drug and alcohol abuse, gender equity,human rights, prejudice and discrimination, global prosperity, protection of the environment,and literacy. Experienced Animators lead participants through the material, and instruction invarious arts assists them to express their understanding of the social issues and their relevanceto their lives.The second component of the training process is completing Books 1 to 5 in the sequence ofcourses developed by the Ruhi Institute in Colombia. These courses involve structured groupdiscussion of passages from the Baha’i writings, which encourage reflection on individuals’ moralpurpose and their capacities for service. The Ruhi Institute describes the underlying philosophyof this curriculum:The Ruhi Institute tries to understand the process of the transformation of human society in termsof . a complex set of interactions between two parallel developments: the transformation ofthe individual, and the deliberate creation of the structures of a new society . According to thisvision of social change, the Ruhi Institute directs its present efforts to develop human resourceswithin a set of activities that conduce to spiritual and intellectual growth, but are carried out inthe context of each individual’s contribution to the establishment of new structures.The use of the Ruhi Institute material has been embraced by YCMTW participants, virtually all ofwhom have been raised in one of Guyana’s major religions: Hinduism, Christianity, Islam, or theBaha’i Faith. While the material focuses on Baha’i writings, it encourages participants to alsodraw on their own religious experience and to view religion as fundamentally one, and to see itspurpose as the promotion of unity and the advancement of civilization. In the context of Guyana’sreligious culture, participants of all backgrounds find it only natural that a program concernedwith social transformation should address the spiritual dimensions of our moral purpose andcapacities for service.The third component of YCMTW is participation in a junior youth group. Many youth participantsbegin their involvement with junior youth during an intensive training program. YCMTW Animatorslead junior youth programs in a morning session and youth training programs in the afternoons,an arrangement which gives the youth participants the opportunity to mentor their younger peersYOUTH CAN MOVE THE WORLD
from the beginning of their training. Following the intensive training, at least one local junioryouth group makes its plans to continue on an ongoing basis with the support of an Animator oryouth participant. Where the local training has attracted junior youth from other neighbourhoodsor villages, more than one junior youth group may be formed.activity, which may include dance, drama, singing or painting. Finally, the youth Animators andparticipants lead small groups in structured discussions of the social issues that are featured inthe Animators’ manual. The group usually closes with a period of reflection and sharing of whatthey learned during the day.The junior youth groups aim to engage the interests of their members, mold their capacitiesfor service, and involve them in social interaction with older youth. A typical session will beginwith prayers, songs and games before smaller groups are formed to study material that bothhelps to develop literacy skills and aims to empower junior youth. An example of this materialis “Breezes of Confirmation”, developed by the William Mmutle Masetlha Foundation in Zambia,which follows the story of a young girl who is awakening to her capacities and desire to beof service to humanity. Following a period of study, the junior youth participate in an artisticYCMTW has adopted several strategies for recruiting youth and junior youth into its programs.The first strategy has involved advertising in local and national media and subsequently enrollingyouth through an application process. This strategy is used primarily to bring youth into thenational intensive trainings, which took place this year from March 29th-30th and July 8th-12th.The second strategy has been for YCMTW Animators to visit neighourhoods, schools and communityvenues to speak about the program and attract area youth and junior youth to attend a localintensive training. A third method of recruitment has been to rely upon a local school to assumeownership of the program by taking responsibility for registering their students and other youthand junior youth in the area. Where this strategy was used, at Camille’s Institute in Soesdyke(EBD) and Urmilla’s School in Enmore (ECD), a sizable group of about 100 new participants havebeen successfully recruited and they appear to be committed to the program from the outset.Furthermore, the schools provide a natural venue for ongoing junior youth groups and youthtraining after the intensive program.(PHOTO BELOW)the First Lady, Varshanie Jagdeo (in white centred), after speaking at a gathering in Georgetown.Following the intensive programs, the youth participants require ongoing training to completethe sequence of Ruhi books necessary to become a YCMTW Animator. They also benefit fromaccompaniment in the process of initiating, maintaining and expanding local junior youthgroups. To support this training process, YCMTW has established an infrastructure of national andregional coordinators. Rosheni Takechandra and Lomerharshan Lall serve as national coordinatorsand they also lead many administrative and research aspects of YCMTW. Regional coordinatorsoversee the ongoing training of youth and monitor and assist with local junior youth groups.These coordinators are: Anil Singh: Georgetown Shallini Misir: East Coast Demerara (ECD) Gordon Roberts: West Coast Demerara (WCD) Diya Dwarka: East Berbice Anis Ade-Thomas: Upper Corentyne Abeka Dupan: Essequibo CoastThe ongoing training and accompaniment of youth participants will also be supported by theNational Institute Board of the Baha’i Community of Guyana (NIB). The NIB oversees the activityof tutors trained to facilitate the Ruhi materials, and these human resources will be deployed tomeet the needs of youth participants for further training.YCMTW has also forged valuable partnerships with other local and national organizations.Camille’s Institute in Soesdyke (East Bank Demerara) and Urmilla’s School in Enmore (East CoastDemerara) have been generous in their support of YCMTW by hosting programs and recruitingnew participants. Parent workshops held at the conclusion of intensive training programs havebeen conducted in partnership with the Mother’s Union and the National Commission on theRights of the Child. We have been honoured by the support the First Lady, Varshanie Jagdeo, whospoke with large groups in Georgetown and New Amsterdam. YOUTH CAN MOVE THE WORLDYOUTH CAN MOVE THE WORLD
RECENT ACTIVITIES:MARCH – AUGUST 2008ReflectionFrom March to August 2008, YCMTW oversaw a rapid expansion in the number of youth participantsand in the size of local junior youth groups. This expansion was achieved through two nationaltrainings and 16 local training programs, which ranged in length from two days to three weeks.By August, more than 170 youth had participated in YCMTW training programs as Animators orparticipants. During the same period, about 600 junior youth became involved with intensivelocal programs that will be sustained by Animators and youth participants on a weekly basisbeginning in September.Conducting intensive local training programs this summer has significantly advanced our goal tocreate junior youth groups that are sustained by YCMTW Animators and participants. Feedbackfrom coordinators suggested that two-week periods (or longer) for intensive training proved aneffective way to cultivate an environment in which participants could experience the uniqueapproach of YCMTW to training and capacity building. Longer training provides the opportunityfor youth participants to take an active leadership role in the junior youth programs in their area.This allows the youth to gradually assume ownership of the intensive junior youth programs, andthey establish strong bonds of trust and friendship that are integral for the sustainability of junioryouth groups after the intense training. In the three-week training program in Soesdyke, forexample, of the 30 youth participants about half became regularly involved with leading aspectsof the morning junior youth program. Following the program, the youth were enthusiastic toexpand one existing junior youth group in Soesdyke and others agreed to coordinate new groupsin the three nearby villages of Coverden, Timehri and Sarah Johanna.In several locations, the planned intensive training sessions were extended by one or two weeksto allow youth participants to rapidly advance through their study of Ruhi Institute materials. InEssequibo, the program was extended by an additional three weeks to allow nine participantsto continue their training. In Coverden/Soesdyke (EBD), De Willem (WCD) and New Amsterdam(East Berbice), youth participants continued their training for an additional week after theintensive programs. By offering these extra opportunities for training, dozens of youth were ableto complete at least one additional Ruhi Book in the sequence of courses.A key aspect of the success of YCMTW programs has been ongoing partnerships with local schools.The Essequibo Coast experienced high enrolment in their July intensive junior youth programsprimarily because they built on relationships between the Regional Coordinator and local schools,many of which began hosting YCMTW junior youth groups earlier in the year. In a period of twoweeks in July, more than 150 junior youth in Essequibo participated in intensive programs ledby YCMTW Animators and participants. During this period, nine YCMTW participants significantlyadvanced in their training and each of them plans to start junior youth groups in their ownhomes. In Essequibo Coast we have written permission from the Regional Education Officer tooffer Junior Youth training in all the schools in the region, during the school day. This is a uniqueopportunity and we need to take fuller advantage of the permission. YOUTH CAN MOVE THE WORLD
The use of the arts in the intensive programs has also been a key element of success. RegionalCoordinators highlight the enthusiasm and talent of the junior youth and youth as they steadilyworked to portray their understanding of social issues through various arts, such as dance, drama,puppetry and banner design. These activities facilitate both comprehension and expression, andit has been reported that the arts have awakened new talents and confidence within youth andjunior youth participants.Analysis: Intensive Training ProgramsAn important component of youth training within the YCMTW programme is completing theservice and practice components of the Ruhi materials. The first book of the Ruhi sequenceencourages participants to host or participate weekly devotional gatherings, which serve tofoster personal reflection and deepen the bonds of friendship between participants. More than10 regular devotional meetings have been started by YCMTW participants in their areas. As youthassist one another to host devotionals in their homes, a sense of community within the villagesbegins to flourish that is centered on an uplifting activity that involves the participants’ parents,siblings, neighbours and friends. For example, a gathering in the Sarah Johanna village (EBD) isattended by four YCMTW participants, family members and an area youth.The service component of the second book for the Ruhi institute develops the skills of the youthin presenting and discussing themes on the oneness of religion, the promotion of unity, universaleducation and justice. When the youth visit community members to share their learning, theyconsolidate their knowledge and develop confidence in presenting themes and ideas central tothe junior youth program. In Coverden, eight youth shared presentations on two themes withfour area residents. While they were nervous at the beginning of the exercise, following thepresentations several expressed the desire to share the presentations with their families and allof them felt enthusiastic about sharing what they had learned from their visits.Local intensive programs have been most successful where organizers and participants haveparticipated in daily reflection and consultation. These discussions provide an opportunity inwhich the project can be analyzed and improved in the light of daily learning and experience.Goals and plans are determined through consultation, and roles and responsibilities are shared.The integration of youth participants into daily reflection and planning for the junior youthprogram allows them to be actively involved with problem-solving and they feel empowered tovolunteer for new duties and tasks. It has been found that regularly switching roles within theprograms has served to allow new youth participants to develop skills and confidence, therebyenhancing the sense of collective ownership over the project.Feedback from intensive programs has also highlighted the central importance of integratingprayer and song into many activities. In particular, beginning with prayer and song awakens asense of unity among participants and organizers and it creates an atmosphere that is conduciveto learning. The organizers of the West Coast Demerara junior youth in
Baha’i Faith. While the material focuses on Baha’i writings, it encourages participants to also draw on their own religious experience and to view religion as fundamentally one, and to see its purpose as the promotion of unity and the advancement of civilization. In the context of Guyana’s
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