The
morning started with much excitement after the children were paired into groups
with their various mentors. There was an interactive session called Flashlight. The essence of this
exercise was to get feedback from the participants on what they have learnt the
previous day. The kids shared about their experiences from the leadership talks
to the sports session and skill development. The essence of this is to help the
kids refresh their memory while building relationships with one another. This
session lasted for about ten minutes.
Next
was the adventure session led by Mpho, a volunteer of AYC 2014 from South
Africa. The children were given a quest to
interprete codes to help them find the clue to answer the quest successfully.
All kids worked together as a team in relating the codes to produce results.
There was a bit of confusion, nevertheless, the objective of this game was
achieved. When the set time lapsed, Mpho explained more about the game.
First Session by Victor Paa Kwesi Mensah
Mr
Mensah introduced himself to the children. He asked the children questions in
turn for his give-aways. The kid who got his questions correctly picks a
number, the gift to be announced much later.
He
briefed the children about what they are to learn (about personality, making
friends). He told the children that they are all participants in a movie and
that they must play their part to be actively involved.
The
facilitator asked the children to list some of the qualities of a great
performance. He also asked the children on what made the volunteer actors
distinct from each other.
He
went further to speak on personality. He told the children the need to ask
themselves critical life questions such as:
Who am I?
Why am I here?
He
asked the children to list further questions they often ask themselves out of
curiosity.
The
children were asked to put down these questions on paper. The essence of these
questions is to help us answer the question of who we truly are. The
facilitator explained that the aim of the session is for them to have a plan
clearly written out by the end of the session.
It
is equally important for children to know how to be in charge of their lives.
They need to be masters over their lives else they will continue to follow
aimlessly.
Exercise – S.C.R.E.A.M
The
essence of this exercise is to relieve the children of their problem (mental,
physical and emotional). This is a meditation process to get them activated.
In
answering to who we really are, we must take the rule of twelve. The first
twelve seconds must tell who we are, it is also a determinant factor of whether
others will keep listening to us or not.
Life Boat
Another
activity ensued where the children formed lifeboat of three and five groups. In
forming the lifeboat, they get to know one another, name, what they do etc.
The
facilitator asked the kids to ask themselves what they want to achieve at the
end of the camp.
A
set of cards was shared to the participants for the Clarity 4D questionnaire.
The
kids were asked to give a review of the session and all responses were
positive.
Energy Cards
These
cards help us explore our personality and that of people around us.
Personalities are attributes that makes a person distinct from another person.
The
participants were paired into groups to play the card game. First, the
participants were asked to get to know one another. Then, a volunteer is picked
from the group to present a card that best represents a participant of the
group. If the cards match, then it means the group did well in networking.
After the exercise, the participants shared what they have learnt about
themselves and others within the group.
First
impression, although not 100 percent correct, gives us a certain perception about
a person.
In
other to understand your personality, you must get into a state of mind.
Personality
is a way of responding to the world.
Personality is different from
behaviour. People’s personality put them in their default mode.
Steps
of Behaviour
Learn who you are
Learn who you’re supposed to
relate with
Learn how you respond to others
Personalities
can be used to describe the elements of nature such as air, fire, earth, water
etc.
In life, it is you against the
world this is why personality is important to help us distinguish ourselves
from others while learning to live amicably.
Life is a series of connected
dots. The dots in life are called situation. How you decide to respond to
situation is known as Behaviour. The
more you learn from the opportunities that comes your way and your response to
it, the more you gain Wisdom.
Children do not have weaknesses
except the ones they create. What is your
weakness today is your potential tomorrow.
Questionnaire
Evaluation
The kids assessed the report of
their filled questionnaire. After reviewing the report, all participants were
paired once again into different groups to further discuss their personality
traits with others. Participants are allowed to comment on the report of
others.
Second
Facilitator, Clarity 4D Expertise
The facilitator asked the children
if their profiles represented them well or they have any observation or
contrary view.
He went further to explain the
essence and usefulness of the clarity test to the category of participants who
took the test. The explained that the children must ensure they make very good
use of the information contained in the report to develop themselves.
We should appreciate when people
give feedback about us whether positive or negative. We should go back and put
the feedback to use in building ourselves to be better.
Paa Kwesi informed the children
that the learning for his session will continue the next day. He promised to
teach the children an action plan. Afterwards, he engaged them in a short
exercise.
He taught the participants that
information is not to be kept, it is to be digested. After digestion, they must
make a decision to be better.
Take home assignment
The children were asked to write
out three out of the instruction given in their profile. They are to express
this in a sentence/statement.
Five minutes was allotted to the
children for them to review all that has been said.
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