Red Dragonfly Project at Clementi Student Centre
May 23, 2009
Asian Journeys
RED DRAGONFLY PROJECT
will launch the various youth development programmes at Clementi Student Service Centre from June 2009
We are pleased to announce that Asian Journeys will partner Singapore Polytechnic and Clementi Student Service Centre to provide our youth programmes and services to serve the youths at Clementi from June 2009 onwards.
Asian Journeys’ RED DRAGONFLY PROJECT is a youth outreach effort to reach young people in the HDB Heartlands. Many of these youths have great potential and talents which can be nurtured and unleashed.
Our aim is to work with parents and teachers to initiate mentoring relationships with adult mentors and youth leaders in the community to provide a constellation of coaching and support network for these youths. We seek to walk alongside these young people to discover their dreams and passion through experiential learning journeys, small group workshops and volunteerism projects to help them develop their self-leadership and personal effectiveness for life.
The Red Dragonfly Project is a youth development initiative of Asian Journeys Ltd, a not-for-profit social enterprise, in partnership with Clementi Student Service Centre, Singapore Polytechnic student volunteers, schools and various welfare service organizations as well as corporate partners. The Red Dragonfly Project is supported by the Lee Foundation.
RED DRAGONFLY WORKSHOP PROGRAMMES
Self-Discovery workshops
DARE TO BE DIFFERENT I:
Knowing Your Personality Traits (2 hours) $25
Understanding Oneself and Developing Versatility in Relationship
Using a modified DISC Personality profiling tool and a workbook to develop self-understanding, self-acceptance and versatility in relating to others amidst youth peer pressure.
DARE TO BE DIFFERENT II:
Knowing Your Learning Styles (2 hours) $ 10
Understanding How You Learn & Learning to Be Good at What You Like
Using a modified multiple intelligences assessment tool to develop self-understanding of personal learning styles and motivated learning ability, and develop simple strategies for personal effectiveness in study and work.
DARE TO BE DIFFERENT III:
Knowing Your Team Roles (2 hours) $ 10
Understanding What It Takes to be Effective and Be Part of a Project Team
Using Team building tools to assess your preferred team roles and how to accept one another in a group; understand the dynamics and strategies of teambuilding in carrying out project work or CCA activities.
Self-Development workshops
DARE TO DREAM I:
Sowing Seeds of Greatness (2 hours) $10
What is Success and what makes for a Great and Meaningful Life?
Helping youths to understand the importance of character-building for lifelong effectiveness and personal success.
Participants will learn how to develop the Ten Traits / Seeds for Greatness.
DARE TO DREAM II:
Dare To Be A Peacemaker J $ 20
Youth Peacemakers Workshops (3 hours)
In a world of change and conflicts, youths can learn to be a catalyst for building relationships, community and peace.
Participants will learn about Conflicts and Youths; understand and develop Skills in Conflict Management Response; and be trained in the Seven Steps to become a catalyst for peace at home and in school as a Youth Peacemaker.
DARE TO DREAM III:
Speak Up, Speak Well $ 60
Youth Speaking Skills Workshops (2 hrs x 6 sessions)
This 6-session workshop is designed to be an introductory course in encouraging and coaching youths to Speak Up and learning the art of Speaking Well. You will learn to speak with confidence, use your voice and gestures effectively, choose words well and use rhetorical devices in your speechcraft.
Come, learn together and develop Self-Confidence, Thinking Skills and Communication Skills for a lifetime.
Sign up now at the Clementi Student Service Centre at Blk 322, Clementi Ave 5 (next to Clementi MRT Station) for discounted rates up to 50% specially for CSSC members and Enjoy a Special Membership Subscription at only $10 for a 2-year membership.
For inquiries or registration, please call 6773 6915 now.
For more information about our youth programmes, volunteer opportunities or partnerships, please contact Asian Journeys at info@asianjourneys.org or call 96474904. Visit our Asian Journeys’ website at www.asianjourneys.org
PUBLIC SPEAKING SKILLS WORKSHOP FOR YOUTHS
May 5, 2009
SPEAK UP & SPEAK WELL
HAVE FUN & HAVE CONFIDENCE
19 May - 4 June 2009. Tue & Thu. 7.30pm-9.30pm
6-session Twice Weekly Workshops
Esp for Youths 14-17 years old
DARE TO SHARE YOUR IDEAS & LEARN TO SPEAK UP WELL
President Barack Obama is an excellent speaker, an evocative speaker, and a persuasive and motivating speaker who won millions of hearts and minds to his compelling ideas and vision of change.
Learning to speak up and speak well in public or in small groups is both an art and a valued skill which will take you a long long way in life.
Speaking well is like having apples of gold in settings of silver.
Don’t let public speaking skills be the domain of the school debaters or school leaders per se.
Let every youth be given training and exposure to public speaking while in the prime of their youth and the young people will develop thinking and communication skills which last a lifetime.
Invest in your youth by starting with Asian Journeys’ Youth Speaking Skills Workshop … and Have FUN right here in the heartlands at Reservoir Village.
What will it cost?
Only $60 for 6 sessions to help them get started and understand what it takes to be an effective public speaker.
Participants will be invited to join Asian Journeys Young Speakers’ Club after the workshops for only $10 a year …to continue their journey as up and coming public speakers who can impact their generation.
What will they learn…?
Participants will learn the art of speaking with confidence, hone the skills of crafting and delivering speeches, understand the use of words and rhetorical devices, use of voice and speaking gestures, appreciate the various types of speeches for different occasions and be given opportunities to present speeches in public.
The good speaker is a good thinker. Develop thinking and speaking skills and be on the way to becoming a leader.
The Instructor/Coach:
Mr Lawrence Ko BA(Hons) in History, Masters in Divinity
Corporate Trainer and consultant, Leadership Coach and Workshop Facilitator, Competent Toastmaster, charter member and former Vice-President(Education) of YMCA Toastmasters Club, formerly organising secretary of PESA inter-school/JC speech contests 1997-2000, speech contest judge, speechcraft workshop trainer for adults as well as for school/ JCs PESA student contestants, and with experience as a regional leadership trainer with Overseas Radio and Television (ORTV) and Trans World Radio(TWR). Lawrence is committed to make Speaking Skills training available for every youth interested in self-development, as part of Asian Journeys’ Red Dragonfly Project to encourage Youth Development in the Heartlands.
6 Sessions every Wednesday from March 11 to April 16 2009
This 6-session Workshop is designed to be an introductory course in encouraging youths to Speak Up and Learn the art of Speaking Well. Participants will be given opportunities to practise speaking up at every session and learn what it takes to prepare a good speech, including speaking with confidence, the use of use of voice and speaking gestures, developing skills with words and rhetorical devices, and most importantly learning to listen and appreciate the various types of speeches for different occasions. This workshop will encourage the youths to learn the art of listening and thinking, which are vital for effective leadership and communication.
To enrol, email info@asianjourneys.org or call 96474904 for registration.
Asian Journeys’ Red Dragonfly Project …Reaching Youths in the Heartlands
This Youth outreach project is supported by the Lee Foundation
BE A GREEN VOLUNTEER: Volunteer Opportunities at Asian Journeys
May 5, 2009
Come, Join us as GREEN Volunteers
…as we reach out to Youths in the Heartlands of Singapore and Asia!
Volunteers for Green Desert project
The Green Desert project is a platform for Youth Environmental Education in Asia.
1. Web designer and writers :
Come join a team of young people to help set up a website for young people of Asia to learn and discuss about the Environmental challenges facing Asia and the world… research and write about the issues ranging from global warming to climate change, river conservation and water treatment, desertification and forest conservation… and brainstorm on how we can live more creative and sustainable lifestyles in the 21st century.
2. Participants on Green Desert Youth Expedition Projects to Inner Mongolia, Northern China
Join teams of Green Desert YEP (supported by National Youth Council ) to journey to the grasslands of Inner Mongolia, China to learn to combat desertification, plant trees and build the Great Green Wall of China. A great way to explore the rugged terrain of the Mongolian steppes and catch a glimpse of the vast expanse blue skies merging with the green grassland.
Scheduled trips in 2009: Jun 7-20; Sep 10-23. (estd Cost: $900 per person after 50% subsidies from NYC YEP)
Join UNISIM Environmental Field project team to Inner Mongolia, China in Aug 8-15 (estd Cost:$2000 per person) Contact lawrence@asianjourneys.org. Clsoing date: 30 Jun 2009.
3. Youth Leaders, Organisers and Mobilisers of Green Desert Club to plan and organise projects locally.
Lead as strategic coordinators of youth teams or support the teams by designing and organising exhibition panels, compile images and develop powerpoint slides and videos for presentations at youth forums and environmental events.
4. Participate in Green Desert Ubin Beach project.
This is a local environmental stewardship programme coordinated by Asian Journeys in partnership with National Parks Board from Jun 2009- Jun 2010. Scope of project includes study of beach erosion and marine litter and mangrove trees planting. Suitable for groups of volunteers in teams of 10, 20 or 30.
5. Support us as a Partner / Member of Green Desert Club
Purchase a specially designed green desert t-shirt for $20 and enable the Club to continue in the aims of creating awareness, appreciation and action programmes in youth enviornmental education in Singapore and Asia.
CONTACT ASIAN JOURNEYS NOW!
Join us in this journey of ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP for God’s Creation.
For more information, or to volunteer, please email Timothy at timothy@asianjourneys.org or info@asianjourneys.org.