50 youths get ROTA training Wednesday, 22 February 2012 00:56

DOHA: Reach Out To Asia (ROTA) gave an extra 50 youth in Qatar the opportunity to become community leaders of the future when it held its latest Youth Service Club Leadership Training Programme recently.

ROTA Director Essa Al Mannai addressing a meeting.

The first ROTA Leadership Training programme to be held in Arabic, the four-day event at Education City provided a platform for new ROTA Youth Service Club (RYSC) members to gain the knowledge, skills, and attitudes they need to run their own ROTA Youth Service Club activities effectively.                        

Enhancing Qatar’s reputation as a world leader in youth community action, ROTA Youth Service Club Leadership Training is an experiential, reflective, and interactive learning programme for high school and university students aged 14 to 24.

The intensive programme includes workshops, seminars, and practical skills-based sessions to ensure each ROTA Youth Service Club member acquires leadership skills, teamwork, project management, and advocacy skills. On the first day, participants learned to understand the purpose, values, and expectations of the ROTA Youth Service Club Network before being introduced to the ROTA Youth Development Programme and its three themes of Leadership, Service Learning and Global Citizenship.

The second day involved a field trip whereby participants used elements of sport and the environment as tools to experience team-building, leadership, competition, problem solving, risk management, empathy, and cooperation.

The third day was dedicated to service learning prior to the final day, when participants gained insights into how to set up a ROTA Youth Service Club. To ensure that participants gained the maximum benefits from Leadership Training, every session was delivered in a safe and closed learning environment, away from everyday distractions.

“Our Leadership Training created an opportunity for new ROTA Youth Service Club members to become agents of change by working as teams, learning from each other, sharing experiences, and having fun as they contribute to the community by setting up their own Clubs,” explained ROTA Director Essa Al Mannai.

Following completion of Leadership Training, participants will engage in a number of ROTA activities between February and July in the hope that they will work on setting up their own ROTA Youth Service Club.

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