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Meet our Youth Teacher Volunteers
As a part of a global internet distant learning programme we have started a training in life skills. We have registered names of youth teacher volunteers who would spread the message on from all countries of the world to see the programme is truly global. These are all motivated individuals who wish to change the scenario of the youth of their country. This aims at selecting youth teacher volunteers from early teens to young adults. The age is open so that more persons can participate and take up training in life skills . All they need to know is read, speak and write English and their local language. Then each of these first tier volunteers are to recruit 5 more young persons and pass on the same training to them. Then again each of them is to recruit 5 and train them similarly and thus the cycle of knowledge goes on. We have received responses from a large number of countries .See the country list for further details. Mexico, Nepal, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Philippines, Indonesia , Thailand, Georgia, Cameroon, Kenya, Uganda , Canada, USA and Australia have already registered. Many other countries have shown interest .
Country list and YTVs (Youth Teacher Volunteers)
Australia - Melinda Shaw Bangladesh- Antara Ferdous, , , Amrita Bhawmik Trina, Md. Nasiruddin (Manna), Sayful Kabir Khan, Dr. Kazi Faisal Mahmud, Rakibul Hasan SujoyCameroon- Mouafo Michel, Paul Guy Merlin Hyomeni Georgia- Nina Tsereteli, Maia JibutiIndia-( New Delhi)- Vijay, Meenu Jain, Sanjib, Shyambihari, Ramesh, Sarika, Nitesh Kumar,Rose, Aley SV( Pondicherry)- Shyamala Ashok, Rocky(Trivandrum )-Subhash TV(Jaipur ) Pradip Jyoti Sharma(Lucknow)- Manish Kumar(Chennai)-Gladstone Xavier( Hyderabad)-G. Krishna(Kolkata)- Aranyajit Mullick, Debosmita De, Manoshi Saha,Soma Shaw,Madhumita Mondal, Kabita Shaw,Babita Das, Sampa Chakraborti,Bishakha Dutta,Pachu Gopal Das,Bikash Manna, Surojit Bhaumick, Jahar Das,Bivas Paul,Abhijit Basak, Balaram Das, Sanjoy Mondal, Pintu Prasad,Sanjoy Moholi, Bulet Prasad, Nirmala Kumari, Radha Kumari,Jhuma Moholi, Kalpana Chatterjee, Sushila Singh(Kerala)- Bindu BinduIndonesia- Stefanus Aryanto, NurfadilahKenya- Ricky Gai, Stanley Tuvako,Victor OdongoMexico- Francisco Rosas, Erika Hernandez, Lourdes Mumoz, Omar Martinez, Sergio Hernandez, Martha MertineezNepal- Pinky Jha, Thark Bahadur ShahPakistan- Waheed Ahmad, Raza HussainPhilippines-Josie R Dela Cruz, Nelson Yap,Sri Lanka- Melinda Shaw, Surovi Salgado, Sanjeeva de MelThailand- Natawan Maleesuwan,Chanok Lertratsiri,Wannaporn Wattanakul,Pannipa ChanchaisamornUAE- Tanya Shakil DaudUganda- Henry Luyombya Hudson,, Charlotte GulyetondaUSA - Angie K.Hendrickson, Hasan Danesi
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Experts presently with this programme
Terrance G. Brennan (USA); Sean Devine (Thailand); Satyajit Ash (India); Rudi Nuriadi (Indonesia); Kreangkrai Chaimuangdee (Thailand); Khatuna Khazhomia (Georgia); Kent Davis (USA); Jim Hopkins (Thailand); Francisco Rosas (Mexico); Akinadee (Africa) ; Alan Haworth (Africa)
Patrons presently with this programme
Radium Bhattacharya( Gujrat,India ), Arati Samajpati (Gujrat, India), Gautam Ghosh (Kolkata, India) Dr. Mullick (Kolkata,India), Janet Feldman (Kenya), Pravesh Kumar (New Delhi ,India), Johnphajong Phengjard (Thailand), M. R. Ganasinghe (Sri Lanka), Kamalika Abeyaratne (Sri Lanka) Avnish Jolly (Chandigarh,India) j Shyamala Ashok ( Pondicherry)
What are Lifeskills
- Self Awareness (about the body and the mind)
- Critical thinking skills and empathy for the fellow beings. (Understanding orientation of space and time)
- Interpersonal Skills (communicating effectively, listening skills,making and keeping friends, managing skills etc)
- Decision Making skills (Taking responsibility ,deciding what's best,learning to protect oneself in adverse situations )
- Refusal skills (saying No to harmful influences such as drugs, unwanted sexual exposures/exploitation etc)
- Environmental Knowledge and preservation skills
SOHGAPH HOME
How
does this help the volunteers?
We are arranging for a free training and will be sending in materials by e-mails or as attachments. This would help them to gain knowledge about there body and
mind and will develop them into better human beings. By meeting among themselves
once a month,( may be in the later
stages when we can give funding) they produce the sense of camaraderie. It has
been seen that those who enter this programme can protect themselves from drug
addiction, unsafe sexual
exposures or exploitation, build a strong personality, develop leadership
qualities, understand life's goals better. We will be sending in material which
I am sure is very convincing. Motivation to
learn and do something like this is usually the driving force behind success. So
before registering anyone for this programme we will do a simple check to test
their level of motivation.
We do not promise anything but if funding is available in the future we may think of more interesting activities. There would be meets and workshops to further their skills in their own countries or internationally. Please send in the names, e-mail addresses, age ,sex, marital status, address, telephone, fax if any, occupation (if none please specify) whether residing in an urban, semi-urban or rural set-up.We need representatives from other countries and more from the countries showing interest
We are forming a panel of experts for this purpose. each posting will be thoroughly agreed upon by the majority of the experts before being sent out. If you have been involved in training in life skills and should like to be a member of the experts committee, please send in your short CV as an attachment.
We appeal to funding organizations to come forward and support this initiative for which many young, energetic souls have come forward. Even if part funding for a few countries are available it would help to sustain this very positive initiative.
We are also looking for local /regional NGO/GO who would be our collaborators and help us host the regional workshops. They would also look over the training for their area Youth Teacher Volunteers and assist them to find out more volunteers or any other problems they may face.If some of these organizations could part fund this project we would be most obliged and so would our YTV.
We invite more and more young people to come forward and join." Take up this challenge and show the world what you can do." They say young minds are elastic and can grasp a lot of information. We believe young bodies are powerful. The power put together can move ...
Contact Us
To contact us at the head quarters you may send an e-mail to [email protected] or contact at the above SOHGAPH address and Telephone No.
How to Become an YTV (Youth Teacher Volunteer)
Send us your
1. Name, 2. Age, 3. E-mail address, 4. Postal address 5. Telephone, 6. FAX, 7. Marital status,
8. Occupation, 9. Residing at urban/rural/semi-urban area 10. Languages known,
11. How many hours per week can you work as a volunteer?
Please send all these through e-mail to [email protected]
How to Join Our Experts Panel
If you have been working in the field of life skills for a while please send in your CV (preferably as an e-mail attachment) to join our experts panel. We will send you a letter/e-mail to confirm your status.
How to Become a Patron
You need to help us recruit YTVs.
These are people who have supported our programme by helping us recruit Youth volunteers
How to help our YTV to learn Income Generation Skills
In order to help the YTVs learn computer skills or any other income generating skills we need help of a panel of experts who know html/java script/ making websites/webpages/ interactive web elements
Please sign up if you belong to this category and would like to help these income generating projects for youth to supplement their economic needs while they work as Youth Teacher Volunteers
How to Take Part in Our Online Conferences
Please send in PowerPoint or video presentation on any area of life skills or HIV /AIDS for young people. We will web cast it during our online conferences. Please send in a photograph and 5 line CV to help us put that along with your presentation.
How to Become a Regional Host
Be associated with this programme by being a host organization in your region. All you have to do is help us arrange workshops in your region. We arrange the funds.
How to Participate in Our Regional Workshops
Send in an essay on any topic of your choice about the problems of the present Youth of your region. If we feel it is good enough we could let you attend our regional workshops. We may request you to enroll as a YTV if you haven't so far.
Messages from some of our YTVs
I am Antara Ferdous from Bangladesh(21 years). A student of Jahangirnagar University.
Hi friends
My subject is "Biochemistry & moleculer Biology". I am 21
years old. I also
live in Jahangirnagar University. My father services here as a librarian.
Before applying as a volunteer I had no experiences. but I always feel for
the helpless, truely for the youth. In Jahangirnagar University in my
views,
addiction to the drug is the major problem. The environment of this place
is
too much beautiful. I think it is the most beautiful place in Bangladesh
to
live and to read safely. Students live here , read here but they can't
lead
a beautiful life. Some girls and boys become addicted by getting a free
life
style. They sometimes overflow with their free life and free bad
relationship and become addicted and boundless. I live very close to them
and
feel to do something better for these disappointed youth, my friends.
According to our Moderators advice I consulted with my friends and five of
them wants to work for this programme (with SOHGAPH) to help our disappointed
friends. We six have noticed the same problem of youth in Jahangirnagar
University. My other five friends will let you know about themselves and
the
reasons of their interest about this programme later.
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Angie.K. Hendrickson - USA
I have joined to know and spread the messages of self protection to the youth around my area. Only recently I have lost my own son ( HIV (from blood transfusion) -a hemophillic). I want to improve the lot for youngsters around the world.
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Raza Hussnain, 24 years- Pakistan
HIV AIDS and youth worker
My name is Raza and I am Graduate now working in the
field of HIV/AIDS with youth. I am 24 years old. I am
working in this field since last two years. My organization name is AMAL and my youth group call BAIA (Basic AIDS
Information and Awareness
Group). Living in
capital city of Pakistan (Islamabad) I think our youth
need what we are doing. Thank God we have realized this. I am
also young and always thinking that how we can sit together and talk on youth problems regarding sexual
health and HIV/AIDS. Working in a Islamic country , our problems need
to be solved
especially when go in to grass root level and talk
with them .
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Henry Hudson Luyomba-Uganda
SHARING MY EXPERIENCE WITH YOU
Life is what you make it. It is very precious. The nice things
happen
and the good things too happen but we all have to accept what
comes
our way.
I have always wanted to be a successful person in life. I've been
wanting to be someone of importance in society so that I can be
able
to help others (especially the underprivileged) so that at the end
of
the day suffering is less and possibly done away with.
Satisfaction at the end of it all would be achieved though as
human
beings never shall we ever get satisfied but can be contented with
what we have. Meeting my expectations and being a free person is
my
ambition.
How to achieve these ambitions needs hard work, focussed minds and
a
strategy to achieve them. I have always avoided pretending to be
what
am not. Showing a true picture of oneself makes one lead a
meaningful
life.
Sincere gratitude goes to my friends, colleagues and more so to my
dear parents for it is their counselling and guidance that have
enabled me to be what I am today.
At the end of the imagination, I can use what I have to make
better
this world to live in - so that less suffering is seen if not
completely done away with. This I guess will make me a better
person
in life and be able to help those in need.
Dear Friends
Greetings from my side
My name is Melinda Shaw. I am from Australia but currently living and
working as a volunteer in Sri Lanka.
I joined this programme as I think it sounds really valuable for young
people in every country. It hopefully deals with the pressure of life and
growing up that every young person experiences (in one way or another)
whether in Australia, Sri Lanka or ANYWHERE. I hope it will make young
people stronger in everyway.
In Sri Lanka (in rural areas at least), the prime problems are lack of
knowledge on issues such as sexuality, drugs and alcohol. Young people in
Sri Lanka often lack resources to entertain themselves. They then turn to
drugs, alcohol and sex for fun (but they dont know how to protect themselves
and dont know the risks). These things are not talked about because they are
not acceptable in this culture. Suicide is a vert big problem. Sri Lanka has
the second highest rate in the world.
Thanks
from Melinda
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