Weekly Themes
The Theoretical themes will be covered trough a reflection by a different participant every week.
A week on sociology
The task of summarizing our week spent with Jaap van der Haar is somewhat comparable to that of cooking a pot roast in a sieve: its difficult to be thorough, let alone to compete. ...
Go forth and facilitate!
When recalling our weeklong course with Benji Leogardo, I am immediately awash in memories of the spirit of this man, his reckoning, and a sheer willingness to have fun....
The responsibility for change
Decisions inspire confidence. Through will power, determination and the inspiration to act, we can build our capacity to do, for doubt, is only the accumulation of uncertainty....
Painfully intense
Whilst preparing my year at the Youth Initiative Program, I kept worrying about what my position in the group would be. Would I be a speaker, an organizer, a listener perhaps?...
"Go ahead and have fun!"
My hat goes off to all the facilitators of YIP; from the start they have been attentive listeners and have cared about our needs. I know I can trust them, as I feel that they are genuinely good-hearted people....
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