In my GC Green Umbrella, we are currently working towards our first overarching goal which is to organize an awareness-based event. The idea is that we have a GU Breakout and GU Pong, both of which are fun interactive games for the students but also satisfy our criteria of educating them on the issues of the GU community and Cambodia as a whole. The planning process has been, quite frankly, shaky. The participation in the GC this year has been much less as compared to the previous year and, thus, it has been quite difficult to organize the event. That being said, all the GC participants to work towards tasks they are given in an efficient manner.
Since our event does not call for students to make donations, it is much easier to plan the event from a purely logistical standpoint. And, as a leader, it has been easier to organize.
In the last couple of weeks, and more so after the event, we have discussed operations for the family festival. The family festival is the biggest opportunity for GC awareness after the canceled service expo. Furthermore, we will have the opportunity to sell merchandise as long as we follow a structured and specific planning process which I have just started. During the family festival, we aim to sell all of our merchandise as updated school rules regarding sustainable merchandise will cause some of our products to be invalid to sell.
LO2: Through this process, my main challenge has been to organize an event effectively and in an efficient manner. Although I, initially, struggled with it, this experience allowed me to develop these necessary skills.
LO4: As I mentioned earlier, group organization has been a difficulty I have had to persevere through in order to solve the underlying issue. It has been of utmost importance for me to display my commitment and passion, as a leader, to encourage all of the group members.
LO5: In our GC group, I have created a structure of mini-groups that allows us to delegate tasks in an effective and quick manner. This way, we can maximize the benefits of collaborative thinking within each group as everybody (within the group) specializes in a particular goal of ours (look at the previous reflection for more details).
LO6: It is clear that the implications of our actions and the motive of our work are to create change on a global level. We support the Karuna Kumar School (in Cambodia) through our fundraising and innovative problem solving to, hopefully, provide the children and surrounding communities with a better quality of life.
LO7: Throughout the last few months, I have been in the position where I have had to make decisions with long-reaching impacts- namely our choice to not fundraise this year. I have had to carefully consider the ethical implications of this decision and whether or not we would be doing the Karuna Kumar school a disservice by choosing not to raise money. Through this process I realised, with the help of my group, that raising awareness is equally as important as monetary contributions.
