Month: October 2018

Initiative for peace.- First reflection

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I really wanted to be a part of Initiative For Peace e as this represents the true UWA spirit. It actually put into action that Youth connecting Youth For sustainable Peace For Sustainable eFor Future. Connecting with students from not only our campus but also the Dover campus would be forming a big chain of Peace builders. We all come from different nations, culture and have different points of view but common together as a team for peace. Peace is not something that is not achievable. Your efforts and passion for a good peaceful future makes it achievable yes.

In this globalising world is necessary.  Living with peace makes  a healthy relationship with each other which indeed helps healthy exchange of culture . t IFP is going to provide me platform to be a peace builder . Be someone who is going to be spreading peace. I feel when you meet thousand people with same mission the mission is possible.

I am really excited for the coming year. Its going to be one of those year when we are going to be together . We are not going to be belonging to our nationality. We are going to be the citizen of world, a global citizen. A citizen who is going to be working for the welfare of our world, for sustainable future.

 

Singapore Confress with The Dovers

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This Sunday students from East and Dover came under one roof to learn about peace building . Meetings the students from different nationality, different background , made me believe that peace is possible. The existence of too many culture , nationalities at one place without conflict proves peace is possible . Although we belong to the same UWC but our community is different , IFP is a way we are coming together and working for the same purpose that is peace.

The conference was not only about peace but also community building. I could actually see why IFP is Calle the UWC spirit . The different games , team building activity was indicating that ‘Youth can connect Youth to build sustainable peace for sustainable future. What stood out to me was the film belief of some of us and the reason behind it. One question that stood out to me was is peace possible. Some of us believe that peace is possible , some believed that it could not be and some didn’t know it is or it is not .  We all having some different beliefs and still working towers the same goal that is peace itself proves that peace is possible .

The sessions served as a good indicator as to what to expect in the course of the upcoming year, and we were able to gain a deeper insight into the purpose of this programme. It was also a nice opportunity to meet students from Dover, make new friends.The biggest take away was acceptance, tolerance  and unity. I think the Singapore conference gave us a first hand experience of what peace building looks like and how can we be peace builder.

UWC Day prep for BIA

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21 September was going to be UWC Day. Everyone excited and geared up as different services were going to represent their services and create awareness . In the meeting her we were discussing about different movements , how were going to represent  our service and create awareness about it in our campus. In the process of discussing about different issues and the movements raised for it I realised that there are so many things I don’t know going on like the Me Too movement. I just feel about the issue but I am not keeping myself updated about it. Am I not  being like those people who just talk about issues but actually don’t know what is exactly happening around.

In this meeting we discussed about how we can discuss with the students how the use ion unintentional language poetry the kind of mindset we have for different genders. How educating them about this issue can make a change. We decided to talk about different ways through we can create awareness like social media. Also about talking about the issue in PSE class as its a part of education. Talking the middle school as they are at age where we can teach them about the use of language and the kind of language to be used while talking. Trying not to be sexist by our unintentional language .

At the end of the session I feel I could give more ideas and inputs in the discussion. I think my biggest problem was not being updated about the movements . So I think by the next meeting I will try to do a lot of research and try to be more confident about what I think .

 

Because I am – Focus Group

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Gender is one of the topic which I am very close to. Growing up in a culture where a man is considered as this always a considered  bread earner of home and is treated with immense respect has always affected. Seeing women given inferior status made me question the social norms of the society for different gender. It made me question about my identity as woman. Will society always consider me a shadow of a man? It made me question about my identity as a women? I have tried to prove my self better than my male counterparts be it in school or in family.

When I came here I strongly felt about this focus group ‘ Because I Am’ . In the service fair I was really excited to hear that how this group is interested in raising awareness about gender equality. What more exited me is how the representative of this group were so determined and passionate about the topic while they were talking about the service. The kind of data, videos and the records they made excited me. I could imagine myself in place of the representative . The passion in eyes attracted me towards this issue. I am really eager to know about the steps we are going to take this year to raise awareness about this issue. Its actually going to be a time where I will be actually going to work for the issue which I really feel for.

 

 

 

 

 

The Final reflection- Ethiopia

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There was a lot of anxiety, nervousness, excitement for the last show. Everything was going to come to an end. I  actually understood why is there so much joy in learning about different culture. I was so excited to see and learn about the different nation and their national dance and costume. It was so overwhelming. I never knew about Hawai, Ghana, Jamaica dance forms and culture. It was amazing to see that.

My experience of learning about Ethiopian dance form was coming to end. This was the last time I was going to wear the costume, dress up like an Ethiopian, dance like an Ethiopian. The feeling when you stand backstage is kind of weird and incomparable.  Over the past weeks, this had become a part of my life, my identity. I had to give my best and make sure that this culture is represented the best because it’s now mine

The thought that a person from a different culture cannot represent a different was worrying me initially but then as time passed I realized that it doesn’t matter what more matter is with which intention are you doing. I also think the person from that same culture might have an understanding of the culture and be more passionate about to represent it but the person from a different culture would have the interest, energy, and excitement to give their best to represent the nation.

The highlight if the show for me was when each and every culture came together to perform the finale. The different costumes, the different colour representing a different part of the world at one place was like the celebration of the human race and its rich diversity. I thoroughly enjoyed my time to share the stage with so many people.

Culturama 2018 has been one of the most important highlights of the UWC life. I learnt a lot and made me more acceptance towards each other.