IFP, Initiative For Peace, is a completely new activity for me, and so far it has been really interesting. The reason why I chose to do IFP is because I wanted to build my leadership skills, meet new people and build my collaboration skills, and also because I want to know more about how I can help the world be more educated.

So far in our past two sessions, we have had discussions about what we think IFP will be, what we hope to achieve from IFP, and we also did some collaborative activity and reflected on them to figure out ways to improve our collaboration skills.

Through the collaborative activities that we did, I learnt that in order to corporate better with each other we need to be patient, open-minded, and respectful. This will allow the other group members to feel comfortable and therefore be able to share their opinions with the group. By doing so we will be building trust in one another, hence allowing our group members and ourselves to achieve our individual and collective goals.

Through participating in this activity, I hope to improve my collaboration skills (LO5) and I also hope to gain a better awareness of myself and how I can grow to be a better person (LO1).  I think that these goals are completely achievable and once I achieve them it will be very beneficial in my future, especially in university and in the workplace when I have to collaborate with others. I also hope to plan an IFP peacebuilding conference that will be able to teach others how to be more peaceful and prevent conflicts (LO3). I know that this may not be feasible because of the current covid-19 situation, but I really hope the pandemic gets better so we can actually hold this conference.