Dona Amanda S. S. Munasinghe, Sri Lanka “Maybe, I was only escaping from interacting with other participants and convincing myself with self-effort. I always thought that I could ask Pramo for help when I needed. But I was repeatedly told not to rely too much on Pramo and　was asked for MY opinions rather than just […]

Yan Petrick Rajagukguk, Indonesia, “I learned that anyone can have leadership. And I was motivated in secured relationship with my co-participants. As a leader of my youth group, I had been struggling how to motivate the members. Now I am going to support each of them to take their own leadership.”

Hasham Mehmood, Pakistan “Our youth group already had good relationship with RASTI, our partner organization. That hasn’t changed, but ILDC gave us an opportunity to think about the quality of our relationship. Throughout the sessions, the participants discussed a lot about giving/receiving feedback and supporting learning of one another. I was supported by other participants […]

Rehan Gill, Pakistan. “I had thought that AHI staff were the ones to put us on track when something unexpected happened in session management. But one day, without any advanced notice, I was suddenly asked to take over the moderator role of my co-participant Sarna who had trouble joining Zoom due to the internet problem […]

Shah R. B. Jalal Sarna, Bangladesh “At first, I was not confident about myself. Having a hearing impairment, I was not sure about whether I could carry out the role assigned to me. One time, I was given an opportunity to be a moderator ? and it was a debate session, on top of it! […]

Pramodhya B. Dissanayake, Sri Lanka “I was expecting to finally learn strategies to tackle local issues. However, AHI repeatedly brought up the topic of secure relationship. I was thinking to myself saying (in my mind), “I know that’s important. Let’s move onto discussing our community activities!!”. Then finally time came for us to start talking […]