On February 19 and 20 at Makomu Secondary School, a conference for girls called “Discover Your Potential” was organized and hosted by ABCD Tanzania and funded by ABCD Canada. Thirty girls aged 13-21 attended. Over half of the girls were ABCD girls and the others were invited from various schools in Marangu West.
Here are the resources presented (and generated) at the conference.
The Teachers Resources
Leadership Skills – Edith Tarimo (Keynote Speaker)
- This power point presentation reviews how to develop and demonstrate leadership skills, qualities, and styles
- Lesson Summary – English
Female Youth Entrepreneurship – Suzan Shoo (Speaker)
This content reviews how young girls can start self-employment with little capital.
Entrepreneurship – S.W.O.T. Test for business ideas (back up lesson)
Careers Direction – Skills for Careers (Terry Maynard, Career Counsellor)
This workshop is a 2-hour collaborative exercises for identifying motivated skills and gathering peer feedback that could lead to meaningful and sustainable career directions.
- Lesson Summary – English
- Teacher’s Notes – English
- Teacher’s Notes – Swahili
- Motivated Skills for Careers List – Swahili and English
Career Direction – Personality/Medicine Circle for Careers (Terry Maynard, Career Counsellor)
This workshop is a 2-hour collaborative exercises for matching career direction to each person’s personality through the North American First Nations’ Medicine Circle Story.
- Lesson Summary – English
- Teacher’s Notes – English
- Teacher’s Notes – Swahili
- List of Careers for East/Sun (Analytical personality) – Swahili
- List of Careers for North/Wind (Responsible personality) – Swahili
- List of Careers for West/Earth (Practical personality) – Swahili
- List of Careers for South/Water (Relationships personality) – Swahili
- Flip Charts of Villages – Swahili and English
Team Building & Ideas
- Instructions for the Folding Tarp game
- Here is a list of games for team building and generating ideas