EDUCATION. EMPOWERMENT. ENTREPRENEURSHIP. http://www.visionsforthefuture.org Visions Global Empowerment The Visions Leadership Education Program An Overview of the Proposal Plan An Introduction Brief Description of the Project The Visions Leadership Education Program is designed to train both youth and teachers in Human Rights, Leadership & Life Skills, and Global & Local Issues. By working directly with children’s homes and schools with which Visions already has a relationship, participants will be taught how to look critically at their own lives and at the most important issues facing our world today, while also being shown how to develop crucial personal leadership and life skills. Trainings for students will occur during traditional academic breaks in the months of April, August, and December. Two five-day trainings for students will be held per selected month, for a total of six student trainings in the next 12 months. Each of the six trainings will have 100 youth participants. Teacher trainings will be held during the other nine months in which school is in regular session. So as not to interfere with the academic calendar, trainings will be held on the weekends. Each month one group of 50 teachers will be trained during 3 consecutive weekends, which means their training will be completed in six days. There will be 9 of these teacher trainings within the next 12 months. In total, 600 youth and 450 teachers from selected children’s homes and schools will directly benefit from this training. Program Objective 1 Help youth and teachers build their personal skills and develop their talents so that they may better serve themselves, their peers, and their communities. Program Objective 2 Help students and teachers to establish Student Leadership Committees (SLCs) and Teacher Leadership Committees (TLCs) that can effectively address the needs and goals of their peers & respective schools or children’s homes. Program Objective 3 Provide basic support and start- up funds ($50) for each SLC and TLC that is successfully established. Program Objective 4 Encourage and train youth and teachers in how to effectively train their peers and/or students in the same Human Rights, Leadership & Life Skills, and Global & Local Issues training that they have directly benefited from. Program Objective 5 Promote personal, academic, and professional success in both youth and teachers by providing the necessary skills, motivation, and guidance to succeed. REFERENCE TABLE TITLE OF PROGRAM Visions Leadership Education Program. NAME AND ADDRESS OF ORGANIZATION Visions Global Empowerment 1621 Barry Avenue #PH1 Los Angeles, CA 90025 CONTACT INFORMATION Gregory Buie, Visions Director Tel. #: 714.315.0518 [email protected]CEO/Founder Meera Pathmarajah Director Greg Buie Program Officer, Global Health Program Anjana Pathmarajah Program Officer, Marketing & Finance Trenton Holland Visions 1621 Barry Ave #PH1 Los Angeles, CA 90025 VISIONS PROPOSAL PLAN FALL 2008
An Overview of the Proposal PlanAn IntroductionBrief Description of the Project The Visions Leadership Education Program is designed to train both youth and teachers in Human Rights, Leadership & Life Skills, and Global & Local Issues. By working directly with children’s homes and schools with which Visions already has a relationship, participants will be taught how to look critically at their own lives and at the most important issues facing our world today, while also being shown how to develop crucial personal leadership and life skills. Trainings for students will occur during traditional academic breaks in the months of April, August, and December. Two five-day trainings for students will be held per selected month, for a total of six student trainings in the next 12 months. Each of the six trainings will have 100 youth participants. Teacher trainings will be held during the other nine months in which school is in regular session. So as not to interfere with the academic calendar, trainings will be held on the weekends. Each month one group of 50 teachers will be trained during 3 consecutive weekends, which means their training will be completed in six days. There will be 9 of these teacher trainings within the next 12 months. In total, 600 youth and 450 teachers from selected children’s homes and schools will directly benefit from this training. Program Objective 1 Help youth and teachers build their personal skills and develop their talents so that they may better serve
themselves, their peers, and their communities.Program Objective 2 Help students and teachers to establish Student Leadership Committees (SLCs) and Teacher Leadership Committees (TLCs) that can effectively address the needs and goals of their peers & respective schools or children’s homes. Program Objective 3 Provide basic support and start-up funds ($50) for each SLC and TLC that is successfully established.
Program Objective 4 Encourage and train youth and teachers in how to effectively train their peers and/or students in the same Human Rights, Leadership & Life Skills, and Global & Local Issues training that they have directly benefited from.Program Objective 5 Promote personal, academic, and professional success in both youth and teachers by providing the necessary skills, motivation, and guidance to succeed.
REFERENCE TABLE
TITLE OF PROGRAMVisions Leadership Education Program.
NAME AND ADDRESS OF ORGANIZATIONVisions Global Empowerment 1621 Barry Avenue #PH1 Los Angeles, CA 90025
CONTACT INFORMATIONGregory Buie, Visions Director Tel. #: 714.315.0518 [email protected]
CEO/FounderMeera Pathmarajah
DirectorGreg Buie
Program Officer, Global Health ProgramAnjana Pathmarajah
Program Officer, Marketing & FinanceTrenton Holland
Name and Role of Any Other Organizations Involved:
1. Various Children’s Homes & Schools in
Batticaloa, Eastern Sri Lanka: Including St. John’s
Boys Home, St. John’s Girls Home, Herman’s Girls Home, Samuel Boys Home, Kiran Children’s Home, Jeeva Jothy Illam, Ramakrishna Mission, & others yet to
be determined.
2. Various Children’s Homes & Schools in
Trincomalee, Eastern Sri Lanka: Including Grace
Girl’s Home, Sivananda Tapovanam, Anbu Illam Girls Home, & others yet to be determined.
3. Various Children’s Homes & Schools in
Colombo: Including Saiva Mangaiyar Vidyalayam
(Hindu Ladies College), Sakthi Illam, & others yet to be determined.
Type Of Support Requested: Funding
Description of Support Requested:Funding, in the amount of $40,970.00 for the next 13
months will enable Visions to directly train 1,050
participants (450 teachers and 600 youth) in Colombo, Batticaloa, & Trincomalee, Sri Lanka. This funding will
cover all costs of materials, staff (including 1 international director/trainer of trainers, 1 local head trainer, and 3 local training staff), program expenses, administrative
expenses, and other costs associated with this program.
Other Information/Comments:All leadership training materials have been fervently
developed by the Visions team in recent months, although we have built them off of over 6 years of experience.
There are 3 separate books that were prepared and developed specifically for the Visions Leadership Education Program: the Visions Guide to Leadership & Life Skills,
the Visions Guide to Human Rights & Citizenship, and the Visions Guide to Global & Local Issues. Additionally, a teacher’s manual has been developed specially for teachers
in order for them to learn how to effectively teach their students the same materials. At present all materials are designed for targeting youth at the secondary level (roughly ages 14-20). A second set of materials is being designed for
youth at the primary level (roughly ages 9-13). A teacher’s manual is being prepared for the primary level curriculum as well.
All trainings will be held at schools and/or children’s homes, at no expense to the Visions organization. Each school and/or children’s home will be responsible for organizing any necessary transportation or meals for all
participants, although the Visions organization will help absorb any such costs.
Students will be chosen to participate in a Visions
leadership training by the principals, teachers, staff, or home director(s) at each school or children’s home. The criteria these students must meet is as follows:
• Be between the ages of 9-13 for the primary level training; or be between the ages of 14-20 for the secondary level training.
• Have a desire to learn and participate
• Be from a “disadvantaged” background
• Be committed to attending the entire training
Teachers will be selected by the principal or other executive staff at each participating school and/or children’s home. The criteria these teachers must meet is
as follows:
• Be a teacher of youth between the ages of 9-13 for primary level training, or between the ages of 14-20 for the secondary level training.
• Have a desire to learn and participate
• Teach at a school where “disadvantaged” children attend, or be from a “disadvantaged” background
himself/herself
• Be committed to attending the entire training
All trainings will be implemented by a local staff of 4 persons, one of whom will serve as Head Trainer. Additionally, one international Director/Trainer of Trainers will be responsible for overseeing the entire
project, ensuring the local staff is fulfilling all job duties, and directing all trainings for youth and teachers whenever possible. Only the position of local Head Trainer will be
full-time, whereas the other 3 local trainers and 1 international Director will all be part-time.
Our hope is that this program can grow over the next
year, so that we may work with more disadvantaged teachers and youth in the future on both a primary and secondary level.
Programming:Printing of Leadership books (3 + Manual) = 3,600 books total
Formatting of booksBook cover workTraining suppliesVenue rental feeLunches for teachers Lunches for studentsTransportation for teachers and staffTransportation for studentsStudent committee/teacher committee fundsStipend for local head trainer (1-full time)Stipend for local trainers (3 - part time)
VISIONS INDIA:LEADERSHIP CAMP TALENT SHOWThe Visions talent show is one particularly exciting portion of the Summer Leadership Camps and usually takes place towards the end of the camps after many of the youth have had a chance to learn and develop their skills.
In this picture, several Indian youth perform a dance to a crowd including Visions volunteers, several news media, and over 1000 spectators in Karaikal, India.
VISIONS PROPOSAL PLAN FALL 2008
An In-Depth LookProposed Timeline of Program
Dec ‘08 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun
Hiring & Training of Trainers
Teacher training #1 (50 teachers)
Teacher training #2 (50 teachers)
Teacher training #3 (50 teachers)
Student training # 1 (100 youth)
Teacher training #4 (50 teachers)
Teacher training #5 (50 teachers)
Begin planning logistics with children’s homes and schools.
