Youth Development Camps
Clicks: Changing Lives - Intentional Camps 4 Kids
| Number of Camps done since Jan 2007: 117 Number of Kids reached: 3549 |
| Changing Lives - The Process |
| Life Skills Camps: |
Spending a weekend at the Mukhajadi Youth Center along the bank of the Marico
River is one of the highlights of the year for all the OVC’s. Some of the veteran Child
Development Facilitators take the kids through a journey of self discovery, covering
interactive subjects like
Self acceptance
Forgiveness and being forgiven
Me in Creation
Life Orientation and Life Skills
Liberation & destruction (in terms of personal rights), success, survival
Shedding of bitterness, Defeating discouragement, Overcoming worries,
Leadership topics, practice and expectations
Group dynamics and relationships
My reaction towards life’s problems, obstacles and challenges
River is one of the highlights of the year for all the OVC’s. Some of the veteran Child
Development Facilitators take the kids through a journey of self discovery, covering
interactive subjects like
Self acceptance
Forgiveness and being forgiven
Me in Creation
Life Orientation and Life Skills
Liberation & destruction (in terms of personal rights), success, survival
Shedding of bitterness, Defeating discouragement, Overcoming worries,
Leadership topics, practice and expectations
Group dynamics and relationships
My reaction towards life’s problems, obstacles and challenges
| Walking with Wounded Children Camps & Follow up: |
This programme, which focuses on the severely traumatised children, aims to enable
them to start the long journey to emotional healing through the relief of negative
emotions, bitterness, guilt, fears etc during the process of “walking” with an
experienced counsellor who acts as a role model along the route to recovery.
This takes place during a week-end camp at the Mukhajadi Youth Centre and
culminates in the ongoing support of a local support group and even further camps if
necessary.
A specific theme like Paul’s shipwreck forms the basis of the camp’s activities while it
also serves as an example of endurance to the kids.
Their self esteem is also bolstered through examples of people being valuable to
others.
All the actions are also geared to able the kid to grow towards healing, slowly, over
time, leaving the sorrow and pain behind……...
them to start the long journey to emotional healing through the relief of negative
emotions, bitterness, guilt, fears etc during the process of “walking” with an
experienced counsellor who acts as a role model along the route to recovery.
This takes place during a week-end camp at the Mukhajadi Youth Centre and
culminates in the ongoing support of a local support group and even further camps if
necessary.
A specific theme like Paul’s shipwreck forms the basis of the camp’s activities while it
also serves as an example of endurance to the kids.
Their self esteem is also bolstered through examples of people being valuable to
others.
All the actions are also geared to able the kid to grow towards healing, slowly, over
time, leaving the sorrow and pain behind……...
| Leadership Camps: |
1. Equipping the children with the
2. This is accomplished through
- 1.1 knowledge
1.2 skills
1.3 experience, value system and
1.4 mind set necessary to grow into effective leaders within their
communities.
2. This is accomplished through
- 2.1 a brief theoretical introduction per leadership subject,
2.2 followed by a team study assignment whose results must to be
presented to the entire class alternating with
2.3 practical leadership challenges on the obstacle course during which the
team must practice and demonstrate their leadership knowledge, skills,
experience and mindset while
2.4 team as well as personal reflection on the theory and practicalities of
the main concepts are regularly done.
| My Dream Camp |
Equipping the children with the
- 1.1 knowledge
1.2 skills
1.3 experience, value system and
1.4 mind set necessary to determine and grow into
- The purpose of my life
- I have identified my dream
- I am planning, working, living, striving and making choices towards reaching
my dream
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Adding Environmental Capital to the Human and Social Capital:
Although all the aforementioned camps include conservation subjects and activities, a
specialized programme has been developed as well. These programmes, which focus on
the kids with a definite interest in nature conservation, are presented in the Groot
Marico Protected Environment or Molopo Nature Reserve near Vostershoop in the
Kalahari and covers interactive subjects like
• Apply basic safety principles in the context of conservation
• Develop personal conservation ethics
• Identify community issues in relation to conservation
• Understand the nature and importance of conservation
• Demonstrate an understanding of how scientific skills & knowledge contribute
to sustainable use of resources.
• Identify and monitor local fauna and flora.
Although all the aforementioned camps include conservation subjects and activities, a
specialized programme has been developed as well. These programmes, which focus on
the kids with a definite interest in nature conservation, are presented in the Groot
Marico Protected Environment or Molopo Nature Reserve near Vostershoop in the
Kalahari and covers interactive subjects like
• Apply basic safety principles in the context of conservation
• Develop personal conservation ethics
• Identify community issues in relation to conservation
• Understand the nature and importance of conservation
• Demonstrate an understanding of how scientific skills & knowledge contribute
to sustainable use of resources.
• Identify and monitor local fauna and flora.
| Conservation Camps |
These Conservation Camps are
done in Partnership with A
Rocha SA who also assists SCM
with the conservation topics
dealt with during the other
camps.
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done in Partnership with A
Rocha SA who also assists SCM
with the conservation topics
dealt with during the other
camps.
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