For two days, the UN Youth Seychelles is hosting the Silver Lining Formation at the Eden Bleu Hotel with the aim of cultivating a culture whereby youth appreciate and develop their life dimensions, well-being, and self-awareness as a means of building resilience and personal harmony in the community.
The Silver Lining Project under the flagship of “promoting the holistic development of our youth” aims to educate youth on 8 identified dimensions of life to ensure a holistic approach in their decision-making process as well as discovering their full potential. Youth are often negatively stigmatized and with the existence of various social ills they are often labelled and society fails to appreciate what they are good at, what they care about and what their qualities are. There is a need to reinforce students’ life with different skills, values and mindset that will help them pursue and achieve their dreams by taking a more informed and strategic approach.
The president and project coordinator, Raymus Laurence, explained that as a youth-led organisation, their NGO is set to bring vibrant projects tailored to youth, culture, interest, vibes and way of learning.
“Today we strive to enlighten your paths with a wealth of information aimed to equip you in carving your silver lining. In recent years we have witnessed a significant change in participants of the silver lining project when it comes to the empowerment and change of mindset in the youth. That is what we seek at the end of this two-day workshop.”
Mr Laurence added that two awards will be presented to two participants at the end of the workshop – one for the one who engages the most in the sessions and the other for the one who displays the most growth.
Nine modules will be treated in the two days. Holistic development and wellbeing encompasses eight mutually interdependent dimensions: physical, intellectual, emotional, social, spiritual, occupational, financial, and environmental. Attention must be given to all the dimensions, as neglect of any one over time will adversely affect the others, and ultimately one’s quality of life. The dimensions, however, do not have to be equally balanced. Each person should aim, instead, to strive for a “personal harmony” that feels most authentic to him/her based on the person’s priorities, approaches, and aspirations.
This project will guide youth to reflect and formulate an action plan to develop a lifestyle and a personalised approach to living life in a way that allows them to create the best version of themselves.
The sessions will be facilitated by Wellington Manjengwa, Dr Pascal Chang-Leng, Jean Michel Vidot, Marie-Antoinette and Craig Francourt.
Source: Seychelles Nation
