A TOTAL of 30 participants, aged between 16 and 28 years, completed one of Brunei Darussalam AIDS Council’s (BDAC) signature youth capacity building programmes, the Training on Teambuilding and Youth Leadership or TTYL, which was held from March 25 to 27 this year.
According to a press release, the closing ceremony yesterday afternoon was attended by Iswandy Ahmad, the President of BDAC, who presented certificates of completion to the participants.
The three-day, two-night youth programme was held at the Sungai Kebun Sports Complex and co-organised by BDAC’s youth wing, the Penyinar Club, with support from the Youth and Sports Department (JBS) under the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports (MCYS).
The workshop’s objectives include to build the capacity of youth peer educators in team management and presentation skills; to instil confidence into young people in managerial positions; to enhance teamwork spirit amongst the team members; to appreciate the significance of youth leadership and the positive attributes of good leadership, as well as to identify the principles of leadership and effective leadership skills.
A team, in its simplest definition, is a group of people with a common goal. In the context of young people working in a team, it is often seen that they are energetic, full of ideas and willing to deliver to the best of their abilities.
A group photo of the participants with the President of BDAC and TTYL’s Project Manager as well as committee members. – BDAC
This is usually applicable to student councils, peer counsellors, the youth committee of an organisation or programme, youth clubs or youth organisations, uniformed groups and so forth.
Yet, it is also often overlooked that these ‘potential’ skills are not tapped into and that youths are asked to go into their field of leadership with limited to none of the skills in managing a team.
This can lead to the lack of sustainability of leadership, frustration in young people, dominance of current leaders, lack of youth-adult partnership and, eventually, disempowerment of young people in today’s world.
Therefore, it is hoped that TTYL would be able to educate and empower the young people to deliver their potential and enhance their aspirations to work better together in a team.
“After completing the programme, the young participants will have more confidence to deliver their role as students’ leaders or youth leaders, and engage better in youth-adult partnership, especially when contributing to BDAC and the community,” said Najihah Latif, TTYL’s Project Manager and an executive member of BDAC.
“Adult mentors or teachers will also find it significantly easier to guide and supervise the group in implementing their tasks.”
Meanwhile, Md Rafee Isa, the Captain of Penyinar Club and a committee member of TTYL, explained: “Among the roles of being a member of the committee and Penyinar Club is acting as a peer to the youth and to talk about pressing social issues, such as HIV/AIDS, STDs/STIs and teenage pregnancy as well as preventive measures.
“As a young person myself, I believe that early awareness and self-empowerment are important.
“We understand that this matter is still taboo, but being silent or negatively react to social issues, instead of offering solutions, is not the way to address this matter.”
BDAC is a non-profit organisation established in 2000 with the main objective of raising awareness on HIV and AIDS in the country.
It also aims to educate the public on related topics, the likes of Sexually Transmitted Infections, unwanted pregnancy and other pressing social issues.
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