AIDS COUNCIL

Bandar Seri Begawan - Brunei Darussalam AIDS Council (BDAIDSCOUNCIL), through its youth-wing – Penyinar Club, will be organising ‘Training on Teambuilding and Youth Leadership’ (TTYL) from September 5-7 at Youth Centre, Bandar Seri Begawan.

Supported by the Youth and Sports Department, Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports, the training will be organised in conjunction with the school term holiday, aimed to engage the youth in capacity building workshops and sessions.

Among the objectives of the training are to enable participants to:
• Build the capacity of youth peer educators in team management & presentation skills
• Instilling confidence to young people in managerial positions
• Enhancing teamwork spirit among the team members
• Appreciate the significance of youth leadership & positive attributes of good leadership
• Identify the principles of leadership & effective leadership skills

The languages used throughout the training will be English and Malay languages. While the target participants from 15 to 25 years old. The fee will be $40 inclusive of meals as well as hostel accomodation and can be paid on the 3rd of september at Starbucks Beribi from 3pm to 7pm. Forms can be found on bit.ly/bdacttylv5, and can be submitted to penyinarbdac@gmail.com.

After completing the programme, the young participants will have more confidence to deliver their role as students’ leaders or youth leaders & engage better in youth-adult partnership, especially when contributing to BDAIDSCOUNCIL & the community. Adult mentors or teachers will find it significantly easier to guide & supervise the group in implementing their tasks

Why Teambuilding and Youth Leadership in HIV/AIDS work?

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 young people are energetic, full of ideas & willing to deliver to their best of their abilities. This is usually applicable to student councils, peer counsellors, youth committee of an organisation or programme, youth clubs or youth organisations, uniformed groups etc.

Yet, it is also often overlooked, that these “potentials” skills are not tapped into & are only 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 of young people, dominance of current leaders, lack of youth-adult partnership & eventually, disempowering (instead of empowering) young people in today’s world.

It is hoped that Training on Teambuilding and Youth Leadership for BDAIDSCOUNCIL Members (#TTYLBDAC) will be able to educate & empower the young people in delivering their potentials & enhancing their aspiration to work better together in a team.