Emmaus Short Course!

Last month we had another chance again to facilitate the 5-day short course at Emmaus centre Luwero, Uganda. This is one of the places that everyone on the team was looking forward to and for sure, it was another special time. This course was given to equip the Discipleship Training School students with the leadership skills.

The group of the participants and facilitators (minus Noelle).

We were a team of four facilitators and these included the two interns; Lawrence and Jovia  It was a blessing having new, young and good teachers with us.  These two were partly facilitators because they had gone through the Training Of Trainers (TOT) and at the same time, they were participants since they were attending this version of the short course for the first time,

Jovia, one of the interns facilitating.

Lawrence also facilitating.

Jovia  as a student with a fellow student

We had a group of 18 students; dedicated ladies and gentlemen from the different parts of Uganda, Kenya and Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). We were also lucky to have among the students, two of their teachers attending fully the course. The individuals’ appreciation of the content of the course could not go unnoticed. The willingness to learn and the participation of the group were remarkable.

The students acting out the skits.

At the end of the course, we had a colorful graduation ceremony. The students were given among other things, a lit candle to symbolize that they are the light of the world and they should shine bright to their communities.

The joyous students after graduation.

The course challenged and empowered all of the participants with new skills to make them better leaders and enable them to development themselves and their societies.  The participants were engaged and enjoyed learning these new things.  This group will also be doing the 10 Principles expanded, the activity based program which helps put what they learned into practice!  We'll update you in a few months on how they are doing!