If you live in Ho Chi Minh City or Taiwan, you are welcome to apply for the training course on “Life Lessons – Human Wisdom” that takes place from 6th until 12th June 2019 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

PURPOSE

We want to collect human lessons from a diverse group of people in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam and document them. The documentation and designing of their life lessons as an interactive and performance-based model which is easy to interpret and personalize will help us develop the art of seeing us as more alike than unalike. Someone has already lived the lesson before sharing it to enlighten, inspire and inform someone else in the world. It is real and raw.

Understanding any kind of wisdom through the lens of life lessons is significant because it eliminates the creation of stereotypes and transcends cultural context. It facilitates long term understanding and analysis of experiences to navigate through challenges; a more solution-oriented approach to living. It is also crucial in defining the statistically quantified character of the challenges.

COURSE LEADER AND COACH

Deepak Ramola is a featured United Nations and TED speaker, an educator, a writer, actor, lyricist, and a gold medalist in Mass Media studies from the University of Mumbai. His desire to enable the youth to explore and tap into their highest potential motivated him to join together with like-minded professionals and form an organization called Project FUEL.

He has been working as a life skills educator since the age of 17 all over India and serves as a visiting lecturer at many colleges and schools in Mumbai. His passion for education has motivated him to work with over 62,000 students including more than 1,500 differently abled (visually impaired, physically challenged, autistic, deaf and mute and other special cases), aged, tribal and under privileged people, from the ages 4-96 years old, all across the country in 2013 alone.

He has gained experience in theatre after having worked with National School of Drama, Quasar Theatre Productions and No License Yet and have interned with both print and electronic media houses (Garhwal Post and CNN IBN).

CONTENT

The one week project will focus on themes of inclusion, diversity, empathy and human connectedness providing a creative outlet to an unresolved feeling generated from insensitivity or lack of empathy. Through personalized interviews, sessions, dynamic curriculum and modules and talks. Sharing these human-interest stories on wider platforms like social media will be a monumental part of the trip.

At the end of the course, the participants will conduct workshops for a diverse range of high-school students, college students, and working corporates.

TIMELINE

June 6: Arrival day (for international participants)
June 7 (9:00am-7:00pm): Training day
June 8 (9:00am-5:00pm): Field trip
June 9 (9:00am-6:30pm): Training day
June 10 (9:00am-6:30pm): Training day
June 11 (9:00am-8:00pm): Presentation day
June 12: Departure day (for international participants)

PARTICIPANTS

We are looking for social changemakers, student leaders, and other individuals who are actively engaged in their communities – 8 from Vietnam (Ho Chi Minh City) and 2 from Taiwan.

BENEFITS

• There is no cost to join the course.
• Participants will get one free meal (lunch) per day as well as a farewell dinner.
• Participants from Taiwan will have their transportation (round-trip flight ticket from Taiwan to Vietnam) and accommodation covered.
• Participants will receive a certificate at the end of the course.

APPLICATION DEADLINE

Please apply by filling in the form below by 19th May 2019.

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