Peer Empowerment and Support Mentors
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Peer Empowerment and Support Mentors
These are other young people from across the world who have already demonstrated a unique ability and braveness to pursue their personal aspiration in some aspect of life. They will serve both as inspiration and as resource for ideas. Their role is to engage in brainstorming together with their mentoree about options for taking action and also empower them in taking the steps needed to convert their visions and ideas into action.
Specific Tasks
- Ensure that their Mentees remain active throughout the project lifetime
- Have Mentees research and explore for opportunties around them to expand their work
- Support them in writing down their project and actions ideas and empower them to promote widely their communication plans
- Arrange regular Skype meetings with their Mentees, both individually and sometimes as a group
- Try to facilitate exchange of information, ideas, and projects between their five Mentees
- Encourage their Mentees to replicate the project by organizing their own local dialogues
The following individuals serve currently as Mentors: