Leadership Camps

In early December we held our first Leadership Development Camp at Paradise Cove in Port Vila, bringing together all our current scholars for a two and half day workshop designed to provide coaching in leadership, self-care and resilience.

The event was a grand success, brilliantly facilitated by life coach Jinny Ruben, who described the experience as “An absolute joy, privilege and wonderful opportunity to work with a Family Foundation with incredible heart, passion and vision to see young girls given the opportunity to be educated and supported in their journey.

11 outstanding Malekula girls….some who’d never been to Vila before…. 4 half day workshops with a range of leadership topics…. it was like watching a garden of flowers enriched with fertiliser, grow overnight. We shared heart-breaking stories, fun and laughter and finished on a finale dinner where they all had the confidence to share their stories with 40 invited guests.”

The Camp was attended by partners, supporters and funders all of whom commented positively on the quality of the event. Most importantly, the feedback from our scholars was universally favourable.

Our scholars at the camp were all presented with an iPad, courtesy of a very generous donation from Brindabella Christian College, in Canberra. This will assist the girls with their school work, and accessing the internet for assignments.

“I don’t know how to express my feelings because this camp was too much to me. I was so impressed and amazed at all the wonderful and encouraging messages and activities. The camp helps me a lot to know who I am and strengthen my belief and trust that I can be someone in the future”

“The thing I like most about this camp is learning to communicate with each other and share challenges we face. The camp was really helpful to us young women building courage and knowing that if others can do things we can also do it and this helps us become a leader in our community or village or workplace.”