Think Big, Start Small

Aims & objectives

The aim of the trainings is to provide an intense session of learning on the concepts of social entrepreneurship and peace building. Importantly the training will highlight the links between social entrepreneurship and peace building, encouraging the development of future projects within this framework.

Target group & international/intercultural composition of the group & team

Group composition by country: Kenya, Burundi, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Nigeria, Cameroon
Team composition: Portugal, Netherlands, Nigeria

Training methods used & main activities

The main methods used were team-building activities, small group discussion, watching and discussing videos, study visit, case studies.

Outcomes of the activity

The training was followed up by an online phase supported by an e-learning platform: https://mobilisingyouth.wordpress.com/e-learning/ In this platform it is possible to get to know the social ventures proposed by the participants and that are fruit of the training.
A review of the training by one of the participants is available here: https://mobilisingyouth.wordpress.com/home/about/regional-training-africa/
Finally, a summary of the main project outcomes, including the outcomes of the training (p. 13), are available here: https://mobilisingyouth.files.wordpress.com/2014/05/results-mobyou.pdf

Your tasks and responsibilities within the team

I was an effective full time member of the team in charge of a variety of activities.

I worked on this training for 5 days as a full time trainer.