Appreciation Post: "ππ€ππππ¨ πΌππ§π€π¨π¨ ππ€π§π‘ππ¨: π½π§πππππ£π πΎπͺπ‘π©πͺπ§ππ¨ π©ππ§π€πͺππ πππ§ππ€π§π’ππ£π πππ§π¨π€π£ππ‘ πππ§π§ππ©ππ«ππ¨" | Nnane Ntube
- Open Dreams
- Dec 29, 2024
- 2 min read
"2024 πππ ππππ πππ ππ πππ πππππ πππππ ππ ππππππ πππ πππππ πππ ππ ππππππππ ππ πΌπ΅π°πͺπ¬π'π πππππππ."Β ~Catherine Russell, UNICEF Executive Director.
The Anglophone crisis in the North West and South West regions of Cameroon, the bombing in Gaza, and the violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo, etc., have all contributed to rampant killings and the displacement of children. This has left them scarred by the trauma, thereby provoking growth malfunctioning physically, mentally, emotionally, and socially.
It was therefore a timely intervention for Haneen KhaledΒ to introduce the πππ£ππͺπππ ππ€π§ πππ¨ππ‘πππ£ππ π₯π§π€ππππ©, "ππ€ππππ¨ πΌππ§π€π¨π¨ ππ€π§π‘ππ¨: π½π§πππππ£π πΎπͺπ‘π©πͺπ§ππ¨ π©ππ§π€πͺππ πππ§ππ€π§π’ππ£π πππ§π¨π€π£ππ‘ πππ§π§ππ©ππ«ππ¨."
Through the recommendation of my friend and colleague, Anestin Chi, I became actively involved in the project, closely working with Anestin as co-coordinator of the project in Cameroon. We used personal narratives and remote theatre as transformative tools to heal and equip students with technical, creative, and interpersonal skills such as creative writing, script adaptation, voice control, physical expressivity, teamwork, collaboration, empathy, positive relationships, and effective communication. We worked with students from war-torn zones such as Buea and Bamenda, remotely and physically.
From June to August 2024, we drilled the students using 4 main modules: π°πππππ ππππππ ππ ππππππππ ππππππππππ, πππππ πππππππ, πππππππππ πππ ππππ πππ πππ ππππππ πππππππ, πππ πππππππππππππ ππππ-πππ, enabling the students to understand the cultural and social context of Palestine and Cameroon.
Through participatory learning, we boosted their confidence and enhanced their social-emotional skills.
This project enhanced my networking and collaborative skills as it provided a platform to work with teachers from Palestine, Greece, and Malaysia.
It is therefore safe to say that the Language for Resilience project equipped me with interpersonal skills to abate the damages of conflict in classroom contexts.
To corroborate Catherine Russell's words, "We cannot allow a generation of children to become collateral damage to the world's unchecked wars."
My heartfelt gratitude to the British Council PalestineΒ for funding this project and to Open DreamsΒ in YaoundΓ© and Bamenda for hosting us.
By Nnane Ntube
WeKonnektΒ
WSA Cameroon
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