Maybe
it’s because I went into the weekend with no preconceived notions of what it
was going to be like that I had so much fun. I knew we would be doing workshops
and lots of other activities to learn more about human rights, the literature
behind it and exploring situations in which they have been violated and how to
go about ensuring this wouldn’t happen again. Working with other South Africans
and people from other African countries was also really cool. When talking
about refugees and the process they go through, there were individuals that
could speak on the matter.
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| Lindsay receiving her certificate from Ntombi at the conclusion of the weekend |
I
also really enjoyed the lay out of the whole weekend. There was very little
down time, though I thoroughly enjoyed the tea-time breaks. I personally don’t
function well in large groups, so I really liked that we separated into smaller
groups which also allowed for us to get to know people better. The countries
project was really fun! I liked the planet portion of the project the most.
Being part of Burundi, it was very interesting to compare my group’s dynamic to
everyone else’s. For me that was the most interesting things I learned during the
weekend, seeing how people coming from different backgrounds will act in a
situation. As a member of Burundi, we were a community coming from nothing and
because of that our group worked extremely cohesively because we had nothing to
lose. It also meant that we put a lot of effort into coming up with a plan. I
think we shocked a lot of people with having a trade system, potential
government, and new way of using goods focusing on a communal system of
sharing. I thought this to be true, but it was just interesting to see it play
out. As a person that learns best by doing, I learned a lot over the weekend
because of how it was structured.
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