LIONS QUEST PROGRAMME

LIONS QUEST PROGRAMME
Cipayung, 12 – 13 May 2011

 

We believe the children are our future

Teach them well and let them lead the way

Show them all the beauty they possess inside

Give them a sense of pride to make it easier….

That’s a part of a song, sung by Whitney Houston. That is one of my favourite songs.That song is very inspiring and gives me spirit to guide the children and young people. That was also the spirit that made me say : “YES, I will join this program”, to the Lions Club invitation. Lions Club invited me to join their program named : Lions Quest. The goal of this program is to help young people develop their self-confidence, build their strength for a safe and healthy approach of life, free from the harm of drug abuse and violence. It will be given by Ms Frances Portillo from the USA. When I heard about this program I spontaneously said :”Wow, that’s me. I will join the program!”.

The training was held in Pondok Remaja Cipayung Bogor. I joined the second group (May 12-13). I met Ms Roslina from St. Aloysius Bandung there. I was very surprised to meet the participants of the schools which I never heard them before, like SDN Cikarang, Pa Hoa, SMPN Tambun, and so on. So, there were only 3 schools from Bandung participating in this program. The training itself was given in English.

When somebody asks me about what materials I got in the training? I can’t answer it certainly, but if they ask me “What did you get?” I can answer it confidently :” THE SPIRIT”. Yes, the spirit to guide the children and young people growing up. No theory, no materials. For 2 full days Ms. Frances invited us to pull out our spirit for loving and caring children and young people. The spirit for loving our students is : having passion for them so that we (teachers) will give and serve our children the best. We went home bringing a workshop guiding book, the SPIRIT and commitment to spread the Lions Quest program to our friends at school. So we can walk hand in hand to guide the children and young people growing up.

This program is one of Lions Club’s programs which has already held in 50 countries. It is the first for Indonesia. So everyone called just wait for the next Lions Quest training program. Hopefully it can be given in Indonesian Language.

 

CAD Prastyaningsih
Counsellor  of Slamet Riyadi School, Kb. Kangkung,Bandung