Eritrean
Community in North London organized seminar on education, challenges
/ opportunities, families & youth residing in London.
The speakers provide insight into
the challenges and opportunities in education, and share some real life case
studies and discuss the most pressing issues
which the community is facing
today in the United Kingdom. The aim of the event was to create an effective platform for
communication and information
sharing for existing and potential members of the communities.
The Eritrean
Community in North London
enjoyed the event throughout the day with a positive and forward moving
atmosphere, once again showing
their unity by coming together and acting as a big
family.
Mr. Mussie Beraki, chair of the organizing
committee presented the opening remarks by welcoming the participants and
wishing the event a success.
Its aim is to
start mobilizing Eritrean Communities
towards the establishment of
strong, viable and vibrant associations and to
establish practical and
formal links with institutions in UK.
Following a short introduction
the event was kicked off with a presentation by Ms. Senait Tecle and Ms.Saba Gebregiorgis,
share
facts on the ground in building human capacity, education services, challenges
/ opportunities and gave an insightful presentation on their experiences.
Many youth are suffering from
high levels of stress because of the high demands from school, wanting to make
their parents proud, fit in among friends,
be popular on social media, wanting
to get external confirmation of that there are good enough, making time for
extra activities, plan and worry for the future.
Most teens think
that they are alone in this and are instead suffering in silence.
That
is why we have decided to make a difference by sharing our experiences to
inspire and help other families, members of the communities and youth & teenagers
who are still struggling with the challenges. As a Motivational speaker, I speak about modern youth stress and how
teenagers can manage school stress, family stress,
social stress and personal
stress. I also share with parents how they can help and support their stressed
teen and how to prepare their children for future,
explained Ms. Senait Tecle on
her presentation.
Ms. Saba Gebregiorgis on her end, gave
a presentation on some facts and figures around the mainstream education
process, she eloquently explained the challenges
faced and the means used to overcome
them. She further underlined the key role
in developing skills transfer, she said;-
the previous generation have done
their
part and now we want to do our best to support the New Generation of the
21st century.
During the seminar detailed
current updates was given clearly, various questions were asked and answered.
According to the
participants the outcome of the seminar was enlightening and was one that gave
an insight into the overall challenges
on families and youth issues. In
addition to that most of the participants expressed extreme satisfaction in the
presentation both on content and delivery.
It was fully
attended, engaged and a very successful
seminar.
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