Youth go to the Mountains

Young people in the Bus going back home


<November 2005

Every year ‘Youth Life’ holds a youth activity camp in the mountains which are called ‘Shakriston’ from November 3rd to 7th. 70 Young people attend these camps each time. Each time when these camps are run something good happens in the lives of the young people that attend.


Lovely Tajik Countryside

The goals of this camp are:

i. To give effective youth activities to youth leaders.
ii. To give young people tools so that they can develop as unique individual people.
iii. To use drama, orienteering and spending time together to bring about these changes.

After the camp many of the youth leaders were telling of how the time had impacted their lives and changed them. You maybe asking how do we really know lives have been changed and built up? Many of them gave feed back that they were studying better at school or university, their relationship with their parents had improved. Many also said how they had a greater desire to help at home with different chores, and many youth leaders could see when visiting the 26 youth clubs we run each week that many of these youth were much more active and had many more ideas.

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Youth having a good time making memories that will last forever

Testimony
Farhard, Young Man:
What I liked the most about this camp was the atmosphere of friendship, and the good activities. I learnt through this camp how to relate more effectively with young people, to understand the problems that young people face and how to give support so that they can begin to find away out of them.

Results of this event, what was achieved
There was a great atmosphere of fun and enjoying life and each other. Many young people commented on how they liked that they could see different parts of Tajikistan’s countryside and nature and this made them feel much happier. The activities were interesting and easy to understanding, especially the ones that you could take part in and do.