Youth Leadership Project

*The following post is thanks to Heena Parkar from the Daily Tribune, issued in DT on April 16th.

(From left to right) The project's team with Sabeeka Al Shamlan, AIESEC's Director of Business Development (far right)

An international perspective of entrepreneur and leadership will be imparted to university students through a program organized by AIESEC Bahrain.

“The Youth Leadership Project will provide a chance to students to develop skills required for the global market,” said Director of business Development of AIESEC Sabeeka Al Shamlan.

A total of four universities will be participating in the program which will consist of a week -long sessions arranged by the organization in cooperation with Bahrain Development Bank(BDB).

“Royal University of Women and Bahrain polytechnic, are the two colleges participating, as of now. But we are trying to for two more colleges,” said Ms.Shamlan.

The project will be launched from the first of May and will take place every week for four weeks.

“The number of students from each university will range from a minimum of 17 to a maximum of 75,” added Ms.Shamlan.

The sessions will be stretched for four days in a week, for every university and will have two international facilitators speaking on the topic.

“The first session is basically understanding of oneself, like what limitations a student faces, after which team building will be the next topic, which is followed by linking leadership to Enterpreneurship,” added Ms.Shamlan.

The fourth day will include employees from BDB conducting sessions on their success stories and challenges they faced in their field.

 “We have done this to create a platform for Bahraini youth to help them to discover the leader within them so they can create opportunities for themselves,” said Ms.Shamlan.

The program also aims to conduct activities keeping in mind the requirements of Bahrain vision 2030. 

White Stick Project at the Blossom Bazaar

Chief guests with Mr Waleed, fourth from left, and the Team of White Stick Project.

AIESEC in Bahrain's Skheer Local Chapter has stepped out in public for the first time in joint hands with The White Stick Project- a unique initiative to support and develop the visually impaired in Bahrain. It made its first public appearance at the Blossom Event which was held at Amwaj Lagoon on 5^th and 6^th April.

 In line with the project’s prime vision, which aims to bridge the interactive gap between the sighted and the visually impaired, the team had invited Mr Waleed Ahmed, Vice President at the Friendship Society for Blind to join them for the 2 day event. Moreover, Miss Hana who is the Head of Cultural Committee also attended the first day and taught the visitors the usage of the Braille typewriter and showcased the software that the visually impaired utilize to operate PC’s.
The visitors were also exposed to a variety of educational equipment for the blind including the Braille typewriter, electronic magnifier, books printed in Braille as well as a chance to try and navigate blindfolded using the white stick, which turned out to be the centre of attention. Mr Waleed demonstrated the usage of the white stick as he suffers from low vision himself. A number of enthusiastic people of all age groups registered as volunteers to assist the project in the future events.  In addition, donations were also collected.


The project aims to collaborate with Saudi Bahraini Institute for Blind and Friendship Society for Blind. With 4 focus areas; IT support, interactive activities, education and public relations, it will be hosting 2 international community development experts for assistance. To register as volunteers, email at whitestickproject@gmail.com. For upcoming updates join and follow www.facebook.com/TheWhiteStickProject & @TheWSproject. For more info, contact Zahra Abdullah 33674621.

An AIESEC delegation consisting of 34 members from the Kingdom of Bahrain will showcase the culture and traditions of Bahrain in Morocco to a gathering of over 300 youth from over 15 countries.

The group from Bahrain includes University students who will participate in a week long Middle East & North Africa Exchange and Leadership Development Seminar, from March 11-17, 2012. It is one of
the biggest conferences of 2012 in Morocco.

The forum is the sixth edition of the seminar and provides an opportunity to young leaders from around the world to gather and interact in a multicultural atmosphere, in one place. They will also get to network directly with global business leaders including from Morocco too.

Participants will discuss issues of interest, bridge the gap between cultures through interaction. The seminar will additionally equip them with the tools to develop their leadership skills.