DDI Scholarship Fund Cairo 2018


Meet Zaida Osman. Zaida lives in Nairobi, in the Kabira community.  She has been studying with DDI since the program began in East Africa.  She is a community leader, facilitating the upliftment of local women to develop economic independence through a womens' co-operative she established. 




Meet Maryam Khamisi from Nairobi - a member of our DDI local team. Maryam entered our scholarship contest again this year. Maryam is an administrator in a Kenyan insurance firm. She is in the process of exploring her career path direction.  



Flavia Wanja is a therapist and member of the DDI co-ordinating team in Nairobi, Kenya. The interviewer is Karin Bagge, a DDI student, therapist and facilitator from Denmark. Flavia writes about herself:

"I have a B.A in Counseling Psychology and currently living in Nairobi. I intern with DDI where I help with coordinating and communication which has been an incredible experience. I am also a diploma student at DDI. Currently I am working in a hospital where I mainly focus on HIV/AIDS and psychotherapy. My clients are children, young and old. My vision is to enlighten and help more people comprehend/understand the importance of mental wellness and to brush off retrospective beliefs that are held regarding mental health especially in the rural areas."




Meet Husna Said from Kenya (below) -  DDI scholarship student, speaking of her experiences travelling out of Kenya first time, to be part of the DDI annual leadership intensive 2017 international learning community. Husna brings a new generation spirit to her leadership role in her local setting, her community organising and dream for her country. She is a member of the DDI East Africa co-ordinating team. 



The prequel to Cairo 2018 - moments from DDI intensives Kyiv, Berlin, Barcelona, Yerevan, San Francisco, Otranto..... 




Meet Emmanuel Karisa Baya, advanced DDI student, living 300 kms inland from Mombasa,  speak of his experiences from previous DDI international leadership intensive. Emmanuel is founder and CEO of a local educational and farming NGO for children living without parents. He has also run for local government! 








Annual leadership intensive in a Muslim majority country - live the dream!



19 Deep Democracy Institute students from Kenya, Thailand and Kuala Lumpur participating in our Process Work coaching skills contest to earn full/partial scholarship for travel and lodging, to attend 10 day intensive in Cairo, and study with over 100 practitioners from all continents. Lets help them get there!! 

                                                                            Discovering Our Evolution

At the Intensive:  Large Group Facilitation, Personal Development, Depth Coaching, Leader and Eldership Development, Community Building, Organizational Development and Conflict Resolution.

                                                                              
Who for:

Your gift will be allocated to a scholarship for one of our students from Africa, South East Asia or Eastern Europe, who is eligible for a full ride or partial scholarship for travel and lodging. In addition to financial eligibility, we created a fun, skill based scholarship contest for scholarship applicants to showcase their coaching awareness skills, based on a suggestion by one of our Kenyan students. 

Giving:

Every contribution counts.  We understand there are many ways of giving, and that energetically each person is in a different financial spot.  If it is right for you donate, and in the spirit of a joyous experience, here are  some suggested amounts: 

$50      $100      $200      $500       $1,000    other

Thank you!!

What you get:

Scholarship students will create a video report of the learning experience which we will send you after the intensive. 

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The Cairo intensive:

This our first Intensive in a Muslim majority country - and in Egypt, with its historical role in human evolution.

Students at the Cairo Intensive will learn and practice DDI applications in:
    *highly diverse large groups
    *startups full of vision, and lacking resources
    *complex conflicted team constellations
    *multiple stakeholder processes without agreed upon ground rules
    *regional and national conflicts
    *their inner lives
    *co-operatives and grassroots movements trying to get their act together without     compromising their egalitarian visions of collaboration.

We will discover together the natural flow of evolution hidden behind polarizations and conflicts. Learn to use your eldership, the ability to hold and facilitate hotspots and co-create natural dialogue spaces by developing a deep understanding of the processes of diverse, often highly polarized parties. Practice using your awareness to notice and frame the natural occurrence of unity present in every system, understand different phases in short- and long-term consensus forming processes, and work with a system in each of these phases.
 
The personal development of the facilitator receives the same amount of focus as does the practice of group facilitation. Fluidity in your inner work and accuracy in your group work are closely connected prerequisites for impactful facilitation and leadership. Eldership, your personal development in relationship to the whole, and deep democracy practices, the discovery and facilitation of hidden force lines that organize communities - and conflicts - can be learned as a standalone approach for coaching, facilitation and leadership, or as an addition and enhancement to your own facilitation and leadership approach.


Thank you for your interest and support, to help our students in Kenya, South East Asia and Eastern Europe to attend 

More about DDI:

The international Deep Democracy Institute is a leadership, coaching and training organization. Our students from over 25 countries are local leaders, facilitators, conflict resolvers, professionals in diverse fields, artists, researchers, community developers and activists.  

DDI is active in Europe, South East Asia, Russia, Ukraine, East Africa, Middle East and USA. DDI  facilitates public open forums in conflict zones, as well as large group work in corporations and grassroots movements. DDI is an evolving organisation, founded by Drs. Ellen and Max Schupbach who collaborate with DDI's international faculty and teams around the world. 

DDI applications and innovations use a Process Work paradigm pioneered by Arnold Mindell. DDI brings together current global, regional, team and personal growth areas in one inter-related approach.  

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