Imagine a team of experienced young catalysts driving the Dance4Life empowerment model in every country we work. Now stop imagining. Our Trainers4Life already do that.
Our Trainers4Life are young proven leaders who are experts in creative facilitation and our youth empowerment model. We have contracted them to train the Champions4Life, the young people who deliver the Journey4Life in schools and communities.
The Trainers4Life team currently consists of 21 trainers from 9 countries
Our Trainers4Life provide training to local peers on creative empowerment techniques. Youth sexuality is a complex issue, especially when dealing with different social norms in diverse countries. So our trainers co-create and contextualize the Journey4Life with our local partners, addressing day to day realities of young people in a practical way in each country we work.
Working with a cascading model of Trainers4Life and Champions4Life enables us to work on a larger scale and in a more cost effective manner. It contributes to the sustainability of our organization, expands collaboration and fulfills our promise of youth participation through co-creation.
Alik Kemalov
John Waiganjo
Empowerment to me if I can put it in my own simple words it’s creating an enabling environment for one to harness their strengths, identify avenues of growth and actively decide to take action for positive personal and communal transformation
I contribute to the dance4life mission by bringing my skills and experiences while delivering sessions in the Journey4Life curriculum, sharing stories also as part of my passion to change the world, a story at a time.
My motto:
“The heart of a servant, the hands of a master and the strength of a conqueror”
John Waiganjo
Polina Pomosova
I contribute to Dance4Life’s mission by… monitoring Champions4Life activities, events, communicating with them; by editing and contextualising manual; by working on partner organisation; by trying to find and connect with new contacts; speaking with everyone in my community about SRHR; local PR of Dance4Life and SRHR topics
What empowerment means to me… give a growth to myself on different levels of my confidence, social skills, knowledge, spreading comfort zone, filling myself with a new fresh air which came with a wind of changes, good changes
The inspirational quote or motto I live by:
For every evil under the sun
There is a remedy or there is none.
If there is one, try and find it,
If there is none, never mind it.
Polina Pomosova
Sajan Shrestha
I contribute to Dance4Life’s mission by… connecting to the hearts of young people from different parts of the world, making them self-aware about their capabilities, helping them identify their values, inspire to envision their dream and more importantly empower them to live safe and healthy sexual lives.For which, I as a Trainers4life take them to a transformational and magical journey called Journey4Life and with my knowledge and skills, I train them to develop positive thinking mindset, learn to see problem with different perspective, build confidence and attitude to raise voice for oneself and promote gender equality in the society where s/he lives ,also develop rational thinking to challenge the existing social norms in their society and finding solutions to minimize them and providing them with the knowledge of Sexual and Reproductive Health and its rights.
What empowerment means to me… Empowerment is like having the wings in my body and have the power or ability to make decision which direction I want to fly; not with the wind but against it. It’s more about understanding myself more; my beliefs, values,qualities,strengths & weakness,goals, being self-aware and being able to have confidence to make better decision on every aspect of my life rationally and emotionally. It’s a capability to raise voice for what I believe, feel, value and using my thoughts in order to identify what is right and wrong for myself and also support other individuals and help to make the world a better place.
The inspirational quote or motto I live by:
“You are the creator of your own destiny ” -Swami Vivekananda
Sajan Shrestha
Shani Mohammed
I contribute to Dance4Life’s mission by… empowering young people. As a trainer, I help the young people develop confidence, challenge harmful social norms and make informed decisions about their health and life.
Empowerment in my understanding is… being aware of one’s self, strength and weaknesses and the process of becoming stronger and more confident to control one’s life by acting on one’s own authority.
My motto is…
“make the rest of my life the best of my life”
Shani Mohammed
Sherifa Awudu
I contribute to Dance4Life’s mission by… helping young people to feel safe to explore their sexualities,are not afraid to accept themselves for whom they are while creating awareness of the Dynamics of our societies and are able to explore their Awesomeness. I create a space for learning and sharing to help them grow, to make and accept mistakes, to have young people to be critical thinkers in problem solving whiles developing empathy for others.
What empowerment means to me… The word EMPOWERMENT to me means to be each other’s keeper, to grow together and not leaving anyone behind irrespective of who they are. Empowerment means respecting the opinions and values of others whiles aiding to expose people to more possibilities that they couldn’t see or imagine and together be embrace change.
The inspirational quote or motto I live by:
P- push/persevere/persist U- until S- something H- happens
Sherifa Awudu
Tawen Musa
I contribute to Dance4Life mission by… equipping Champions4Life (who will reach out to youths in different communities) through trainings based on the Dance4Life’s new Empowerment Model that is more involving, participatory and user friendly for young people to relate and reflect on their real life situations and then make their own health choices in their daily lives.
Empowerment to me means… the ability to have the right information, to be confidence built, action made and be able to channel the same experience to the young people. Young people have the right to information, to be confident, supported by necessary systems around them and are able to take actions to be the change they want to see.
Motto:
“A Healthy Youth4Health globe “
Tawen Musa
Vijaya Gautam
I contribute to Dance4Life’s mission by … following my own passion of touching upon and instilling inspiration in the lives of young people in Nepal and around the globe, so that they are able to make healthy decisions for themselves.
What empowerment means to me … empowerment is awareness, attitude and action combined with regards to taking personal leadership, respecting and treating equally everyone and promoting healthy social norms and practices.
The inspirational quote or motto I live by …
“The best way to predict your future is to create it” – Abraham Lincoln
Vijaya Gautam
Yvonne Ochieng
I contribute to Dance4Life’s mission by… training and supporting young people to enable them to develop and/or increase self-efficacy to decrease sexual health threats such as HIV, unwanted pregnancies and gender based violence.
What empowerment means to me… empowerment is the process by which an individual or groups increase their control over their physical, societal and internal environment.
The inspirational quote or motto I live by…
“Self-awareness gives you the capacity to learn from your mistakes as well as your successes. It enables you to keep growing.” Lawrence Bossidy
Yvonne Ochieng
Sveta Matkhanova
Sveta Matkhanova
Muneeb Arshad
I contribute to Dance4Life’s mission by … being a part of Dance4Life for the past 8 years in different roles and now as a Trainer4Life, I have directly contributed in reaching the vision and mission of the organization by creating an enabling environment in the society, through which young people can truly exercise their sexual and reproductive health and rights.
What empowerment means to me …I believe that true empowerment cannot come from merely feeling empowered but must involve real world evidence of our ability to have an impact on our relationships and social surrounding.
The inspirational quote or motto I live by …
“Lean forward into your life. Begin each day as if it were on purpose” Marry Anne Radmacher
Muneeb Arshad
Stanislav Myrov
I contribute to Dance4Life’s mission by… actively engaging in Dancing4Life in Russia, promoting ideas of a conscious attitude to my life among young people, inspire people to act for the sake of the changes they themselves want to see.
What empowerment means to me to be honest first of all for myself. To understand yourself, your strengths and weaknesses, to be not only a voice calling for change, but to be the change, to feel beauty in diversity and appreciate the individuality of everyone.
The inspirational quote or motto I live by …
“Do not change under a volatile world, even better, we’ll change it for ourselves.”
Stanislav Myrov
Dodok Yuda
I contribute to Dance4Life’s mission by … putting all my energy into my role as a Trainer4Life, in Bali Indonesia. I have been contributing to Dance4Life’s mission since 2015 and was selected as a Trainer4Life in 2018.
What empowerment means to me … empowerment is a “process”, the process of giving a chance for anybody to solve their problem with their ability and creativity
The inspirational quote or motto I live by …
“Do what you love, and love what you do” which means we often do what we don’t like just because it’s the work we should do. Sometimes we need to make ourselves interested in what we don’t like”
Dodok Yuda
Andreass Julio
I contribute to Dance4life’s mission by… empowering young people and challenging society
Empowerment to me is… a self-understanding about your goal in life that will lead you to take action with responsibility. Able to empower yourself is like have an unstoppable Force for good.
The inspirational quote or motto I live by is a Sanskrit Mantra saying:
“Lokah Samastah Sukhino Bhavantu” which means: “may all beings everywhere be happy and free, and may the thoughts, words, and actions of my own life contribute in some way to that happiness and to that freedom for all.”
Andreass Julio
Shanshan He
Shanshan He
Rekha Trikhatri
I contribute to Dance4Life’s mission… with my authenticity and the passion for working with young people for their healthy life by empowering them.
What empowerment means to me… Empowerment means knowing yourself and based on that, being able to make a healthy and wise decision for our life.
The inspirational quote or motto I live by…
“Be the better version of yourself each and every day” or ” Never say Never”
Rekha Trikhatri
Julius Olum
I contribute to Dance4Life’s mission by … offering my space and time to young people, where we share ideas and knowledge about their SRHR and other related issues in a fun filled way.
What empowerment means to me … empowerment means strategies designed to increase awareness and the level of personal determination, so that interests and desires are presented, heard and respected.
The inspirational quote or motto I live by …
”if you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else” – Booker T. Washington. My potential is the world’s inheritance, if others are happy, then I am happy
Julius Olum
Maureen Hu
Maureen Hu
Anastasie Di Gobi
I contribute to Dance4Life’s mission by… working to create and be a part of an enabling environment for young people to make informed decisions about their lives.
What empowerment means to me… A life-long process of getting to know one’s self, including your strengths and weaknesses, your rights and responsibilities, your needs and wants, also your goals and dreams. Then embrace and own all of it, fight for it and utilize it for the greater good. Empowered people empower others.
The inspirational quote or motto I live by…
“If your dream doesn’t scare you, it’s not big enough.”
Anastasie Di Gobi
Ntende Baker
I contribute to Dance4Life’s mission by … living as an ambassador in my community and the places I visit, believing in the power of young people and their ability to make their own decisions when supported and informed in a way they best understand and feel safe with.
What empowerment means to me … empowerment means trusting individuals, getting out of their way and creating space for them to make their own decisions that represent their interests, without the influence of other energies.
The inspirational quote or motto I live by …
“May God grant me the courage to change the things I can change, the humility to accept the things I can’t change and the wisdom to tell the difference between the two.”
Ntende Baker
Evelyn Odhiambo
I contribute to Dance4Life’s mission by … My contribution is through the training of young people and constant engagement I have with my peers educating and empowering with regards to making right sexual health decisions
What empowerment means to me … Empowerment is the freedom and power to making credible life changing decisions daily.
The inspirational quote or motto I live by …
I’m inspired to inspire.
