Aîssatou Ndiaye

I will contribute to Dance4Life’s mission by..
sharing the skills and knowledge I acquired during the training of trainers. I will adapt the manual to my country’s context to better convey the right information about SRHR and coach my peers to behave responsibly.

What Empowerment means to me…
Empowerment to me means to behave responsibly, to work for the welfare of a whole community, to gain new skills and knowledge, to share.

The inspirational quote or motto I live by:
It’s okay to be sensitive, that’s what happens when you have magic in your heart of awareness and spiritual awakening

Alik Kemalov

I contribute to Dance4life’s mission by… telling myself how important it is to live consciously and to make conscious choices
What empowerment means to me… finding your inner charisma and making your own choices in life
The inspirational quote or motto I live by… “You need to live so that you are not ashamed to look in the mirror”

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.”

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.”

Annete Muchendiza

I contribute to Dance4Life’s mission by …
bringing my authentic self, becoming and maintaining a safe space and a knowledge bank where diverse young people are able to share with no judgement, feel safe, voice their rights as well as grow in cognitive, skills and attitudes and are able to cascade the same to other young people

What empowerment means to me …
being comfortable, open minded and determined to move beyond my comfort zone and having the power, confidence, authority and freedom to take the lead of my life and in decision making.

The inspirational quote or motto I live by …
You must keep going!
If you can’t fly, run
If you can’t run, walk
If you can’t walk, crawl
But by all means, keep moving

Aruna Koju

I will contribute to Dance4Life’s mission by..
I contribute to Dance4Life’s mission by connecting with young people to empower them to shape their future as the way they see it. I believe young people can be a catalyzers of responsible development in the present as well.

What Empowerment means to me…
For me Empowerment is the process of becoming a person who can take decisions by self in own life.

The inspirational quote or motto I live by:
“Be the better person than you were yesterday”

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”

Daria Kopiievska

I contribute to Dance4Life’s mission by…
giving lectures on SRHR for adolescents in my city, communicating with young people on these topics, in every possible way disseminating information about the project and its goals among friends and target audience, holding events for young people and organizing meetings using key Dance4Life topics, helping a partner organization adapt and contextualize materials for youth.

What Empowerment means to me…
being myself, having the courage to try, make mistakes, take responsibility and do it differently next time, be inspired and inspire others, change yourself and change something in this world for the better, apply the language of possibilities in life, share knowledge, skills and experience with young people.

The inspirational quote or motto I live by:
“You must be the change you wish to see in the world.” – Mahatma Gandhi

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.

Haiqa Asif

I contribute to Dance4Life’s mission by …
By bringing my knowledge and skills to empower young people to make informed decisions about their lives.

What does empowerment mean to you?
To me, empowerment means to take responsibility for the outcome of your life and having the ability to claim your rights.

The inspirational quote or motto I live by …
“It always seems impossible until it’s done” Nelson Mandela

Leilena (Lily) Shimeles

I contribute to Dance4Life’s mission by …
I would participate in updating modules and reaching out to as many young people as possible to achieve their highest potential. I would also contribute through contextualization, community sensitization and mobilization and engaging with young people all over the world.

What does empowerment mean to you?
Empowerment means realization of your true potential and bringing it to realization. It’s also about being your authentic self and speaking your truth.

The inspirational quote or motto I live by …
“Be the change that you wish to see in the world.” Mahatma Gandhi

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”

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

Lance Longxing

I CONTRIBUTE TO DANCE4LIFE’S MISSION BY…
completing my daily tasks, trying to improve myself and practicing awareness ‘muscles’.

WHAT EMPOWERMENT MEANS TO ME…
EMPOWERMENT means to give young people the right to choose instead of just tell them what they should do. It’s also not enough to empower young people like a stand-alone intervention; they also need access to youth-friendly services and fewer structural barriers to their well-being.

THE INSPIRATIONAL QUOTE OR MOTTO I LIVE BY:
Be kind. Always.

Malik Mohsin

I contribute to Dance4Life’s mission by…
I have the enthusiasm and spark to change the world and I will cash it and try to transfer it in the Champions4Life trainings, Contextualization workshops, Conferences & Dance4Life commitments as well.

What Empowerment means to me…
The freedom and encouragement to do whatever I believe in.

The inspirational quote or motto I live by:
I am change, I’m going to be the change that I want to see.

Mandy Huang

I contribute to Dance4Life’s mission by …
Keep learning, there are many materials recommended in T4L guidebook. Keep sharpening my training skills. Host  as many activities on the ground as I can. Share my opinions and suggestions with D4L honestly. Use major social media platforms in China to spread D4L and SHRH related information. Stay foolish, stay hungry, I can do more than I expect now.

What does empowerment mean to you?
Empowerment to me means to have the courage to have the freedom to choose something, and helping someone have the ability and courage to improve their lifestyle .

The inspirational quote or motto I live by …
“Do all the good you can, for all the people you can, in all the ways you can, for as long as you can.” Hillary Clinton

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

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.”

Polina Veshcheva

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.

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”

Robin Mo

I will contribute to Dance4Life’s mission by..
Spreading the idea and energy of the Dance4Life and carrying out high-quality Journey4Life to the young people, and I will also bring my experience here.

What Empowerment means to me…
To acquire the knowledge and rights I deserve, putting my voice out there in the world provide a sense of agency and personal power.

The inspirational quote or motto I live by:
Running water is never stale.

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

Shanshan He

I contribute to Dance4life’s mission by… empowering as many young people as I can in China

What empowerment means to me… it is the capacity to feel oneself, to speak from your heart and to empathize

The inspirational quote I live by…

“Every journey starts with a single step”

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”

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

Sugesti Aprilia

I will contribute to Dance4Life’s mission by..
creating a safe space for young people to embrace and explore themselves, so that they could be empowered and be able to empower other young people.

What Empowerment means to me…
Empowerment is a process to raise awareness, increase knowledge and skills and is followed by behavior change. Empowerment is needed for young people to make safe and healthy decisions for their lives. Empowerment starts from within ourselves.

The inspirational quote or motto I live by:
When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it” – Paulo Coelho

Sveta Matkhanova

I contribute to Dance4life’s mission by… trying to change the world for the better! I work with young people and tell them how to protect themselves, what they can do to make themselves stronger, and working to eliminate discrimination against HIV positive people.

What empowerment means to me… is the development of society. The result of the development of the personality of each person. Moving forward. To be who you are, to be free and not to have fear or to be shy within yourself. Empowerment means freedom.

The inspirational quote or motto I live by… 

“move forward and don’t stop”

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.”

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

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

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 “

Victor Emmanuel Niyonkuru

My Contribution to Dance4Life’s mission…
Sharing experiences and knowledge with the community of young people about SRHR topics.

Empowerment means to me…
Being a master of your own destiny by creating your own environment which helps you to continue to grow both in skills, knowledge, health and wealth.

My inspiration quote i live by…
Don’t judge a book by its cover but, take time to read it, you will discover the true story written inside.

Khumbolane Nyirenda

I will contribute to Dance4Life’s mission by..
I am a young lady who believes in young people and the vast potential we carry to progress the world positively. And we can’t talk about progress if the youth are dying due to maternal deaths or HIV/AIDS. So I set and pledge myself to champion SRHR issues so that the youth in Malawi can openly discuss these issues. Coincidentally, my line of work already involves advocating for strengthening the SRHR specific to adolescent girls and young women.

What Empowerment means to me…
Empowerment is deciding to believe that you are strong enough, smart enough and brave enough to do better for yourself as a person, despite what anyone says.

The inspirational quote or motto I live by:
Beauty begins the moment you decide to be yourself – Coco Chanel