Girls Leading Our World (GLOW) Leadership Academy

With only six months left to GLOW Leadership Academy 2019, the preparation of the camp is at full speed.

Our team of peer trainers has already started working on planning the activities to be included and the updates in the program. At the beginning of February, the young trainers will take part in a teambuilding seminar specially planned for them by our senior alumni. During the seminar, they will learn more about how to moderate a discussion, manage their time, plan a session. Special focus will be placed on improving their emotional intelligence in order to be better team leaders and provide the support the future campers will need.

In January will launch the application process for GLOWise - our annual mentoring program for Bulgarian teenage girls. If you are interested in becoming a GLOW mentor of an adolescent girl, follow our social media channels for more details on the initiative.   

Links:

• GLOW Leadership Academy Facebook Page

With the help of your generous donation for Girls Leading Our World (GLOW) Leadership Academy 2018, 60 girls from 27 different communities from all over Bulgaria have completed their life-changing experience! With the support of the 21 peer trainers they worked on improving their self-esteem and leadership skills in a variety of interactive sessions and simulations. 

"GLOW was hands down the best experience in my life. I've never felt more accepted, happy and at home amongst people I've just met. And that means a lot coming from a person with social anxiety like me. I'll be forever grateful to the academy for helping me overcome my fears, for giving me the opportunity to gain skills and knowledge in so many different spheres of life and for creating this super positive girl love atmosphere we all need more in our lives.", shares Hristina Aleksieva, participants in GLOW Leadership Academy 2018

Finilized the 2018 edition of the Academy, we have already started working on the preparation of GLOW Leadership Academy 2019. The staff team of the Academy, has just been selected among the best participants from previous years, and is about to start its first training tasks focused on techniques for successful teamwork. The staff members, girls 16 to 18 years old from 11 different towns and cities around Bulgaria, will be responsible for leading group activities for next year’s campers as well supporting the overall organization of the Academy. 

The preparation of Leadership academy GLOW 2018 actively continues. Our trainers are already working on planning the perfect sessions and workshops for the campers this summer. The organization's team of volunteers has been also working on new lessons for the camper's manual, adding a variety of new topics. This year our young trainers will also conduct presentations in 6 different communities and online on topics concerning the young Bulgarian girls including issues such as Healthy living, Making first impression, How to study effectively, Girls in the ICT and others. 

The application process for Leadership academy GLOW 2018 has started in March and more than 1000 invitations were sent out to schools, non-governmental organizations and individuals working with young people in order to reach girls ages 14 to 18 years old from all parts of the country. 

At the beginning of February 2018 the new staff members of GLOW Leadership Academy will undergo an intensive 3-day training focused on group moderation, techniques for successful teamwork, working with children etc. During the training they will not only improve their knowledge of the themes but also practice their presentation skills by sharing their ideas for new sessions specially created by them to be included in the program of the Academy this summer.

The twenty staff members of GLOW Leadership Academy 2018 come from twelve different communities, raging from small villages to the capital of Bulgaria. The future trainers were selected among the participants in the previous editions of GLOW Leadership Academy. 

With the start of the new year launched also the process of nomination of girls for participation in GLOW Leadership Academy 2018. So if you know a girl, 14-18 years old, living in Bulgaria and with active attitude in school and the community, nominate her for participation through this online form (if you need the form in English, contact us by email or Facebook).