{"id":1167,"date":"2017-12-11T20:13:22","date_gmt":"2017-12-11T17:13:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kalsworld.com\/?p=1167"},"modified":"2017-12-12T20:28:43","modified_gmt":"2017-12-12T17:28:43","slug":"hang-in-there-change-agents-told-in-cambodia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.kalsworld.com\/?p=1167","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Hang in There&#8221; &#8211; Change Agents Told in Cambodia"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_1169\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kalsworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/IMG_2349.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1169\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1169\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kalsworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/IMG_2349-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.kalsworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/IMG_2349-300x224.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.kalsworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/IMG_2349-768x574.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.kalsworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/IMG_2349-1024x765.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1169\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fasika doing her thing as Sailaja and Marlene admire!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cDo not go with the flow. Don\u2019t change this project to do what is simpler&nbsp; just because &#8230;. You are onto something big here with Creativity\u201d were the words (sort of anyway) of encouragement and counsel from Mr. Jacob Rubenson &#8211; a management consultant from Sweden to me after my presentation on P<strong>romoting creativity and problem solving skills through digital media making&#8221;<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>And there is a sense of urgency in the room, a desire to \u201cget on with it\u201d, best captured by the words of Kimberly, \u201cI feel I have not yet got it. Now that we have discussed what the change agents have done, I am eager to see how we move it forward. What concrete steps can we take to support the change agents and what can we do together?\u201d<br \/>\nKimberly\u2019s comments also summarise why Change Agents from Cambodia, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Rwanda, Liberia and Uganda have converged in Cambodia for 3 solid days. We want to explore how we can collaborate more to scale up impact.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1171\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kalsworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/panel.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1171\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1171\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kalsworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/panel-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.kalsworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/panel-300x224.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.kalsworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/panel-768x574.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.kalsworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/panel.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1171\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Panel of Change Agents Responds to Questions<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The day\u2019s activities set the tone, with the Cambodia Minister of Education highlighting how his government has managed to recover after all teachers in the country were killed.<br \/>\nAccording to Mr. John Fred Kazibwe, the Headteacher of Mengo Senior School, the first day already pointed to areas he needed to do in the following years. He asserted \u201c We already know the challenges associated with use of mobile phones, now I want teachers to tell me how they will use mobile phones in teaching and learning if we allow phones into schools\u201d He is keen to chart new territories after this workshop.<\/p>\n<p>It was fulfilling learning about the experiences of Change Agents like<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1172\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kalsworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Meet-Minister.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1172\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1172\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kalsworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Meet-Minister-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.kalsworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Meet-Minister-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.kalsworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Meet-Minister-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.kalsworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Meet-Minister-1024x683.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.kalsworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Meet-Minister.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1172\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Meeting the Minster of Education,Cambodia<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Rafiqul from Bangladesh and Fasika from Ethiopia. Fasika, this youthful, unassuming, focused and self-critical Change-Agent-of-the-year-2015! She shared her passions, her frustrations and as well her visions of the future. With all her fame, confidence and achievements, one would be forgiven in thinking Fasika is perfect. But she gives it to you straight and says \u201cI don\u2019t the skill in me of dealing with bureaucracy\u201d. Yet she also shared the joys she experienced with the work she was doing. Like the joy of taking kids out in her village just to play and have some ice-cream during holidays.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFollow your passion and you will succeed\u201d seemed like the central theme running through all presentations! Can\u2019t wait for day#2!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cDo not go with the flow. Don\u2019t change this project to do what is simpler&nbsp; just because &#8230;. 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