Dietrich Soakai | MUV Talks Leaders of Tomorrow

Описание: Brothers In Arms Youth Mentoring NZ has been serving the young people of Auckland for ten years with over 400 volunteer mentors. BIA have mentors with diverse ages, backgrounds and cultures— and all have a passion for Aotearoa’s young people but more simply put, they are people who are willing to be a positive adult in a young person’s life. They work with children aged 7-15, both male and female from around Auckland.
The idea is simple. BIA facilitates the formation of real relationships between volunteers and young people where they are deeply needed. These relationships build over time as each member safely grows to know each other. They express continuity through everyday shared experiences, and a closeness is formed as they observe one another and come to wisely trust the others values. BIA calls these ‘mentoring relationships’.
The maori concept of tuakana-teina sums us up pretty well. An older or more expert tuakana (brother, sister or cousin) helps and guides a younger or less expert teina (originally a younger sibling or cousin of the same gender). In a learning environment that recognises the value of both parties, the tuakana–teina roles may be reversed at any time.

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